Protocol for microneurography with concentric needle electrodes

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-132

  Hallin, Rolf G ^a   Wu, Gang ^a  

^a Div Clin Neurophysiol   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Human; Microneurography; Peripheral nerve; Single unit recording; Spike discrimination; Template matching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE;

ARM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0031868320     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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