Responses of rabbit retinal ganglion cells to electrical stimulation with an epiretinal electrode

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS;

CELLS;

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 22044436240     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/1/003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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