Conduction failures in rabbit saphenous nerve unmyelinated fibers

NeuroSignals

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-195

  Zhu, Zhi Ru ^a,b   Tang, Xiao Wei ^a   Wang, Wen Ting ^b   Ren, Wei ^c   Xing, Jun Ling ^b   Zhang, Jun Ran ^b   Duan, Jian Hong ^b   Wang, Yu Ying ^b   Jiao, Xiying ^b   Hu, San Jue ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Conduction failure; Conduction velocity slowing; Fibers, unmyelinated; ZD7288

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SAPHENOUS NERVE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62349124711     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209279     Document Type: Article

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