After-effects of near-threshold stimulation in single human motor axons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 564, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 931-940

  Bostock, Hugh ^a   Lin, Cindy Shin Yi ^a   Howells, James ^b   Trevillion, Louise ^b   Jankelowitz, Stacey ^b   Burke, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AXONS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 18944392171     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.083394     Document Type: Article

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