A mouse model of the slow channel myasthenic syndrome: Neuromuscular physiology and effects of ephedrine treatment.

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Published in Exp Neurol on June 21, 2013

Authors

R G Webster1, J Cossins, D Lashley, S Maxwell, W W Liu, J R Wickens, P Martinez-Martinez, M de Baets, D Beeson

Author Affiliations

1: Neurosciences Group, Nuffield Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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