POSTMORTEM ELECTRICAL EXCITABILITY OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE - PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF AN ANIMAL-MODEL

Authors
JONES MD JAMES WS BARASI S NOKES LDM
Citation
Md. Jones et al., POSTMORTEM ELECTRICAL EXCITABILITY OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE - PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF AN ANIMAL-MODEL, Forensic science international, 76(2), 1995, pp. 91-96
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Forensic science international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03790738
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
91 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(1995)76:2<91:PEEOS->2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Presented is a preliminary study of the feasibility of using an animal model to investigate the postmortem time-dependent decay in muscular response, when subjected to electrical stimulation and to develop an a nimal model for the assessment of the use of electrical excitability a s a method for determining the postmortem period of a human corpse. An alysis of the results shows a correlation between the rate of decay of muscular response with the postmortem interval.