Title :
The uniqueness of the message in a retinal ganglion cell spike train and its implication for retinal prostheses
Author :
Troy, John B. ; Yrazu, F.M. ; Passaglia, C.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fDate :
Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012
Abstract :
We sought to determine whether the messages conveyed in the spike trains of individual retinal ganglion cells are unique or whether, as has been reported for other neurons, they depend in some way on a neuron´s state. Our data show convincingly that the messages are unique.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; cellular biophysics; eye; neurophysiology; pattern clustering; prosthetics; statistical analysis; retinal ganglion cell spike train; retinal prostheses; Clustering algorithms; Educational institutions; Neurons; Neuroscience; Retina; USA Councils; Visualization; Animals; Cattle; Models, Neurological; Retinal Ganglion Cells; Vision, Ocular; Visual Prosthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4119-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2012.6345931
