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Investigating Single and Multi-Channel Electrical Stimulation of the Optic Nerve for Neuroprosthetic Applications

2019
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Here we demonstrate the ability to selectively activate different portions of the optic nerve with a novel nerve interface, the OpticSELINE, and show the possibility to improve the spatial selectivity of the electrical stimulation using current focusing according to computational model predictions.

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