Arrays for chronic functional microstimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-207

  McCreery, Douglas ^a   Pikov, Victor ^a   Lossinsky, Albert ^a   Bullara, Leo ^a   Agnew, William ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Microstimulation; Micturition; Neural prostheses; Safety of electrical stimulation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; SILICON;

MICROSTIMULATION; NEURAL PROSTHESES;

NEUROLOGY;

IRIDIUM; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; SPINAL CORD; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 2942677565     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.827223     Document Type: Article

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