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D Michael Ackermann1, Niloy Bhadra, Emily L Foldes, Kevin L Kilgore.
Abstract
Direct current, DC, can be used to quickly and reversibly block activity in excitable tissue, or to quickly and reversibly increase or decrease the natural excitability of a neuronal population. However, the practical use of DC to control neuronal activity has been extremely limited due to the rapid tissue damage caused by its use. We show that a separated interface nerve electrode, SINE, is a much safer method to deliver DC to excitable tissue and may be valuable as a laboratory research tool or potentially for clinical treatment of disease.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21276819 PMCID: PMC3099145 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.01.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosci Methods ISSN: 0165-0270 Impact factor: 2.390