The Nervous System and Electric Currents

The Nervous System and Electric Currents
Author: Norman Wulfsohn
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2013-10-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781468480467

This second volume of the "Nervous System and Electric Currents" represents the collected papers of the Proceedings of the fourth annual national conference, organised by the Neuro-Electric Society. It will be held at the Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas,March 10-12, 1971. The interests of the Neuro-Electric Society focus upon the measurement and quantification of neuro-electric phenomena, neuro stimulation and recording techniques and procedures, and the appli cations of biomedical engineering to the furthering of our under standing about neural-behavioral processes. These research papers further explore the influence of electrical currents on the neurophysiological correlates of the nervous system. The "central" nervous system is still the main focus of research. The use of transcranially applied electric currents in the production of electro-sleep and electro-anesthesia is the important practical clinical aspect of these interesting researches. However, a net., emphasis is now also beginning to be placed on the effects of these applied currents to the "peripheral" nervous system. The Editors wish to thank the following sponsors: Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C. (Grant No. NR 108-918); Medtronic Inc., Ninneapolis, Hinnesota; and Plenum Press, New York, New York. We also wish to thank for their cooperation the Association for the Advancement of Hedical Instrumentation, Bethesda, 1'laryland, the In stitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Group of Engineering in Hedicine and Biology), New York, New York, and the International Society for Electro-sleep and Electro-Anesthesia, Graz, Austria.

The Nervous System and Electric Currents

The Nervous System and Electric Currents
Author: Norman L. Wulfsohn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 146841836X

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.

The Nervous System and Electric Currents

The Nervous System and Electric Currents
Author: Neuroelectric Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1971
Genre: Electric stimulation
ISBN:

Vols. for 1970- are the proceedings of the 3d- annual national conferences of the society.

TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons: Physiology, Pathology, and Law

TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons: Physiology, Pathology, and Law
Author: Mark W. Kroll
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2009-02-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387854754

TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons are rapidly replacing the club for law-enforcement control of violent subjects within many countries around the globe. A TASER CEW is a hand-held device that delivers a 400-volt pulse with a duration tuned to control the skeletal muscles without affecting the heart at a distance of up to 6.5 meters over tiny wires. If necessary, it begins with an arcing voltage of 50,000 V to penetrate thick clothing; the 50,000 V is never delivered to the body itself. Due to the widespread usage of these devices and the widespread misconceptions surrounding their operation, this book will have significant utility. This volume is written for cardiologists, emergency physicians, pathologists, law enforcement management, corrections personnel, and attorneys.