Abstract

Electrical stimulation of nerves can be elicited by a capacitor-discharge magnetic stimulator. The stimulation is painless and non-invasive. The principle of operation is that a magnetic field induces an electric current in the volume conductor of the tissue and triggers the depolarization of the nerve fibers. Magnetostimulation is a safe, convenient and simple method of stimulating the nervous system without pain but with less precision of localization than by electrostimulation with electrodes.

© 1991 Optical Society of America