Changes in the axonal conduction velocity of pyramidal tract neurons in the aged cat

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 219-225

  Xi, M C ^a   Liu, R H ^a   Engelhardt, J K ^a   Morales, F R ^a   Chase, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cat; Conduction velocity; Motor cortex; Pyramidal tract; Spike duration

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; VELOCITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033041787     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00754-4     Document Type: Article

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