Does an intraneural interface short-term implant for robotic hand control modulate sensorimotor cortical integration? An EEG-TMS co-registration study on a human amputee

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 281-292

  Ferreri, F ^a,b   Ponzo, D ^a,b   Vollero, L ^a   Guerra, A ^a   Di Pino, G ^a   Petrichella, S ^a   Benvenuto, A ^a   Tombini, M ^a   Rossini, L ^a,c   Denaro, L ^d   Micera, S ^e,f   Iannello, G ^a   Guglielmelli, E ^a   Denaro, V ^g   Rossinie, P M ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory Scuola Superiore sant'Anna ^*  (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bidirectional neural interface; EEG TMS co registration; Limb amputation; Neuro plasticity; Tf LIFEs 4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

BIDIRECTIONAL NEURAL INTERFACE; EEG-TMS CO-REGISTRATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; NEURO-PLASTICITY; TF-LIFES-4;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ROBOTICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84895892222     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-130347     Document Type: Article

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