Thresholds for activation of rabbit retinal ganglion cells with relatively large, extracellular microelectrodes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1486-1496

  Jensen, Ralph J ^a   Ziv, Ofer R ^a,b   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRONIC RETINAL PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 18244377676     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1018     Document Type: Article

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