Brain-computer interfaces: an overview of the hardware to record neural signals from the cortex

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue , 2009, Pages 297-315

  Stieglitz, Thomas ^a   Rubehn, Birthe ^a   Henle, Christian ^a   Kisban, Sebastian ^a   Herwik, Stanislav ^a   Ruther, Patrick ^a   Schuettler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain computer interface (BCI); electrode; epicortical; intracortical; MEMS; neuroprostheses

Indexed keywords

POLYIMIDE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67849110369     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17521-0     Document Type: Review

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