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A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields

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Grill, WM; Durand, D; Warman, EN
Published in: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
January 1, 1992

We have developed a method to predict excitation thresholds of axons based on the response of passive cable models. An expression describing the transmembrane potential induced in passive cables by an applied electric field is presented. Two terms were found to drive the polarization of a node: a source term described by the activating function at the node, and an ohmic term resulting from redistribution of current from sources at other nodes. The expression is used to predict accurately threshold currents, and greatly reduces the computation time necessary to determine the current required to excite a large number of fibers.

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Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

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1557-170X

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

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4

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1384 / 1385
 

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Grill, W. M., Durand, D., & Warman, E. N. (1992). A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS (Vol. 4, pp. 1384–1385). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761841
Grill, W. M., D. Durand, and E. N. Warman. “A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields.” In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 4:1384–85, 1992. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761841.
Grill WM, Durand D, Warman EN. A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields. In: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS. 1992. p. 1384–5.
Grill, W. M., et al. “A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields.” Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, vol. 4, 1992, pp. 1384–85. Scopus, doi:10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761841.
Grill WM, Durand D, Warman EN. A new method to predict neural excitation thresholds for applied electric fields. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS. 1992. p. 1384–1385.

Published In

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

DOI

ISSN

1557-170X

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

4

Start / End Page

1384 / 1385