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Electrical nerve stimulation : theory, experiments, and applications /

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Functional electrical stimulation is the most important application in the field of clinical treatment with currents or magnetism. This technique artificially generates neural activity in order to overcome lost functions of the paralized, incontinent or sensory handicapped patient. Electricity and m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rattay, Frank
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wien ; New York : Springer Verlag, [1990]
Subjects:
Neural stimulation > Therapeutic use.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.
Electric Stimulation Therapy.
Électrothérapie.
Système nerveux > Physiologie.
Electrophysiologie.
Excitation (physiologie)
Neuromuskuläre Krankheit.
Elektrostimulation.
Nervensystem.
Nervenerregung.
Elektrischer Strom.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Functional electrical nerve stimulation: a way to restore lost functions
  • Functional design of the nervous system
  • The excitability of cells
  • The space clamp experiment of Hodgkin and Huxley: non-propagating action potentials
  • Modeling the membrane
  • Propagating of the spike
  • Extra cellular stimulation of fibers
  • Current-distance relations for monopolar electrodes and for ring electrodes
  • Repetitive firing and fibers reactions to periodic stimuli
  • Control of the neuromuscular system
  • Case studies : nerve cuff electrodes, stimulation by magnetic fields
  • Electrostimulation of the auditory nerve: cochlear implants.