Ranvier Nodes Impedance Match with Internodal Transmission Lines of Myelinated Axons

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1905-1908

  Villapecellin Cid M M ^a   Roa, L ^a   Reina Tosina, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Impedance; Matching; Myelinated axon; Periodic structure; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; PERMITTIVITY;

MATCHING; MYELINATED AXONS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; RANVIER NODES; TRANSMISSION LINE;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 1542301531     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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