Evaluation of cortical visual prostheses microelectrode array function. Description of behavioral feline model

Author

Ivanova, Marianna E. ; Gordeev, Sergey A. ; Ortmann, Valerij V. ; Baziyan, Boris Kh.

Author_Institution

Science Center of Neurology, Brain research Dept., Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

3371

Lastpage

3374

Abstract

Felines are highly organized mammals with relatively similar to human structure-functional visual system and they are able to create reflex behavior in response to specific stimulus. Thus, feline model seems to be valuable in checking microelectrode array function in visual prosthetic device before experimenting in human. We believe that reflex behavior developed by cats in our experiment of response to electric stimulus delivered from microelectrode array is a response to phosphenes, similar to light stimulus response.

Keywords

Brain modeling; Electrodes; Electronic mail; Humans; Light sources; Microelectrodes; Prosthetics; Retina; Visual prosthesis; Visual system; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Brain Mapping; Cats; Electric Stimulation; Electrodes; Electrodes, Implanted; Light; Microelectrodes; Perception; Phosphenes; Retina; Time Factors; Vision, Ocular; Visual Cortex;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649929

Filename

4649929