Effects of membrane polarization and ischaemia on the excitability properties of human motor axons

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2542-2551

  Kiernan, M C ^a   Bostock, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitability; Ischaemia; Membrane polarization

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033635346     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.12.2542     Document Type: Article

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