Retinal stimulation strategies to restore vision: Fundamentals and systems

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-47

  Yue, Lan ^a   Weiland, James D ^a   Roska, Botond ^b,c   Humayun, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioelectronic; Optogenetics; Photoreceptor degeneration; Photoswitches; Prosthesis; Retinal stimulation; Ultrasound; Vision restoration

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTRICAL RETINAL STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIRETINAL PROSTHESIS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC CAMERA; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINAL IMPLANT; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL PROSTHESIS; SUPRACHOROIDAL PROSTHESIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OPTOGENETICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84971654774     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2016.05.002     Document Type: Review

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