Axonal changes in spinal cord injured patients distal to the site of injury

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 985-994

  Lin, Cindy Shin Yi ^a   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a   Elam, Mikael ^c   Gunnar Wallin, B ^c   Engel, Stella ^b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERONEAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34249726510     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl339     Document Type: Article

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