The perceptual effects of chronic retinal stimulation

Visual Prosthetics: Physiology, Bioengineering, Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 271-300

  Horsager, Alan ^a,b   Fine, Ione ^c  

^a Eos Neuroscience Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84855676905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0754-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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