Subretinal implantation and testing of polyimide film electrodes in cats

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-468

  Sachs, Helmut G ^a   Schanze, Thomas ^b   Wilms, Marcus ^b   Rentzos, Andreas ^a   Brunner, Ursula ^a   Gekeler, Florian ^c   Hesse, Lutz ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; POLYIMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VITRECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; IMIDES; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 20444458776     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-1049-x     Document Type: Article

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