Development of a silicon retinal implant: Cortical evoked potentials following focal stimulation of the rabbit retina with light and electricity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1545-1553

  Narayanan Nadig, Malini ^a  

^a Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retinal prosthesis

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345363056     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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