Functional regeneration of severed peripheral nerve using an implantable electrical stimulator

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1511-1514

  Lee, Tae Hyung ^a   Pan, Hui ^a   Kim, In Sook ^a   Hwang, Soon Jung ^a   Kim, Sung June ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-PHASIC; CURRENT PULSE; DEGREE OF REGENERATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL REGENERATION; NEURAL RESPONSE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; WALKING TRACKS;

POLYIMIDES; SILICONES;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; NERVE REGENERATION; POWER SUPPLY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; NERVE REGENERATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 78650803705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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