Effect of 1.5 T steady magnetic field on neuroconduction of a bullfrog sciatic nerve in a partially active state within several hours after extraction

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 791-794

  Osuga, Toshiaki ^a   Tatsuoka, Hozumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Axon; Degeneration; MRI; Myelin; Neuro transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANA CATESBEIANA; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0033022927     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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