Electrochemical activation and inhibition of neuromuscular systems through modulation of ion concentrations with ion-selective membranes

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 980-986

  Song, Yong Ak ^a,b   Melik, Rohat ^a,b   Rabie, Amr N ^c,d   Ibrahim, Ahmed M S ^c   Moses, David ^e   Tan, Ara ^f   Han, Jongyoon ^a,b   Lin, Samuel J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENERGY GAP; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IONS; NEUROLOGY;

CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; REVERSIBLE INHIBITIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

ION SELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

ION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FROG; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA CATESBEIANA; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 81955164189     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3146     Document Type: Article

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