Optogenetic approaches to retinal prosthesis

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 345-354

  Barrett, John Martin ^a   Berlinguer Palmini, Rolando ^a   Degenaar, Patrick ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bionics; Optogenetics; Retinal prosthesis; Visual prosthesis; Visual restoration

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELANOPSIN; OPSIN;

CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; GENE THERAPY; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICRO CONTACT LENS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL IMPLANT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TARGET CELL; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OPTOGENETICS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84911365846     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523814000212     Document Type: Review

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