Thalamic visual neuroprostheses: Comparison of visual percepts generated by natural stimulation of the eye and electrical stimulation of the thalamus

2009 4th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 56-59

  Panetsos, Fivos ^a   Diaz De Cerio, Elena ^a   Sanchez Jimenez, Abel ^a   Herrera Rincon, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMI; Brain machine interfaces; Component; Cortex; Implants; Lateral geniculate nucleus; LGN; Microstimulation; Sensory; The blind; V; Visual percept

Indexed keywords

BMI; BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACES; COMPONENT; CORTEX; IMPLANTS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LGN; MICROSTIMULATION; SENSORY; THE BLIND; V; VISUAL PERCEPT;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 70350247608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NER.2009.5109233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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