In vivo measurement of conduction velocities in afferent and efferent nerve fibre groups in mice

Physiological Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-214

  Steffens, H ^a   Dibaj, P ^b   Schomburg, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Mouse nerves; Nerve fibre groups; Sural motor efferents

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; EFFERENT NERVE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861709467     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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