Feasibility of neural stimulation with floating-light-activated microelectrical stimulators

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Abdo, Ammar ^a   Sahin, Mesut ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural microstimulation; wireless microstimulators

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CIRCULAR LASER BEAMS; COMPUTER MODELS; DEVICE SIZES; FREE PARAMETERS; GRAY MATTER; LASER POWER; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; MICROSTIMULATION; MICROSTIMULATORS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; NEURAL ACTIVATION; NEURAL PROSTHETIC; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; NEURAL TISSUE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHOTON DENSITIES; SPINAL CORDS; SUBMILLIMETERS; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; WHITE MATTER;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; MICROELECTRODES; TISSUE;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79955864982     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2114882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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