CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011

Morpho-functional Novelties Concerning the Retina and Visual Prosthesis

[Review]

D. ALEXANDRU(1), M. GEORGESCU(2), B. CATALIN(2), D. GEORGESCU(1), MARIA IANCAU(2)

1)Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
(2) Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova 


Abstract:

The technological development in the last decade led to advances in the study of the retina. Using new techniques of immunohistochemistry and miniature electrodes, several new subtypes of cells and their functions were detected. These discoveries allowed researches to better describe the data processing that occurs at retinal level and to create superior models of this particular neural structure. Because of this accumulation of essential information about the way retina works, several attempts of replicating its behaviour are under develompent. At this moment there are several research teams trying to create a fully functional visual prosthesis. Among these, two are most successful, one from Germany, using a subretinal implant, and one from the Unite States, using an epiretinal implant


Keywords: retina, discovery, cells, implant, visual prosthesis



Corresponding: Dragos Alexandru, MD, PhD , University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Petru Rares Str. no. 2, 200349 - Craiova, Dolj, RomAnia. E-mail: dalexandru@umfcv.ro


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.37.02.02 - Download PDF
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