Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33900206›Full record

ReviewJournal of neural engineering2021

The impact of synchronous versus asynchronous electrical stimulation in artificial vision.

Susana Moleirinho, Andrew J Whalen, Shelley I Fried, John S Pezaris

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Review in Journal of neural engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Motion perception with visual prostheses.Progress in biomedical engineering (Bristol, England) · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Micro-magnetic stimulation of primary visual cortex induces focal and sustained activation of secondary visual cortex.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susana MoleirinhoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-7172
Andrew J WhalenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0782-9300
Shelley I FriedDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6456-8656
John S PezarisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5071-7478
Harvard University · US

Funding

Investigating the Response of CNS Neurons to Electric and Magnetic StimulationR01NS110575 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FRIED, SHELLEY · 2019 to 2023
$3.4M
Phosphene Characteristics and Artificial SightR01EY027888 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PEZARIS, JOHN S. · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027888NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visual prosthesis devices designed to restore sight to the blind have been under development in the laboratory for several decades. Clinical translation continues to be challenging, due in part to gaps in our understanding of critical parameters such as how phosphenes, the electrically-generated pixels of artificial vision, can be combined to form images. In this review we explore the effects that synchronous and asynchronous electrical stimulation across multiple electrodes have in evoking phosphenes. Understanding how electrical patterns influence phosphene generation to control object binding and perception of visual form is fundamental to creation of a clinically successful prosthesis.

Indexed as

Visual CortexVisual ProsthesisElectric StimulationPhosphenesVision, Ocularearly visionmicrostimulationvisual perceptionvisual prostheses

Identifiers

PMID33900206
PMCPMC11565581
OpenAlexW3157277105

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