Chronic electrical stimulation with a suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis: A preclinical safety and efficacy study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Nayagam, David A X ^a,b   Williams, Richard A ^b,c   Allen, Penelope J ^b   Shivdasani, Mohit N ^a,b   Luu, Chi D ^b   Salinas LaRosa, Cesar M ^c   Finch, Sue ^b   Ayton, Lauren N ^b   Saunders, Alexia L ^a   McPhedran, Michelle ^a   McGowan, Ceara ^a   Villalobos, Joel ^a   Fallon, James B ^a,b   Wise, Andrew K ^a,b   Yeoh, Jonathan ^b   Xu, Jin ^a,b   Feng, Helen ^a,b   Millard, Rodney ^a   McWade, Melanie ^a,d   Thien, Patrick C ^a   Williams, Chris E ^a,b   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b   more..

^a BIONICS INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA LENS; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICALLY EVOKED VISUAL CORTEX POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL IMPLANT; STAPLE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SUTURE; TISSUE REACTION; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR MODELS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84901321178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097182     Document Type: Article

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