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- Title
The Variation of Electrical Pulse Duration Elicits Reliable Network-Mediated Responses of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Normal, Not in Degenerate Primate Retinas.
- Authors
Cha, Seongkwang; Ahn, Jungryul; Kim, Seong-Woo; Choi, Kwang-Eon; Yoo, Yongseok; Eom, Heejong; Shin, Donggwan; Goo, Yong Sook
- Abstract
This study aims to investigate the efficacy of electrical stimulation by comparing network-mediated RGC responses in normal and degenerate retinas using a N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced non-human primate (NHPs) retinitis pigmentosa (RP) model. Adult cynomolgus monkeys were used for normal and outer retinal degeneration (RD) induced by MNU. The network-mediated RGC responses were recorded from the peripheral retina mounted on an 8 × 8 multielectrode array (MEA). The amplitude and duration of biphasic current pulses were modulated from 1 to 50 μA and 500 to 4000 μs, respectively. The threshold charge density for eliciting a network-mediated RGC response was higher in the RD monkeys than in the normal monkeys (1.47 ± 0.13 mC/cm2 vs. 1.06 ± 0.09 mC/cm2, p < 0.05) at a 500 μs pulse duration. The monkeys required a higher charge density than rodents among the RD models (monkeys; 1.47 ± 0.13 mC/cm2, mouse; 1.04 ± 0.09 mC/cm2, and rat; 1.16 ± 0.16 mC/cm2, p < 0.01). Increasing the pulse amplitude and pulse duration elicited more RGC spikes in the normal primate retinas. However, only pulse amplitude variation elicited more RGC spikes in degenerate primate retinas. Therefore, the pulse strategy for primate RD retinas should be optimized, eventually contributing to retinal prosthetics. Given that RD NHP RGCs are not sensitive to pulse duration, using shorter pulses may potentially be a more charge-effective approach for retinal prosthetics.
- Subjects
RETINAL ganglion cells; RETINA; PRIMATES; RATS; RETINITIS pigmentosa; RETINAL degeneration; ELECTRIC stimulation; KRA
- Publication
Bioengineering (Basel), 2023, Vol 10, Issue 10, p1135
- ISSN
2306-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bioengineering10101135