Fasciculation potentials: Still mysterious

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-228

  Carvalho, Mamede de ^a,c   Swash, Michael ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84855542163     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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