Excitation properties of the right cervical vagus nerve in adult dogs

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-68

  Castoro, Mark A ^a   Yoo, Paul B ^a   Hincapie, Juan G ^c   Hamann, Jason J ^c   Ruble, Stephen B ^c   Wolf, Patrick D ^a   Grill, Warren M ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound action potential; Electrode configuration; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 78650933976     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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