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  • Title: Generation of unidirectionally propagated action potentials in a peripheral nerve by brief stimuli.
    Author: van den Honert C, Mortimer JT.
    Journal: Science; 1979 Dec 14; 206(4424):1311-2. PubMed ID: 515733.
    Abstract:
    Single, unidirectionally propagated action potentials can be elicited in peripheral nerves by electrical stimuli of short duration. Propagation in one direction is blocked anodically by means of a quasi-trapezoidal stimulus wave form and a modified tripolar electrode configuration. Propagation in the other direction proceeds unhindered. This technique may be applicable to collision blocking of motor nerves for neural prostheses.
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