Efficacy of the hexpolar configuration in localizing the activation of retinal ganglion cells under electrical stimulation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2776-2779

  Habib, Amgad G ^a   Cameron, Morven A ^b   Suaning, Gregg J ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a   Morley, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION THRESHOLDS; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MONOPOLAR; PATCH-CLAMP; RETINAL DEGENERATIONS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RUDIMENTARY FORMS; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; VISION;

ALDEHYDES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84882975377     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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