Sexual dependency of rat sciatic nerve fiber conduction velocity distributions

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1537-1549

  Ayaz, Murat ^a   Kiziltan, Erhan ^b   Tuncer, Seckin ^a   Dalkilic, Nizamettin ^a   Demirel, Ilhami ^a   Bariskaner, Hulagu ^a   Pehlivan, Ferit ^c  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compound action potential; Conduction velocity distribution; Gender; Rat; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148889960     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701239244     Document Type: Article

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