Magnetometry of injury currents from human nerve and muscle specimens using superconducting quantum interferences devices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Mackert, Bruno Marcel ^a   Mackert, Jan ^a   Wübbeler, Gerd ^a,c   Armbrust, Frank ^a,c   Wolff, Klaus Dieter ^b   Burghoff, Martin ^c   Trahms, Lutz ^c   Curio, Gabriel ^a  

^a Neurophysics Group   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC recording; Injury current; Muscle injury; Nerve injury; Neuromagnetism; Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; QUANTUM THEORY; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033548535     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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