Amphetamine increases persistent inward currents in human motoneurons estimated from paired motor-unit activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1295-1303

  Udina, Esther ^a   D'Amico, Jessica ^b   Bergquist, Austin J ^b   Gorassini, Monica A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CURRENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; STRESS;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 77949752009     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00734.2009     Document Type: Article

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