A rat model of Urtica ferox neuropathy

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-714

  Kanzaki, Mami ^a,c   Tsuchihara, Toyokazu ^a,c   McMorran, Denise ^a   Taylor, Peter ^b   Hammond Tooke, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Neurophysiology; Neurotoxin; Peripheral nerve; Urtica ferox

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLANT FLUID; PLANT LEAF; POISONOUS PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TRICHOME; URTICA FEROX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URTICACEAE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; URTICA DIOICA; URTICA FEROX;

EID: 78049457048     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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