Visual sensations produced by intracortical microstimulation of the human occipital cortex

Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 257-259

  Bak, M ^a   Girvin, J P ^b   Hambrecht, F T ^a   Kufta, C V ^a   Loeb, G E ^c   Schmidt, E M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microstimulation; Neural prosthesis; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

HUMAN OCCIPITAL CORTEX; INTRACORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; PHOSPHENES; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

VISION;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMAN; PHOSPHENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0025002762     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: 17410444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02442682     Document Type: Article

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