Visual sensations produced by optic nerve stimulation using an implanted self-sizing spiral cuff electrode

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Veraart, Claude ^a   Raftopoulos, Christian ^b   Mortimer, J Thomas ^c   Delbeke, Jean ^a   Pins, Delphine ^a   Michaux, Géraldine ^a   Vanlierde, Annick ^a   Parrini, Simone ^a   Wanet Defalque, Marie Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Optic nerve stimulation; Retinitis pigmentosa; Self sizing spiral cuff electrode; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CUFF; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE STIMULATION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EYE, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032583236     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00977-9     Document Type: Article

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