STIMULATION OF A MYELINATED NERVE AXON BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
STIMULATION OF A MYELINATED NERVE AXON BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02446708
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发表时间:
1991-05-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
ROTH, BJ
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作者:
BASSER, PJ;ROTH, BJ
A model of electromagnetic stimulation predicts the transmembrane potential distribution along a myelinated nerve axon and the volume of stimulated tissue within a limb. Threshold stimulus strength is shown to be inversely proportional to the square of the axon diameter. It is inversely proportional to pulse duration for short pulses and independent of pulse duration for long ones. These results are also predicted by dimensional analysis. Two dimensionless numbers, S(em), the ratio of the induced transmembrane potential to the axon's threshold potential, and T(c)/T, the ratio of the pulse duration to the membrane time constant, summarise the dependence of threshold stimulus strength on pulse duration and axon diameter.