Visual perception elicited by electrical stimulation of retina in blind humans

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-46

  Humayun, Mark S ^a,e   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a   Greenberg, Robert J ^b   Propst, Roy H ^c   Phillips, D Howard ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030049242     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130038006     Document Type: Article

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