Contribution of fast and slow conducting myelinated axons to single-peak compound action potentials in rat spinal cord white matter preparations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 929-941

  Velumian, Alexander A ^b,c,d   Wan, Yudi ^a   Samoilova, Marina ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT; WHITE MATTER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79951824250     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00435.2010     Document Type: Article

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