Stimulation selectivity of the 'thin-film longitudinal intrafascicular electrode' (tfLIFE) and the 'transverse intrafascicular multi-channel electrode' (time) in the large nerve animal model

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 400-410

  Kundu, Aritra ^a   Harreby, Kristian Rauhe ^a   Yoshida, Ken ^b   Boretius, Tim ^c   Stieglitz, Thomas ^c   Jensen, Winnie ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation current; animal model; intrafascicular electrodes; peripheral nerve; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NEUROSURGERY; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ACTIVATION CURRENTS; ANIMAL MODEL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SELECTIVE ACTIVATION; STIMULATION SELECTIVITIES;

MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROPROSTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PROSTHESES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84896455618     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2267936     Document Type: Article

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