The role of slow potassium current in nerve conduction block induced by high-frequency biphasic electrical current

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Liu, Hailong ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Tai, Changfeng ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axon; Block; High frequency; Potassium; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

AXON; BIPHASIC; BLOCK; BLOCKING ELECTRODES; DC BLOCKS; ELECTRICAL CURRENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; LUMPED CIRCUIT MODELS; MYELINATED AXONS; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCKS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CURRENTS; SCHWARZ; SIMULATION STUDIES; STIMULATION; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES; STIMULATION INTENSITIES;

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MAMMALS; POTASSIUM;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 60549108812     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2006013     Document Type: Article

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