Frequency-dependent reduction of voltage-gated sodium current modulates retinal ganglion cell response rate to electrical stimulation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Tsai, David ^a   Morley, John W ^a,b   Suaning, Gregg J ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HIGH FREQUENCY; HUMAN PATIENTS; ISOLATED RETINAS; LIGHT STIMULI; NEURAL RESPONSE; PATCH CLAMP RECORDING; RESPONSE RATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL IMPLANTS; RETINAL NETWORK; SODIUM CURRENT; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY;

ALDEHYDES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SODIUM; SURVEYS;

CELLS;

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 81855169957     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/6/066007     Document Type: Article

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