title: Maturational changes in F waves in growing chickens.
abstract: The F waves evoked by supramaximal stimulation of distal tibial nerve were evaluated in chickens aged 2 to 15 weeks. Latency of these potentials increased from mean +/- SD 11.4 +/- 0.12 ms at week 2 to mean 12.88 +/- 0.65 ms at week 15. The F-wave latency increased linearly with age. When this latency was corrected for a standard distance to compensate for the increasing limb length with age, latency decreased with maturity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bagley
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors