A model of the electrical behaviour of myelinated sensory nerve fibres based on human data

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-235

  Wesselink, W A ^a   Holsheimer, J ^a   Boom, H B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potential; Chronaxie; Conduction velocity; Human nerve fibre; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CHRONAXIE; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN NERVE FIBER;

TISSUE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CHRONAXY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0033058688     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513291     Document Type: Article

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