Axonal excitability measured by tracking twitch contraction force

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Trevillion, Louise ^a   Howells, James ^a   Jankelowitz, Stacey ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon terminals; Axonal excitability; Motor axons; Threshold tracking; Twitch contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4644318082     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20134     Document Type: Article

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