Peripheral nerve excitability measures at different target levels: The effects of aging and diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Shibuta, Yoshiko ^a,b   Nodera, Hiroyuki ^a,c,d   Mori, Atsuko ^a   Okita, Takahiro ^a   Kaji, Ryuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diabetic neuropathy; Inward rectification; Sodium channel; Threshold tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AXONS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958165816     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181f387ab     Document Type: Article

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