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FACILITATION POST-TETANIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

If a nondepolarizing block is present, there is post-tetanic facilitation and "fade" of successive stimuli on both fast (tetanic) and slow (twitch) rates of nerve stimulation.

OBS

facilitation: The neural process of enhancing or promoting synaptic events or reflex actions whereby the sum of separate inputs is additive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

En présence de blocage par dépolarisation, il y a réponse musculaire, que le nerf soit stimulé à un rythme rapide (tétanos) ou lent (secousses), et absence de facilitation post-tétanique. En cas de non-dépolarisation, on note la facilitation post-tétanique et la diminution successive des stimuli, tant lorsque le rythme de la stimulation nerveuse et rapide (tétanos) que lorsqu'il est lent (secousses).

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