Differential activation of nerve fibers with magnetic stimulation in humans |
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Authors: | Eric C Tuday Kenneth S Olree and Kenneth W Horch |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
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Abstract: | Background Earlier observations in our lab had indicated that large, time-varying magnetic fields could elicit action potentials that
travel in only one direction in at least some of the myelinated axons in peripheral nerves. The objective of this study was
to collect quantitative evidence for magnetically induced unidirectional action potentials in peripheral nerves of human subjects.
A magnetic coil was maneuvered to a location on the upper arm where physical effects consistent with the creation of unidirectional
action potentials were observed. |
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