RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nerve fibre refractory period in patients treated with rubidium and lithium.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 791
OP 793
DO 10.1136/jnnp.41.9.791
VO 41
IS 9
A1 Betts, R P
A1 Paschalis, C
A1 Jarratt, J A
A1 Jenner, F A
YR 1978
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/9/791.abstract
AB Nerve fibre refractory period distributions have been measured on the median nerves of six manic-depressive patients controlled with lithium carbonate, three chronic patients (two manic-depressives and one catatonic schizophrenic) controlled with rubidium chloride, and eight normal volunteers. Rubidium prolonged the refractory periods of all nerve fibres while lithium increased only the longer refractory periods.