Assessment of human motoneuron: Afterhyperpolarization duration in health and disease

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 43-61

  Piotrkiewicz, Maria ^a   Kudina, Lydia ^b   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^c   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Aging; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Human motoneurone; Post stroke spasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867613494     PISSN: 02085216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0208-5216(12)70041-4     Document Type: Article

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