Table of Contents

1. Functional Electrical Nerve Stimulation — A Way to Restore Lost Functions.- 2. Functional Design of the Nervous System.- 3. The Excitability of Cells.- 4. The Space Clamp Experiment of Hodgkin and Huxley — Non-Propagating Action Potentials.- 5. Modeling the Membrane.- 6. Propagation of the Spike.- 7. Extracellular Stimulation of Fibers.- 8. Current-Distance Relations for Monopolar Electrodes and for Ring Electrodes.- 9. Repetitive Firing and Fiber Reactions to Periodic Stimuli.- 10. Control of the Neuromuscular System.- 11. Case Studies: Nerve Cuff Electrodes, Stimulation by Magnetic Fields.- 12. Electrostimulation of the Auditory Nerve — Cochlear Implants.- References.- Author Index.

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