Mechanisms of paresthesias arising from healthy axons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 310-320

  Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^b   Burke, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous afferents; Hyperventilation; Ion channels; Ischemia; Trains of impulses

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERVENTILATION; ISCHEMIA; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

AXONS; HUMANS; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0033995616     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<310::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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