galvanic stimulation

См. также в других словарях:

• Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation — Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation, is basically electric messages that are sent to a nerve in the ear that maintains balance. A person or persons can manipulate this technology for either military purposes or for commercial purposes. The technology …   Wikipedia

• galvanic — Pertaining to galvanism. SYN: voltaic. * * * gal·van·ic gal van ik adj of, relating to, involving, or producing a direct current of electricity <galvanic stimulation of flaccid muscles> compare FARADIC gal·van·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv… …   Medical dictionary

• Galvanic — may refer to * Galvanization * Galvanic cell * Galvanic skin response * Galvanic corrosion * Galvanic series * Galvanic bath * Galvanic anode * Galvanic isolation * Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation * Galvanism …   Wikipedia

• galvanic nystagmus — vestibular nystagmus caused by electrical stimulation of the labyrinth of the internal ear; called also electrical n …   Medical dictionary

• Cranial electrotherapy stimulation — Alternative medicine / fringe therapies Claims Electrical stimulation of the scalp can relieve various psychological disorders. Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) is an experimental[1] psychiatric treatment that applies a small, pulsed …   Wikipedia

• reaction of degeneration — n the reaction to electric stimulation that occurs in muscles in which the nerves have undergone degeneration and that consists in severe cases of a sluggish response to galvanic stimulation of the muscle and no response to faradic stimulation of …   Medical dictionary

• Nystagmus — Rapid rhythmic repetitious involuntary (unwilled) eye movements. Nystagmus can be horizontal, vertical or rotary. * * * Involuntary rhythmic oscillation of the eyeballs, either pendular or with a slow and fast component. [G. nystagmos, a nodding …   Medical dictionary

• Vestibular evoked myogenic potential — The vestibular evoked myogenic potential or VsEP is a neurophysiological assessment technique used to determine the function of the otolithic organs (utricle and saccule) of the inner ear. It complements the information provided by caloric… …   Wikipedia

• motor point — n a small area on a muscle at which a minimal amount of electrical stimulation will cause the muscle to contract * * * 1. the point at which a motor nerve enters a muscle. 2. any point on the skin over a muscle at which the application of… …   Medical dictionary

• Jolly reaction — failure of response to faradic stimulation in a muscle, the power of voluntary contraction as well as the response to galvanic stimulation being retained …   Medical dictionary

• HVGS — high voltage galvanic stimulation …   Medical dictionary