Title :
Magnetic stimulation of sensory evoked potentials
Author :
Jacobs, Alan J. ; Poe, Dennis S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Med., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Preliminary results are presented from the development of a magnetic nerve stimulator capable of stimulating sensory nerve fibers. A magnetic stimulator producing fields near 3000 T/s at rates of 1 kHz was developed to initiate action potentials in sensory nerve axons at rates similar to those seen in vivo. Cortical somatosensory evoked potentials recorded following magnetic stimulation of rat tibial nerves demonstrated significant cerebral activity arising from the simulation
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomagnetism; brain; mechanoception; 1 kHz; action potentials initiation; cerebral activity; cortical somatosensory evoked potentials; magnetic nerve stimulator; rat tibial nerves; sensory evoked potentials; sensory nerve axons; Electroencephalography; Frequency; In vivo; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Magnetic stimulation; Nerve fibers; Skull;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Hartford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0030-0
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1991.154606
