Axonal excitability in the forearm: Normal data and differences along the median nerve

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-173

  Jankelowitz, S K ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal excitability; Forearm; Median nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST;

EID: 58149144718     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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