Threshold suprachoroidal-transretinal stimulation current resulting in retinal damage in rabbits

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nakauchi, Kazuaki ^a   Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Kanda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kusaka, Shunji ^a   Ozawa, Motoki ^b   Sakaguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Ikuno, Yasushi ^a   Kamei, Motohiro ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nidek Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; HISTOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY; TISSUE;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY (FA); RETINAL DAMAGE; RETINAL PROSTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA PROSTHESIS; SAFETY; SUPRACHOROIDAL TRANSRETINAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE INJURIES; RABBITS; RETINA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33847613591     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/1/S07     Document Type: Article

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