Motoneuron afterhyperpolarisation duration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2745-2754

  Piotrkiewicz, Maria ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE FORCE DEFICIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79957862804     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.204891     Document Type: Article

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