Nerves, alcohol and drugs, the Adrian-Kato controversy on nervous conduction: Deep insights from a "wrong" experiment?

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-265

  Piccolino, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrian Kato controversy; Nerves, alcohol and drugs; Nervous conduction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLOROFORM; COCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; URETHAN;

CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABLE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242643508     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2003.08.006     Document Type: Review

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