Optogenetic stimulation in the visual thalamus for future brain vision prostheses
Florian Fallegger, Fabrice Arcizet, Chris Klink, Rafik Arab, Valérie Fradot, Eunah Ko, Eusik Yoon, Romina Badin, Serge Picaud, Pieter Roelfsema · FENS Forum 2024
Approximately 20M people worldwise suffer from blindness that cannot benefit from recent genetic and neuroprosthesis developments in the retina. Stimulation of the brain visual pathways has been a promising strategy by inducing artificial percepts of light in blind patients through microstimulation using penetrating microelectrodes. Yet, the clinical translation of such a strategy is still challenging due to biological reactions to the implanted device. In this project we aim to build an optogenetic visual prosthesis that interfaces with the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN).First in mice, a bl
ePoster · Neuroscience