Axonal stimulation affects the linear summation of single-point perception in three Argus II users

Retinal implants use electrical stimulation to elicit perceived flashes of light ('phosphenes'). Single-electrode phosphene shape has been shown to vary systematically with stimulus parameters and the retinal location of the stimulating electrode, due to incidental activation of passing ne...

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Published in:Journal of neural engineering 2024-04, Vol.21 (2), p.26031
Main Authors: Hou, Yuchen, Nanduri, Devyani, Granley, Jacob, Weiland, James D, Beyeler, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Axons
Electric Stimulation
Humans
pattern vision
Perception
phosphene shape
Phosphenes
Retina - physiology
retinal prosthesis
Retrospective Studies
Visual Prosthesis
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Summary:Retinal implants use electrical stimulation to elicit perceived flashes of light ('phosphenes'). Single-electrode phosphene shape has been shown to vary systematically with stimulus parameters and the retinal location of the stimulating electrode, due to incidental activation of passing nerve fiber bundles. However, this knowledge has yet to be extended to paired-electrode stimulation. We retrospectively analyzed 3548 phosphene drawings made by three blind participants implanted with an Argus II Retinal Prosthesis. Phosphene shape (characterized by area, perimeter, major and minor axis length) and number of perceived phosphenes were averaged across trials and correlated with the corresponding single-electrode parameters. In addition, the number of phosphenes was correlated with stimulus amplitude and neuroanatomical parameters: electrode-retina and electrode-fovea distance as well as the electrode-electrode distance to ('between-axon') and along axon bundles ('along-axon'). Statistical analyses were conducted using linear regression and partial correlation analysis. Simple regression revealed that each paired-electrode shape descriptor could be predicted by the sum of the two corresponding single-electrode shape descriptors (  
ISSN:1741-2560
1741-2552
DOI:10.1088/1741-2552/ad31c4