Modified pulse shapes for effective neural stimulation

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Hofmann, Lorenz ^a   Ebert, Martin ^a   Tass, Peter Alexander ^a,b   Hauptmann, Christian ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational neuroscience; Deep brain stimulation; Entrainment; Pulsatile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODIFIED PULSE SHAPE; MORRIS LECAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 83755224435     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2011.00009     Document Type: Article

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