Visual Prosthesis
A. Introduction

If you wish to obtain more information about this line of research we suggest you read our current review on the topic:

Tehovnik, et al., (2005) Phosphene induction and the generation of saccadic eye movements by striate cortex. J. Neurophysiol., 93, 1-19.

The Schiller laboratory has done quite a bit of work examining the effects of electrical stimulation of the monkey area V1. Most of the work has been carried out by Edward Tehovnik (Tehovnik, et al., 2002 2003, 2004).

The following three sections provide a brief description of this work.

 
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