Conduction block of whole nerve without onset firing using combined high frequency and direct current

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-251

  Ackermann Jr , D Michael ^a,b   Bhadra, Niloy ^a,b   Foldes, Emily L ^a   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct current; High frequency alternating current; Mammalian peripheral nerve; Nerve conduction block; Nerve damage; Onset response

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CURRENT; HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT; MAMMALIAN PERIPHERAL NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCK; NERVE DAMAGE; ONSET RESPONSE;

MAMMALS;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 79952628315     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0679-x     Document Type: Article

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