Intraspinal stimulation with light activated micro-stimulators

2011 5th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 546-549

  Abdo, Ammar ^a   Sahin, Mesut ^a   Freedman, David S ^b   Cevik, Elif ^b   Spuhler, Philipp S ^b   Unlu, M Selim ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

neural microstimulation; wireless microstimulators

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; CATHODIC CONTACTS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; GAAS; LASER SOURCES; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSTIMULATION; MICROSTIMULATORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; NEURAL PROSTHETIC; NEURAL TISSUE; PIN PHOTODIODE; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; TISSUE RESPONSE; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; STRESSES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 79960363679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NER.2011.5910606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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