Prospects for a visual prosthesis

Neuroscientist

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-262

  Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a   Wyatt, John ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Blindness; Electrical stimulation; Prosthesis; Retina; Vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042885534     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849700300413     Document Type: Review

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