Changes in human sensory axonal excitability induced by an ischaemic insult

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2054-2063

  Han, S E ^a   Boland, Robert A ^a   Krishnan, Arun V ^a   Vucic, Steve ^a   Lin, Cindy S Y ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Nerve excitability; Paraesthesiae

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; CONSTRICTION; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47749134499     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.04.295     Document Type: Article

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