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We wish to acknowledge the support of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), Proj. Nr. LS11-057.

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  1. Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Operngasse 11, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Frank Rattay & Dr. Simon M. Danner

  2. Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/4 L, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Dr. Simon M. Danner, Ursula S. Hofstoetter & Karen Minassian

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Rattay, F., Danner, S.M., Hofstoetter, U.S., Minassian, K. (2014). Finite Element Modeling for Extracellular Stimulation. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_593-5

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