| Literature DB >> 1335438 |
J J Struijk1, J Holsheimer, G G van der Heide, H B Boom.
Abstract
An electrical network model of myelinated dorsal column nerve fibers is presented. The effect of electrical stimulation was investigated using both a homogeneous volume conductor and a more realistic model of the spinal cord. An important feature of dorsal column nerve fibers is the presence of myelinated collaterals perpendicular to the rostro-caudal fibers. It was found that transmembrane potentials, due to external monopolar stimulation, at the node at which a collateral is attached, is significantly influenced by the presence of the collateral. It is concluded that both excitation threshold and blocking threshold of dorsal column fibers are decreased up to 50% compared to unbranched fibers.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1335438 DOI： 10.1109/10.256423
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng ISSN： 0018-9294 Impact factor: 4.538