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Spatiotemporal Interactions in Retinal Prosthesis Subjects

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Horsager, Alan, Greenberg, Robert J., Fine, Ione·2010·Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

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PURPOSE: Vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa affects an estimated 15 million people worldwide. Through collaboration between Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., and the Doheny Eye Institute, six blind human subjects underwent implantation with epiretinal 4 x 4 electrode arrays designed to directly stimulate the remaining cells of the retina, with the goal of restoring functional vision by applying spatiotemporal patterns of stimulation. To better understand spatiotemporal interactions between electrodes during synchronous and asynchronous stimulation, the authors investigated how percepts changed as a function of pulse timing across the electrodes. METHODS: Pulse trains (20, 40, 80, and 160 Hz) were presented on groups of electrodes with 800, 1600, or 2400 microm center-to-center separation. Stimulation was either synchronous (pulses were presented simultaneously across electrodes) or asynchronous (pulses were phase shifted). Using a same-different discrimination task, the authors were able to evaluate how the perceptual quality of the stimuli changed as a function of phase shifts across multiple electrodes. RESULTS: Even after controlling for electric field interactions, subjects could discriminate between spatiotemporal pulse train patterns based on differences of phase across electrodes as small as 3 ms. These findings suggest that the quality of the percept is affected not only by electric field interactions but also by spatiotemporal interactions at the neural level. CONCLUSIONS: During multielectrode stimulation, interactions between electrodes have a significant influence on the quality of the percept. Understanding how these spatiotemporal interactions at the neural level influence percepts during multielectrode stimulation is fundamental to the successful design of a retinal prosthesis.

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Authors
Horsager, A., Greenberg, R. J., & Fine, I.
Affiliations
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • Second Sight Medical Products (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
  • Horsager, Alan
  • Greenberg, Robert J.
  • Fine, Ione
Venue
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
Published
2010-02-01
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
1223
ISSN
  • 0146-0404 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5783
OpenAlex
W2016945782
Cited by
95
References
72
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FWCI
4.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Eye Institute (R01EY014645, R24EY012893, EY012893, R01EY012893)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinal Development and Disorders
Keywords
retinal prosthesis, retinitis pigmentosa, spatiotemporal interaction, phase shift, pulse timing, electric field interaction, visual perception, percepts, electrode spacing, same-different discrimination
MeSH terms
Blindness, Electrodes, Implanted, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Humans, Male, Microelectrodes, Middle Aged, Retina, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Sensory Thresholds, Visual Perception, Prostheses and Implants

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