Neurobiology of Disease Spatially Patterned Electrical Stimulation to Enhance Resolution of Retinal Prostheses
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Lauren H. Jepson,1,2 Paweł Hottowy,3 Keith Mathieson,4 Deborah E. Gunning,4 Władysław Dąbrowski,3 Alan M. Litke,5 and E. J. Chichilnisky1,6 1Systems Neurobiology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, 2Bioengineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, 3AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, 30-059, Krakow, Poland, 4Institute of Photonics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NW, United Kingdom, 5Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, and 6Department of Neurosurgery and Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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