Title :
Varying the time delay of an action potential elicited with a neural-electronic stimulator
Author :
Szlavik, Robert B. ; Jenkins, Frank
Author_Institution :
Center for Biomedical Eng. & Rehabilitation Sci., Louisiana Tech Univ., LA, USA
Abstract :
There have been various theoretical and experimental studies presented in the literature that focus on interfacing neurons with discrete electronic devices such as transistors. It has also been demonstrated experimentally that neural-electronic devices can be used to elicit action potentials in a target neuron in close proximity to the neural-electronic stimulator. The time delay between stimulus and the onset of the neural action potential can be varied by varying the pulse amplitude and width generated by the neural-electronic stimulator (transistor).
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomedical electronics; delays; neurophysiology; action potential; neural-electronic stimulator; neurons; time delay; transistors; Biomembranes; Capacitance; Delay effects; Extracellular; Kinetic theory; Nerve fibers; Neurons; Pulse modulation; Recruitment; Space vector pulse width modulation; Neural-electronics; neural engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404211