Development of an extraocular retinal prosthesis: Evaluation of stimulation parameters in the cat

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 900-906

  Chowdhury, Vivek ^a   Morley, John W ^b   Coroneo, Minas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cats; Electrical stimulation; Implanted electrodes; Phosphenes; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAT; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTRAOCULAR RETINAL PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PHOSPHENES; REACTION TIME; RETINA;

EID: 45849104190     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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