Excitability properties of motor axons in the maturing mouse

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Boërio, Delphine ^a   Greensmith, Linda ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal nerve; Maturation; Mice; Nerve excitability; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MICE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TAIL;

EID: 62849117748     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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