Nerve stimulation with an electrode of finite size: Differences between constant current and constant voltage stimulation

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-94

  Stecker, Mark M ^a,b,c  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant current; Electrode; Mathematical model; Nerve; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODES; NEUROLOGY;

NERVE STIMULATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1642493010     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(03)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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