Computer simulation of jitter phenomenon in neuromuscular transmission disorders

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1635-1646

  Miralles, Francesc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Jitter; Mammalian neuromuscular junction; Safety factor; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035185652     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1199     Document Type: Article

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