A neural interface provides long-term stable natural touch perception

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 257, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Daniel W ^a,b   Schiefer, Matthew A ^a,b   Keith, Michael W ^a,b,c   Anderson, James Robert ^a,b,d   Tyler, Joyce ^c   Tyler, Dustin J ^a,b,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE CUFF ELECTRODE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKIN ELECTRODE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGNOSIA; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; HAND; INNERVATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SENSATION; TOUCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHANTOM LIMB; PRESSURE; SENSATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84908389400     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008669     Document Type: Article

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