Electrodes for the Neural Interface

Neuromodulation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 181-213

  Tyler, Dustin J ^a,b,c   Polasek, Katharine H ^c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Advanced Platform Technology Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374248-3.00018-5     Document Type: Chapter

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