Pulsed magnetic field exposure induces lasting changes in neural network dynamics

Neurocomputing

Volumn 74, Issue 12-13, 2011, Pages 2164-2175

  Stodilka, Robert Z ^a   Modolo, Julien ^a   Prato, Frank S ^a   Robertson, John A ^a   Cook, Charles ^b   Patrick, John ^a   Beuter, Anne ^c   Thomas, Alex W ^a   Legros, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Bordeaux Polytechnic Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Low frequency electromagnetic fields; Spiking neurons network; Synaptic plasticity; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ACTIVITY; BRAIN STIMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CORTICAL NETWORK MODEL; EXPOSURE THRESHOLD; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NETWORK DYNAMICS; POWER LINES; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPIKING NEURONS NETWORK; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BRAIN; BRAIN MODELS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TISSUE;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 79956078714     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: 18728286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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