"Chronaxy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The shortest duration of an electrical stimulus where the threshold amplitude is twice the rheobase - the minimum required for eliciting an ACTION POTENTIAL at any time period. It is a measure of the excitability of nerve or muscle tissue, and is characteristic of types and/or condition of the nerve or muscle cells in the tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D002907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.723.402.201 G07.265.175 G11.561.175
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronaxy" by people in Profiles.
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Saccadic eye movements evoked by microstimulation of striate cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2003 Feb; 17(4):870-8.
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Electrically evoked saccades from the dorsomedial frontal cortex and frontal eye fields: a parametric evaluation reveals differences between areas. Exp Brain Res. 1997 Dec; 117(3):369-78.