Axonal excitability properties in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1458-1466

  Vucic, Steve ^a,b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ion channels; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 33745418427     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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