Direct activation of retinal ganglion cells with subretinal stimulation

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 618-621

  Tsai, D ^a   Morley, J W ^b   Suaning, G J ^a   Lovell, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DIRECT ACTIVATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NEURAL MECHANISMS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION PROSTHESIS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

CELLS;

EID: 77951004299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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