Analysis of nerve conduction block induced by direct current

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-210

  Tai, Changfeng ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   de Groat, William C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axon; Direct current; Model; Nerve block

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; SODIUM;

ACTIVATING FUNCTION; AXON; BLOCKINGS; DIRECT-CURRENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUMPED CIRCUIT MODELS; MYELINATED AXONS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCK; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ELECTRODES;

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69549097582     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-009-0137-7     Document Type: Article

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