Peripheral Nerve Axonal Excitability in Epileptic Patients

Yerdelen D., Koc F.

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES-TURKISH, cilt.30, ss.108-115, 2013 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 30 Konu: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES-TURKISH
  • Sayfa Sayısı: ss.108-115

Özet

Introduction: Sodium (Na+) channels have an important role for action potential formation in both central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The persistent Na+ current play a role in repetitive firing of action potentials caused by prolonged depolarization, thus could play a role in epilepsy. Nerve excitability measurements are made to investigate biophysical properties and disturbances of impulse conduction in peripheral axons in human subjects.