Feasibility of a visual prosthesis for the blind based on intracortical microstimulation of the visual cortex

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 507-522

  Schmidt, E M ^a   Bak, M J ^a   Hambrecht, F T ^a   Kufta, C V ^a   O'Rourke, D K ^a   Vallabhanath, P ^b  

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

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Human; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0029964253     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.2.507     Document Type: Article

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