Use of Nerve Conduction Velocity to Assess Peripheral Nerve Health in Aging Mice

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1312-1319

  Walsh, Michael E ^a   Sloane, Lauren B ^b   Fischer, Kathleen E ^c   Austad, Steven N ^c   Richardson, Arlan ^d,e   Van Remmen, Holly ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SUNY Delhi   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary restriction; Nerve conduction; Peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SCIATIC NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SCIATIC NERVE; SEX FACTORS; TAIL;

EID: 84946601300     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu208     Document Type: Article

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