Selective Activation of Small Motor Axons by Quasitrapezoidal Current Pulses

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 168-174

  Fang, Zi Ping ^a   Mortimer, J Thomas ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS RECORDING; NERVE STIMULATION SYSTEM; QUASITRAPEZOIDAL CURRENT PULSES; SMALL MOTOR AXONS; TRIPOLAR CUFF ELECTRODE;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; AXONS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RECRUITMENT (NEUROLOGY); SCIATIC NERVE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026104684     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.76383     Document Type: Article

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