Effect of limb lengthening on internodal length and conduction velocity of peripheral nerve

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4536-4539

  Simpson, A Hamish ^a   Gillingwater, Thomas H ^a   Anderson, Heather ^a   Cottrell, David ^a   Sherman, Diane L ^a   Ribchester, Richard R ^a   Brophy, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNODAL LENGTH; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RABBITS; RANVIER'S NODES; REACTION TIME; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84874594036     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4176-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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