title: Strength-duration properties of cathodal pulses eliciting spreading depression in rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: Strength-duration curves for the threshold stimulus for initiation of spreading depression were determined for durations of 2 ms to 120 s, using cathodal surface stimulation through a well-defined area. With the dura open, the strength-duration curve was of the form I square root t = constant. With extradural stimulation, the slope of the log-log plot relating current intensity to pulse duration increased gradually as the pulse duration increased.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D013181:Cortical Spreading Depression; D004056:Differential Threshold; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats