Electrical conduction block in large nerves: Highfrequency current delivery in the nonhuman primate

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 897-899

  Michael Ackermann Jr , D ^a,b   Ethier, Christian ^c   Foldes, Emily L ^b   Oby, Emily R ^c   Tyler, Dustin ^b   Bauman, Matt ^c   Bhadra, Niloy ^a,b   Miller, Lee ^c   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Conduction block; High frequency alternating current (HFAC); Large diameter; Peripheral nerve; Primate

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 79957929678     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22037     Document Type: Article

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