Publication Date:
2013-06-20
Description:
Article Visual prosthetics based on photovoltaic devices have been proposed to allow the functional restoration of lost sight. Mandel et al . assess the retinal responses to implanted retinal prosthetics in rats with degenerate retinas and find that they elicit responses in the visual cortex when stimulated by light. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms2980 Authors: Yossi Mandel, Georges Goetz, Daniel Lavinsky, Philip Huie, Keith Mathieson, Lele Wang, Theodore Kamins, Ludwig Galambos, Richard Manivanh, James Harris, Daniel Palanker
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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