Excitation block in a nerve fibre model owing to potassium-dependent changes in myelin resistance

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-100

  Brazhe, A R ^a,b   Maksimov, G V ^a   Mosekilde, E ^b   Sosnovtseva, O V ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activity related changes; Extracellular potassium; Intermittent block; Mathematical model; Myelin; Nerve fibre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860879088     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0001     Document Type: Article

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