Man/machine interface based on the discharge timings of spinal motor neurons after targeted muscle reinnervation

Nature Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Farina, Dario ^a,b   Vujaklija, Ivan ^a,b   Sartori, Massimo ^b   Kapelner, Tamás ^b   Negro, Francesco ^b,c   Jiang, Ning ^d   Bergmeister, Konstantin ^e   Andalib, Arash ^f   Principe, Jose ^f   Aszmann, Oskar C ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 85025679781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2157846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-016-0025     Document Type: Article

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