Title :
Preliminary study on mechanism of the induction of sleep by time-varying magnetic field
Author :
Zhang, Jie ; Xuemin Wang ; Jianxin Han ; Mingshi Wang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Before and after magnetic stimulation, the discharge frequency of raphe nuclei in rabbits was recorded. The results show that there is obvious change of the discharge frequency, t<0.01. This presents one of the possible mechanisms of the induction of sleep by time-varying magnetic field
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; electroencephalography; patient treatment; sleep; EEG synchronization; brain electricity changes; discharge frequency; magnetic stimulation; rabbits; raphe nuclei; sleep induction mechanism; time-varying magnetic field; Biomedical engineering; Brain modeling; Chemicals; Couplings; Electroencephalography; Frequency synchronization; Magnetic fields; Magnetic stimulation; Rabbits; Sleep;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802061
