Responses of ganglion cells to repetitive electrical stimulation of the retina

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jensen, Ralph J ^a   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROSTHETICS;

GANGLION CELLS; RETINA; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES; STIMULUS PULSES;

CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ISOLATED RETINA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PULSE RATE; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33847649689     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/1/S01     Document Type: Article

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