In vivo assessment of HCN channel current (/h) in human motor axons

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Tomlinson, Susan E ^a,b,c   Burke, David ^c   Hanna, Mike ^a,b   Koltzenburg, Martin ^a,b   Bostock, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal excitability; Electrotonus; HCN channels; Inward rectification; Motor axons; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE MODULATED CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76649120842     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21482     Document Type: Article

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