Differences in excitability properties of FDI and ADM motor axons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-354

  Jong, Seok Bae ^a,b   Sawai, Setsu ^a   Misawa, Sonoko ^a   Kanai, Kazuaki ^a   Isose, Sagiri ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Latent addition; Nerve excitability; Sodium channel; Strength duration time constant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62849114194     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21107     Document Type: Article

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