Analysis of a Model for Excitation of Myelinated Nerve

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-23, Issue 4, 1976, Pages 329-337

  McNeal, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORKS - EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0017103492     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1976.324593     Document Type: Article

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