Effects of spatial and temporal parameters of primary afferent microstimulation on neural responses evoked in primary somatosensory cortex of an anesthetized cat

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7533-7536

  Hokanson, James A ^a   Ayers, Christopher A ^a   Gaunt, Robert A ^b   Bruns, Tim M ^b   Weber, Douglas J ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NEURONS; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; FIXED AMPLITUDE; ISOFLURANE; LOCATION EFFECTS; MICROSTIMULATION; NEURAL RESPONSE; PARAMETER SPACES; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE RATE; STIMULATION PATTERN; STIMULATION PULSE; STIMULATION SITES; THRESHOLD AMPLITUDE;

SENSORY FEEDBACK;

MICROELECTRODES;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MICROELECTRODE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CATS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861656375     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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