Chronic neural stimulation with thin-film, iridium oxide electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 911-918

  Weiland, James D ^a   Anderson, David J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Impedance spectroscopy; Iridium oxide; Neural prosthesis; Stimulating electrodes

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CHRONIC NEURAL STIMULATION; GUINEA PIG CORTEX; NEURAL PROSTHESIS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

IRIDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GUINEA PIGS; IRIDIUM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0033932838     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.846685     Document Type: Article

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