Strategies for restoring vision to the blind: Current and emerging technologies

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 519, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-133

  Theogarajan, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical interfaces; Ionic stimulation; Optogenetics; Retinal prostheses

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPSIN; POTASSIUM ION;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRONIC RETINAL PROSTHESIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR THERAPY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA IMPLANTATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84862246832     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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