Neurobiological evaluation of thin-film longitudinal intrafascicular electrodes as a peripheral nerve interface

2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 643-649

  Navarro, Xavier ^b   Lago, Natalia ^b,c   Vivó, Meritxell ^b   Yoshida, Ken ^a,d   Koch, Klaus P ^e   Poppendieck, Wigand ^e   Micera, Silvestra ^a,f  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^f SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ROBOTICS; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTION VELOCITY; FOLDED STRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MUSCLE RESPONSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL SIGNAL RECORDING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAT SCIATIC NERVE;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 48349107032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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