Chapter 6 Methods and Protocols in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Experimental Research. Part III-Electrophysiological Evaluation

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 105-126

  Navarro, Xavier ^a,b   Udina, Esther ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 70349782702     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87006-2     Document Type: Review

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