Transretinal electrical stimulation by an intrascleral multichannel electrode array in rabbit eyes

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Nakauchi, Kazuaki ^a   Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Kanda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Choi, Jun S ^a   Ikuno, Yasushi ^a   Sakaguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Kamei, Motohiro ^a   Ohji, Masahito ^a   Yagi, Tohru ^b   Nishimura, Shigeru ^b   Sawai, Hajime ^a   Fukuda, Yutaka ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nidek Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL CORTEX; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; RETINA; SAFETY; SCLERA;

EID: 20144364488     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-1060-2     Document Type: Article

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