Neuromuscular excitability properties in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2375-2382

  Boërio, Delphine ^a,b   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^b   Bassez, Guillaume ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chloride channel; Membrane depolarization; Myotonic dystrophy; Nerve excitability; Refractory period; Sodium channel; Supernormality

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 35148831260     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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