Inflections in threshold electrotonus to depolarizing currents in sensory axons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 849-852

  Burke, David ^a   Howells, James ^a   Trevillion, Louise ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b   Bostock, Hugh ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depolarizing current; Sensory axons; Threshold electrotonus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 37048998743     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20862     Document Type: Article

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