Activation of ganglion cells in wild-type and rd1 mouse retinas with monophasic and biphasic current pulses

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jensen, Ralph J ^a   Rizzo, 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

BIPHASIC; BIPHASIC PULSE; CURRENT PULSE; GANGLION CELLS; ISOLATED RETINAS; MOUSE RETINA; PULSE STIMULATION; RESEARCH GROUPS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; STIMULUS WAVEFORMS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; WILD TYPES;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; WAVEFORM; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

MUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 68049117110     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/3/035004     Document Type: Article

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