Neuromyotonia in mice with hereditary myelinopathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 696-701

  Zielasek, Jürgen ^a   Martini, Rudolf ^a   Suter, Ueli ^b   Toyka, Klaus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Hereditary neuropathies; Isaacs Mertens syndrome; Neuromyotonia; Peripheral myelin proteins; Trembler; Tremor

Indexed keywords

MYELIN PROTEIN; PHENYTOIN; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE DELETION; MOTOR UNIT; MOUSE; MYOKYMIA; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEINS; PHENYTOIN; POINT MUTATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034020892     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200005)23:5<696::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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