Bhadra Narendra, Vrabec Tina, Kilgore Kevin, Bhadra Niloy
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA.
Bioelectron Med (Lond). 2019;2(2):63-71. doi: 10.2217/bem-2019-0020. Epub 2019 Oct 4.
To validate the use of motor activation thresholds (MoT) to titrate stimulation amplitudes for spinal cord stimulation in rodent models.
We recorded thresholds for MoT and sciatic compound action potentials in ten Sprague-Dawley rats implanted with epidural electrodes. Strength duration curves were fitted to the threshold values.
Activation thresholds were in the same order for both MoT and sciatic compound action potentials.
Many of the large, myelinated fibers traversing the dorsal columns in the rodent spine are activated at similar current levels to MoT. Epidural stimulation in rodents needs to be applied at amplitudes close to MoT to activate these axons.
验证在啮齿动物模型中使用运动激活阈值(MoT)来滴定脊髓刺激的刺激幅度。
我们记录了10只植入硬膜外电极的Sprague-Dawley大鼠的MoT阈值和坐骨复合动作电位。对阈值进行强度-时间曲线拟合。
MoT和坐骨复合动作电位的激活阈值顺序相同。
许多穿过啮齿动物脊柱背柱的大的有髓纤维在与MoT相似的电流水平下被激活。在啮齿动物中进行硬膜外刺激时,需要以接近MoT的幅度施加刺激以激活这些轴突。