Estimating nerve excitation thresholds to cutaneous electrical stimulation by finite element modeling combined with a stochastic branching nerve fiber model

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-395

  Mørch, Carsten Dahl ^a   Hennings, Kristian ^a   Andersen, Ole Kæseler ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cutaneous afferent fibers; Excitation threshold; Finite element modeling; Pain

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; CUTANEOUS AFFERENT FIBERS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; EXCITATION THRESHOLD; EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL; FE MODEL; FIBER MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HEALTHY HUMANS; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN; PERCEPTION THRESHOLDS; STOCHASTIC BRANCHING; STRATUM CORNEUM; SURFACE ELECTRODE;

ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEALTH; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

FIBERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955578797     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0725-8     Document Type: Article

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