Monopolar vs. bipolar subretinal stimulation-An in vitro study

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34

  Gerhardt, Matthias ^a,c   Groeger, Gillian ^b   MacCarthy, Niall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Cells; Electrodes; Ganglion; Monopolar; Retina; Subretinal; SVD

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONAXY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROELECTRODES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79958088223     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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