The development of subretinal microphotodiodes for replacement of degenerated photoreceptors

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 269-280

  Zrenner, E ^a   Miliczek, K D ^a   Gabel, V P ^e   Graf, H G ^c   Guenther, E ^a   Haemmerle, H ^b   Hoefflinger, B ^c   Kohler, K ^a   Nisch, W ^b   Schubert, M ^d   Stett, A ^a,b   Weiss, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Institutes for Micro Electronics   (Germany)

^d Institutes for Physical Electronics   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial eye; Microphotodiode arrays; Retinal degeneration; Retinal implant; Subretinal implant; Visual prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLINDNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; MICROPHOTODIODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 9844238701     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268025     Document Type: Article

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