The "inhibitory" effect of high-frequency stimulation and the excitation state of nerve.
The "inhibitory" effect of high-frequency stimulation and the excitation state of nerve.
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1935.sp003238
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发表时间:
1935-03-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Gerard, RW
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作者:
Cattell, M;Gerard, RW
In most cases low-frequency stimuli (about 500 per sec.) applied to the nerve trunk above, below, or at the region of application of high-frequency stimuli (2000 per sec.) of identical character are able to bring the total action potential to maximal, even though the response to high frequency alone is greatly reduced. Under these conditions the high frequency is largely failing to excite. Stimuli which are maximal at 600 per sec. may give only 3% of the maximal response at 1700 per sec. Under other conditions, especially with high-frequency shocks of greater duration or with more frequent low-frequency shocks, the high frequency is able to block low-frequency impulses passing through the high region. The high-frequency discharges act upon the nerve then, much like electrotonic currents, to depress or block in extreme cases. Ordinarily, the high-frequency stimuli, while largely failing to excite themselves, do not prevent the full response when low-frequency stimuli or impulses are superimposed.