An electrode array implanted into the optic nerve of rabbits selectively activates discrete regions of the primary visual cortex.
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Fried, S.I., Shivdasani, M.N. Selective activation of the visual cortex. Nat Biomed Eng 4, 139–141 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-0519-8
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