Electrical stimulation of the brain and the development of cortical visual prostheses: An historical perspective

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作者
Lewis, Philip M. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Monash Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Syst Engn, Monash Vis Grp, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
[2] Alfred Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
[3] Monash Univ, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Surg, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
[4] Monash Univ, Monash Inst Med Engn, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
[5] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, F Edward Hebert Sch Med, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Bionics; Neural engineering; Visual cortex; Blindness; Electrodes; ARTIFICIAL VISION; INTRACORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; NEURAL STIMULATION; RADIO STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL-CORTEX; BLIND; SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; ELECTRODES;
D O I
10.1016/j.brainres.2015.08.038
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Rapid advances are occurring in neural engineering, bionics and the brain computer interface. These milestones have been underpinned by staggering advances in microelectronics, computing, and wireless technology in the last three decades. Several cortically-based visual prosthetic devices are currently being developed, but pioneering advances with early implants were achieved by Brindley followed by Dobelle in the 1960s and 1970s. We have reviewed these discoveries within the historical context of the medical uses of electricity including attempts to cure blindness, the discovery of the visual cortex, and opportunities for cortex stimulation experiments during neurosurgery. Further advances were made possible with improvements in electrode design, greater understanding of cortical electrophysiology and miniaturisation of electronic components. Human trials of a new generation of prototype cortical visual prostheses for the blind are imminent. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Hold Item. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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