Conduction block and impaired axonal function in tick paralysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-362

  Krishnan, Arun V ^a,b   Lin, Cindy S ^b   Reddel, Stephen W ^c   McGrath, Robert ^d   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrotonus; Nerve excitability; Refractory period; Safety factor; Threshold; Tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 69749127728     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21395     Document Type: Article

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