Neural control of motor prostheses

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 629-633

  Scherberger, Hansjörg ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM PROSTHESIS; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MACHINE LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 72549094295     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.10.008     Document Type: Review

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