Limb-state information encoded by peripheral and central somatosensory neurons: Implications for an afferent interface

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 501-513

  Weber, Douglas J ^a   London, Brian M ^b   Hokanson, James A ^c   Ayers, Christopher A ^c   Gaunt, Robert A ^c   Torres, Ricardo R ^b   Zaaimi, Boubker ^b   Miller, Lee E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; multielectrode array; neural coding; neural prostheses; sensory cortex; sensory feedback; somatosensory

Indexed keywords

DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA; MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS; NEURAL CODING; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; SENSORY CORTICES; SOMATOSENSORY;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STATE FEEDBACK;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIMB; MACACA MULATTA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL GANGLION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EXTREMITIES; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MACACA MULATTA; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80054087420     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2011.2163145     Document Type: Article

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