posttetanic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ tetanic

Adjective[edit]

posttetanic (not comparable)

  1. Following tetany
    • 2015 December 1, “Responders to Wide-Pulse, High-Frequency Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Show Reduced Metabolic Demand: A 31 P-MRS Study in Humans”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      This EF phenomenon is frequently associated with central mechanisms such as posttetanic potentiation at the Ia synapse, temporal summation of subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potentials of Ia fibers to the motoneurons and activation of persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurons [4, 17, 18, 20 ].