Passive electrical properties of CNS neurons
In the nervous system, information is transported long distances by action potentials. The action potential is generated by depolarization of the membrane where active ion channels are present. The depolarization can be generated by any input, including synaptic current or current generated by an extracellular electric field. When the degree of polarization from a certain input voltage or current is under threshold the neuron will not fire an action potential and can be considered using the...
Activating function for long fibers
In 1976, McNeal introduced the first efficient model for computing peripheral nerve fiber responses in functional electrical nerve stimulation. Many authors followed his simplification of an ideal internode membrane, where both membrane conductance and membrane capacity are assumed to be 0. In this case, the main equation, Eq. 3.44 , reduces to 4,12 Vn 1 2Vn Vn 1 Ve, n 1 2Ve, n Ve, n 1 Yl with constant fiber diameter d, node-to-node distance Ax, node length L, and axoplasma resistivity p, both...
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Introduction Dvb
Beginning in the 1960s, interest was generated among auditory physiologists, engineers, and otologists in devising implantable electronic hearing devices for the restoration of hearing. The idea perhaps first was conceived around 1800 when Alesandro de Volta inserted two metal electrodes, from the electrolytic cell he discovered, into his ear canals and reported a bubbling sensation. Nevertheless, attempts over the next 50 years to understand the phenomenon were sporadic. In the mid-1800s,...
Pre And Postsomatic Segment
A breakthrough in our understanding of the physics of neural signals, which propagate as membrane voltage along a nerve fiber axon , was achieved by the ingenious work of Hodgkin and Huxley1 on the nonmyelinated squid axon. This work helped explain the action potential or spike that conveys the all-or-none response of neurons. To explore the complicated gating mechanism of the ion channels, the stimulating electrode was a long uninsulated wire, thus every part of the neural membrane had to...
Electrode shape and position dependence
The shape and position of the stimulating electrode affect the electrical response of neural tissue because the electric field created by the stimulating current is affected by these same electrode parameters. The effects of shape are most pronounced when the electrode is in close proximity to the neurons. Planar electrodes have a nonuniform current density that is significantly higher at the edges than in the center of the electrode.26 The current density at a circular electrode within a...
Rapid expansion
In the last five years alone, the field of neuroprosthetics has seen a rapid growth, both in the enabling technologies and in the number of biological systems targeted by neuroprostheses. Again, Figure 1.1 provides a summary of the more prominent prosthetic systems under development. In 1998, the US-FDA approved the Finetech-Brindley bladder controller for commercial use, and the first totally integrated cochlear amplifier TICA was implanted in Europe. In 2000 alone, the US-FDA approved the...
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The editors
Warren E. Finn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Medical Physiology in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology in the Biomedical Sciences Program at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. Dr. Finn earned his Baccalaureate and Masters of Science degrees in zoology at University of Wisconsin. In addition, he earned his Ph.D. in the biological sciences, physiology from Texas A amp M University in College Station, TX. Dr. Finn teaches medical and graduate students in the...