盲人 の 心 の 目 に 書い て いる
1Department of Vision & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, Postbus 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cell
|May 16, 2020
まとめ
研究者たちは 視覚皮質を電極で刺激することで 盲人の視力を回復する方法を研究しました この研究は,標的の電気刺激を通して形状の視覚的知覚を作り出し,人工視力の希望を示しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 生物医学工学
- 眼科について
背景:
- 世界中で何百万もの人が 失明に罹っており 回復の選択肢は限られています
- 現在の人工視覚技術は 視覚の鋭さや知覚に限界があります
- 視覚野は脳の視覚処理の中心です
研究 の 目的:
- 視覚障害者の基礎的視力を回復する可能性を調査する.
- 視覚野の電気刺激が 視覚的知覚を誘発するかどうかを判断する
- 直接皮質刺激による人工視力の創出の可能性を探る
主な方法:
- 視覚野の電極配列を盲目の参加者に埋め込みました
- 制御された電気刺激パターンを視覚野に届ける
- 視覚的感覚と形状の識別に関する参加者の報告
主要な成果:
- 電気刺激により 視覚的知覚が成功しました
- 皮質の刺激で示された基本的な形状を 区別することができました
- 誘発された視覚的知覚は刺激パラメータと相関する.
結論:
- 視覚野の直接的な電気刺激によって 視覚的知覚が生成されます
- このアプローチは 視覚障害者にある種の視力を 回復させる可能性を秘めています
- より複雑な視覚体験のための刺激技術を精錬するためにさらなる研究が必要です.
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