Cell-type-specific electric stimulation for vision restoration

Stuart Trenholm; Botond Roska

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.012

Cell-type-specific electric stimulation for vision restoration

Neuron. 2014 Jul 2;83(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.012.

Authors

Stuart Trenholm¹, Botond Roska²

Affiliations

¹ Neural Circuit Laboratories, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
² Neural Circuit Laboratories, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: botond.roska@fmi.ch.

PMID: 24991948
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.012

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Jepson et al. (2014) demonstrate that electric stimulation of primate ON parasol ganglion cells evokes spiking patterns similar to those elicited by visual motion. This work represents progress in the development of cell-type-specific retinal prosthetics for vision restoration.

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MeSH terms

Action Potentials / physiology*
Animals
Female
Male
Photic Stimulation / methods*
Retina / physiology*
Space Perception / physiology*
Visual Pathways / physiology*
Visual Prosthesis*