Building the bionic eye: An emerging reality and opportunity

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-15

  Merabet, Lotfi B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Neuroprosthesis; Rehabilitation; Retina; Retinal implant

Indexed keywords

BOOK; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NEUROPROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; THERAPY EFFECT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL NEUROPROSTHESIS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79960246257     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53355-5.00001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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