Internodal function in normal and regenerated mammalian axons

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Moldovan, M ^a   Krarup, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Excitability; Internode; Ion channels; Nerve activity; Node of Ranvier; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); MYELIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SODIUM; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33846455779     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01654.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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