Publication Date:
2002-02-09
Description:
A number of research groups are developing electrical implants that can be attached directly to the retina in an attempt to restore vision to patients suffering from retinal degeneration. However, despite promising results in animal experiments, there are still several major obstacles to overcome before retinal prostheses can be used clinically.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zrenner, Eberhart -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Feb 8;295(5557):1022-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉University Eye Hospital Tubingen, Department of Pathophysiology of Vision and Neuro-Ophthalmology, Schleichstr. 12, D - 72076 Tubingen, Germany. ezrenner@uni-tuebingen.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834821" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Blindness/*surgery
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Clinical Trials as Topic
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Electric Stimulation
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*Electrodes, Implanted
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Humans
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Light
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*Prostheses and Implants
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Retina/*surgery
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*Vision, Ocular
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Visual Cortex/physiology
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Visual Perception
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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