The Nervous System and Electric Currents

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Neurophysiological Measurement of Electrical Parameters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A General Theory of Electromagnetic Measurements in Living Organisms and the Experimental System for its Verification

      • Jan Kryspin, Morton F. Roseman

      Pages 3-7

   3. Magnetic Fields Associated with Nervous Conduction

      • Albert M. Cook, Francis M. Long

      Pages 9-13

   4. Current Density Measurement — An Attempt for Improvement

      • H. J. Marsoner

      Pages 15-19

   5. A Method of Evaluating Electrode Placements Used in Impedence Cephalography

      • Daniel A. Driscoll

      Pages 21-26

   6. An Investigation of Excitability Thresholds Using Two Closely-Spaced High-Frequency Sinusoids

      • Stanley Rush, J. A. Abildskov

      Pages 27-31

   7. Spatio-Temporal Potential Fields of Evoked Responses Recorded Transcranially: Prelude to Stimulation

      • D. G. Childers, J. R. Bourne, N. W. Perry

      Pages 33-38

   8. Impedance Measurements of Tissue

      • Robert Cohn, Harrold S. Leader

      Pages 39-43

   9. Electrical Activation of Skeletal Muscle by Sequential Stimulation

      • P. H. Peckham, J. P. Van Der Meulen, J. B. Reswick

      Pages 45-49

   10. A Theoretical Analysis of Several Electrode Placements on the Scalp for Recording Averaged Evoked Potentials

       • Daniel A. Driscoll

       Pages 51-54

3. Neurophysiological Effects of Electrical Currents

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Frog Sciatic Nerve

      • Jeffrey Rothmeier

      Pages 57-69

   3. Effect of Cortically Applied DC Currents on Strychnine Spike Activity — A Preliminary Report

      • H. Fukuda, H. J. Marsoner, F. M. Wageneder

      Pages 71-78

   4. Parkinson-Like Tremor Production by Transcranial Stimulation

      • R. S. Pozos, J. R. Holbrook

      Pages 79-84

   5. Electrostimulation of Hearing

      • Michael S. Hoshiko

      Pages 85-88

   6. Gradable Pain Production

      • Robert H. Smith, J. Herbert Andrew

      Pages 89-91

   7. The Use of Applied DC Fields in the Analysis of Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

      • Curtis A. Gleason

      Pages 93-98

   8. A Pilot Study of the Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation on the Recovery of Function Following Stroke in Man

      • P. E. Crago, J. P. Van Der Meulen, J. B. Reswick

      Pages 99-103

   9. Intravascular Electrical Thrombogenesis, A Preliminary Report

      • Monty McMinn, C. Roger Youmans Jr., Wm. Buchholtz, Norman Welford, John R. Derrick

      Pages 105-109

The brain is one of the most fascinating organs of the body, which delicately controls the thoughts and activities of Man from moment to moment. While much information has been accumulated over the years as to its anatomical and physiological functions, little research has been devoted to determine the effects of electrical fields upon this organ. Therefore, a group of interested researchers formed the Neuro-Electric Society to provide a forum for studying the effects of electrical currents upon the related nuerophysio­ logical determinates. ~luch of this research has been directed to­ wards the production of sleep or a state of anesthesia by trans­ cranially applied electrical currents. The Neuro-Electric Society is a national society which holds annual conferences, bringing together a wide variety of scientists with skills in various fields such as anesthesiology,biomathematics, biomedical engineering, neuro-anatomy, neurology, neurophysiology, neurosurgery, pharmacology, psychiatry and psychology. Subsequent to a number of meetings of various interested groups, the first annual meeting of the Neuro-Electric Society was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in October 1967, and the second in San Francisco, California in February 1969. The third conference is to be held at Las Vegas, Nevada, March 23-25, 1970.

• anatomy
• anesthesiology
• brain
• nervous system
• neurology
• neurophysiology
• neurosurgery
• physiology
• psychiatry

• University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

  Norman L. Wulfsohn

• Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and School of Medicine, Milwaukee, USA

  Anthony Sances

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