Back to the future: Excitability studies take on a new clinical role

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 712-713

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 33644901749     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.12.023     Document Type: Editorial

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