Model of Impedance Changes in Unmyelinated Nerve Fibers. 2019

Ilya Tarotin, and Kirill Aristovich, and David Holder

Currently, there is no imaging method that is able to distinguish the functional activity inside nerves. Such a method would be essential for understanding peripheral nerve physiology and would allow precise neuromodulation of organs these nerves supply. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a method that produces images of electrical impedance change (dZ) of an object by injecting alternating current and recording surface voltages. It has been shown to be able to image fast activity in the brain and large peripheral nerves. To image inside small autonomic nerves, mostly containing unmyelinated fibers, it is necessary to maximize SNR and optimize the EIT parameters. An accurate model of the nerve is required to identify these optimal parameters as well as to validate data obtained in the experiments. In this study, we developed two three-dimensional models of unmyelinated fibers: Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) squid giant axon (single and multiple) and mammalian C-nociceptor. A coupling feedback system was incorporated into the models to simulate direct and alternating current application and simultaneously record external field during action potential propagation. Parameters of the developed models were varied to study their influence on the recorded impedance changes; the optimal parameters were identified. The negative dZ was found to monotonically decrease with frequency for both HH and C fiber models, in accordance with the experimental data. The accurate realistic model of unmyelinated nerve allows the optimization of EIT parameters and matches literature and experimental results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008959 Models, Neurological Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of the neurological system, processes or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Neurologic Models,Model, Neurological,Neurologic Model,Neurological Model,Neurological Models,Model, Neurologic,Models, Neurologic
D003386 Brachyura An infraorder of chiefly marine, largely carnivorous CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, including the genera Cancer, Uca, and Callinectes. Blue Crab,Callinectes sapidus,Carcinus maenas,Crab, Blue,Crab, Common Shore,Crab, Green,Crabs, Short-Tailed,Crabs, True,Green Crab,Uca,Common Shore Crab,European Shore Crab,Blue Crabs,Brachyuras,Carcinus maena,Common Shore Crabs,Crab, European Shore,Crab, Short-Tailed,Crab, True,Crabs, Blue,Crabs, Common Shore,Crabs, Green,Crabs, Short Tailed,Green Crabs,Shore Crab, Common,Shore Crab, European,Shore Crabs, Common,Short-Tailed Crab,Short-Tailed Crabs,True Crab,True Crabs,Ucas,maenas, Carcinus
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012815 Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted processing of electric, ultrasonic, or electronic signals to interpret function and activity. Digital Signal Processing,Signal Interpretation, Computer-Assisted,Signal Processing, Digital,Computer-Assisted Signal Interpretation,Computer-Assisted Signal Interpretations,Computer-Assisted Signal Processing,Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Signal,Interpretations, Computer-Assisted Signal,Signal Interpretation, Computer Assisted,Signal Interpretations, Computer-Assisted,Signal Processing, Computer Assisted
D014054 Tomography Imaging methods that result in sharp images of objects located on a chosen plane and blurred images located above or below the plane. Tomographies
D017097 Electric Impedance The resistance to the flow of either alternating or direct electrical current. Bioelectrical Impedance,Electric Resistance,Impedance,Ohmic Resistance,Biolectric Impedance,Electrical Impedance,Electrical Resistance,Impedance, Bioelectrical,Impedance, Biolectric,Impedance, Electric,Impedance, Electrical,Ohmic Resistances,Resistance, Electric,Resistance, Electrical,Resistance, Ohmic,Resistances, Ohmic
D020342 Finite Element Analysis A computer based method of simulating or analyzing the behavior of structures or components. Analysis, Finite Element,Analyses, Finite Element,Element Analyses, Finite,Element Analysis, Finite,Finite Element Analyses
D036421 Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated A class of nerve fibers as defined by their nerve sheath arrangement. The AXONS of the unmyelinated nerve fibers are small in diameter and usually several are surrounded by a single MYELIN SHEATH. They conduct low-velocity impulses, and represent the majority of peripheral sensory and autonomic fibers, but are also found in the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD. C Fibers,C Fiber,Nerve Fiber, Unmyelinated,Unmyelinated Nerve Fiber,Unmyelinated Nerve Fibers

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