High-frequency stimulation selectively blocks different types of fibers in frog sciatic nerve

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 550-557

  Joseph, Laveeta ^a   Butera, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A fiber; C fiber; compound action potential; pain; selective stimulation

Indexed keywords

A-FIBER; C-FIBER; COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIALS; PAIN; SELECTIVE STIMULATION;

FIBERS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANA PIPIENS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 80054075922     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2011.2163082     Document Type: Article

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