Activity-dependent conduction failure: Molecular insights

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Park, Susanna B ^a,b   Lin, Cindy S Y ^c   Burke, David ^d   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

activity; conduction block; demyelinating neuropathy; fatigue

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 80055023956     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2011.00358.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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