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Paraspinal Magnetic and Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation

Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience

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High-voltage paraspinal electrical stimulation; High-voltage percutaneous electrical stimulation; Magnetic paravertebral stimulation; Magnetic spinal stimulation; Paravertebral neuromagnetic stimulation; Spinal electromagnetic stimulation; Spinal neuromagnetic stimulation; Transcutaneous posterior root stimulation; Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation; Transspinal magnetic stimulation

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Paraspinal magnetic and electrical stimulation target deep neural structures within the vertebral canal and in-between neighboring vertebrae from a distance of several centimeters, either with magnetic coils or skin electrodes. The principal mechanism of stimulation at the neuronal level is the same for magnetic and electrical stimulation and is given by the induced electric field component or, in an equivalent way, the electric potential, generated along the anatomical path of the nerve fibers. Yet, the generation of electric fields by electromagnetic induction or electrical...

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Acknowledgements

We wish to acknowledge the support of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), Proj.Nr. LS11-057, and the Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation (WfL), Proj.Nr. WFL-AT-007/11. Special thanks are due to Frank Rattay for his insightful comments and to Martin Schmoll for his support in preparing the illustrations.

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  2. Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Operngasse 11, 1090, Vienna, Austria

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Hofstoetter, U.S., Danner, S.M., Minassian, K. (2013). Paraspinal Magnetic and Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_603-4

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