Wedensky effect

We·den·sky ef·fect

1. a relatively long-lasting, enhancing effect following application of a maximal shock or stimulus to a neuromuscular preparation during which a subthreshold stimulation, otherwise too small to evoke a response, will produce a response; 2. a relatively prolonged lowering of the threshold of excitability after a maximal shock.

Wedensky,

Nikolai I. (Vvdenskii), Russian neurophysiologist, 1852-1922. Wedensky effect - a relatively long enhancing effect following application of a maximal shock or stimulus to a neuromuscular preparation.Wedensky facilitation - the additive effect of a series of electric shocks.Wedensky inhibition - inhibition of muscle response as a result of a series of rapidly repeated stimuli to the motor nerve.