Influence of frequency and temperature on the mechanisms of nerve conduction block induced by high-frequency biphasic electrical current

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-206

  Wang, Jicheng ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   Groat, William C ^a   Tai, Changfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Block; Frequency; Model; Stimulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AXON; BLOCK; BLOCKINGS; FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY BIPHASIC ELECTRICAL CURRENTS; MEMBRANE DYNAMICS; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCK; STIMULATION; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES;

BIOPHYSICS;

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY BIPHASIC ELECTRIC CURRENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 41249085124     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-007-0050-x     Document Type: Article

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