Spectral distribution of local field potential responses to electrical stimulation of the retina

Yan T Wong; Kerry Halupka; Tatiana Kameneva; Shaun L Cloherty; David B Grayden; Anthony N Burkitt; Hamish Meffin; Mohit N Shivdasani

Journal article

Spectral distribution of local field potential responses to electrical stimulation of the retina

Yan T Wong, Kerry Halupka, Tatiana Kameneva, Shaun L Cloherty, David B Grayden, Anthony N Burkitt, Hamish Meffin, Mohit N Shivdasani

Journal of Neural Engineering | IOP PUBLISHING LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/3/036003

University of Melbourne Researchers

Hamish Meffin Author Biomedical Engineering

Tania Kameneva Author Biomedical Engineering

David Grayden Author Biomedical Engineering

Anthony Burkitt Author Biomedical Engineering

Yan Wong Author Biomedical Engineering

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme

Awarded by Special Research Initiative (SRI) in Bionic Vision Science and Technology

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council Australia

Awarded by Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) of the Victorian Government, Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Felix Aplin, Patrick Atkinson, Rosemary Cicione, Sam John, and Ronald Leung for assistance with data collection, Michelle McPhedran and Alexia Saunders for technical assistance, Penelope Allen and Jonathan Yeoh who performed all surgeries, and Owen Burns, Helen Feng, and Vanessa Maxim for electrode array fabrication. We also wish to thank Rob Shepherd, Chris Williams and James Fallon for overall guidance and advice during the in vivo experiments. This research was supported by the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (DP140104533) and through its Special Research Initiative (SRI) in Bionic Vision Science and Technology awarded to Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) SR1000005. The contribution of MNS was funded by a project grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia (GNT1063093). The research was also supported by the Bertalli Family Foundation through the Bionics Institute. The Bionics Institute acknowledges the support received from the Victorian Government through its Operational Infrastructure Program. This research was supported by a Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) grant number [VR0138] on its Peak Computing Facility at the University of Melbourne, an initiative of the Victorian Government, Australia.