Reproducibility of indices of axonal excitability in human subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-28

  Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Lin, Cindy ^a   Dowla, Shareef ^a   Grosskreutz, Julian ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a Prnc Wales Hosp Prnc Wales M   (Australia)

Author keywords

Refractoriness; Reproducibility; Strength duration time constant; Supernormality; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033990289     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00199-6     Document Type: Article

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