Motor unit number estimation in human neurological diseases and animal models

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 955-964

  Shefner, Jeremy M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Clinical neurophysiology; Incremental stimulation; Motor unit number estimation; Multiple point stimulation; Spike triggered averaging

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE DISEASE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0034980087     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(01)00520-X     Document Type: Review

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