A modified cable function to represent the excitation of peripheral nerves by transverse field induced by pulsed magnetic field

Author

Wang, Yi ; Shen, Qiang ; Jiang, Da-Zong

Author_Institution

Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

896

Abstract

The classical cable equation has been used to represent the excitation of peripheral nerves by a longitudinal field. However, it can not predict the excitation of peripheral nerves by a transverse field. A modified cable equation is presented to represent the excitation of peripheral nerves in a transverse field. It is in close agreement with Struijk´s (1999) empirical data of magnetic stimulation of myelinated nerve in vitro. The modified cable equation can be used to represent the response of peripheral nerves in an arbitrary electric field

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; biomembrane transport; neurophysiology; physiological models; classical cable equation; electric field; ionic currents; longitudinal field; magnetic stimulation; modified cable function; peripheral nerve excitation; pulsed magnetic field; transverse field; Biomedical engineering; Biomembranes; Equations; In vitro; Magnetic fields; Magnetic stimulation; Nerve fibers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Physiology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Istanbul

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019087

Filename

1019087