Multi-electrode stimulation and recording in the isolated retina

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Grumet, Andrew E ^a,b   Wyatt Jr , John L ^a,b   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Electrode array; Extracellular stimulation; Neural recording; Rabbit; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MICROELECTRODES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034663459     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00246-6     Document Type: Article

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