Multiple measures of axonal excitability: A new approach in clinical testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-409

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Burke, David ^b   Andersen, Kjeld V ^c   Bostock, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nerve excitability; Recovery cycle; Strength duration time constant; Supernormality; Threshold electrotonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034005355     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<399::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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