Changes in measures of motor axon excitability with age

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1397-1404

  Jankelowitz, S K ^a   McNulty, P A ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Axonal excitability; Inward rectification; Supernormality; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AXONS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248227418     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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