Motor and sensory conduction velocities and amplitude of nerve or muscle potentials in the normal rat according to age

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 239-249

  Hort Legrand, Claudine ^a   Lestrade, R ^a   Behar, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Maturation; Neural growth; Rats; Sensory and motor nerve conductions

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STANDARD; SURAL NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0035553767     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.88.2001.3-4.6     Document Type: Article

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