Sucrose-gap technique: Advantages and limitations

Neurophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-241

  Mert, T ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Membrane potential; Muscles; Nerves; Sucrose gap technique

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUCROSE GAP TECHNIQUE;

EID: 37349001037     PISSN: 00902977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11062-007-0031-8     Document Type: Article

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