Title :
The electrical control of pressure sensations: the relationship between stimulation signals and subjective intensities and areas
Author :
Suzuki, Takafumi ; Mabuchi, Kunihiko ; Nishimura, Haruyo ; Saito, Takashi ; Kakuta, Naoto ; Kunimoto, Masaya ; Shimojo, Makoto ; Ishikawa, Masatoshi
Author_Institution :
Center for Collaborative Res., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In order to understand the method of controlling the intensities and areas of pressure sensations evoked by the electrical stimulation of a sensory nerve, the relationship was studied between the stimulation signal (which is input intraneurally into a single mechanoreceptor unit) and the subjective intensities and areas of the evoked sensations. The subjective magnitude of the evoked sensation was found to intensify with an increase in the stimulus frequency
Keywords :
biocontrol; bioelectric phenomena; mechanoception; neurophysiology; evoked sensations; intraneural input; pressure sensations electrical control; single mechanoreceptor unit; stimulation signal; stimulation signals; stimulus frequency; subjective area; subjective intensity; Artificial limbs; Collaboration; Electrical stimulation; Frequency; Hospitals; Humans; Microelectrodes; Nerve fibers; Nervous system; Pressure control;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802535
