Effects of high-frequency alternating current on axonal conduction through the vagus nerve

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Waataja, Jonathan J ^a   Tweden, Katherine S ^a   Honda, Christopher N ^b  

^a EnteroMedics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LARGE-DIAMETER; MOTOR AXONS; NERVE FIBRES; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; VAGUS NERVE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOASSAY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 80053211053     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/5/056013     Document Type: Article

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