Biohybrid retinal implant: Research and development update in 2005

2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 248-251

  Yagi, Tohru ^a,b   Watanabe, Masami ^c   Ohnishi, Yasushi ^d   Okuma, Shigeru ^e   Mukai, Toshiharu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Aichi Industrial Technology Institute   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon Guidance; Bio MEMS; Biohybrid; Regenerative Medicine; Visual Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AXON GUIDANCE; BIO-MEMS; BIOHYBRID; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; VISION;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

EID: 33646576635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2005.1419603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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