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- Title
Excitability properties of motor axons in patients with spontaneous motor unit activity.
- Authors
Kiernan, M C; Hart, I K; Bostock, H
- Abstract
Measures of nerve excitability provide information about biophysical properties of peripheral axons in disease states. One measure, the strength duration time constant (tau(SD)), was previously reported to be prolonged in motor axons of patients with acquired neuromyotonia. The present study used a new protocol that applies a more comprehensive and sensitive panel of measures of axonal excitability, to determine firstly whether changes in tau(SD) were present in a group of patients with evidence of spontaneous motor unit activity; and secondly, if such changes in tau(SD) were present, whether other parameters of axonal excitability were affected, to clarify the mechanism of the change in tau(SD).
- Publication
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2001, Vol 70, Issue 1, p56
- ISSN
0022-3050
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jnnp.70.1.56