Closed-loop control of spinal cord stimulation to restore hand function after paralysis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 MAY, 2014, Pages

  Zimmermann, Jonas B ^a,b   Jackson, Andrew ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Closed loop neuro prosthetics devices; Electrical stimulation; Grasp; Hand movements; Intraspinal microstimulation; Non human primate model; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAPLORHINI; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84904886602     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00087     Document Type: Article

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