Evaluation of Jitter by Stimulated Single-Fiber Electromyography in Normal Dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Añor, Sònia ^a,d   Lipsitz, David ^b,e   Williams, D Colette ^a   Tripp, Linda ^b   Willits, Neil ^a   Maselli, Ricardo ^c   LeCouteur, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Vet Emergency Critical Care Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS; FEMALE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PERONEUS MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042886031     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0545:EOJBSS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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