A charge-metering method for voltage-mode neural stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 224, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-47

  Luan, Song ^a   Constandinou, Timothy G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge balancing; Charge metering; Circuit design; Electrical neural stimulation; Voltage mode stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EX VIVO STUDY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; STIMULUS; VOLTAGE MODE NEURAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS;

CHARGE BALANCING; CHARGE-METERING; CIRCUIT DESIGN; ELECTRICAL NEURAL STIMULATION; VOLTAGE-MODE STIMULATION;

BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS;

EID: 84891789275     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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