Sympathetic activity and the underlying action potentials in sympathetic nerves: A simulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 54-6, 2003, Pages

  Tang, Xiaorui ^a   Chander, Ankit R ^a   Schramm, Lawrence P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Multiunit nerve recordings; Summating action potentials

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0344851905     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00339.2003     Document Type: Article

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