Neuroengineering tools/applications for bidirectional interfaces, brain-computer interfaces, and neuroprosthetic implants - a review of recent progress

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2010, Pages

  Rothschild, Ryan Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bidirectional interface; Biocompatibility; Bioelectronics; Brain computer interface; Brain machine interface; Multielectrode array; Neuroengineering; Neuroprosthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055057031     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2010.00112     Document Type: Review

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