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Restoration of grasp following paralysis through brain-controlled stimulation of muscles

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  • C. Ethier

    (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA)

  • E. R. Oby

    (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA)

  • M. J. Bauman

    (University of Pittsburgh)

  • L. E. Miller

    (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
    Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 345 East Superior Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA)

Abstract

A functional electrical stimulation system in primates that is controlled by recordings made from microelectrodes permanently implanted in the brain can be used to control the intensity of stimulation of muscles that are temporarily paralysed by pharmacological motor nerve blockade, thereby restoring voluntary control of the affected muscles; this is a major advance towards similar restoration of hand function in human patients with spinal cord injury.

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  • C. Ethier & E. R. Oby & M. J. Bauman & L. E. Miller, 2012. "Restoration of grasp following paralysis through brain-controlled stimulation of muscles," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7398), pages 368-371, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7398:d:10.1038_nature10987
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10987
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    1. Han-Lin Hsieh & Maryam M Shanechi, 2018. "Optimizing the learning rate for adaptive estimation of neural encoding models," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(5), pages 1-34, May.
    2. Yihan Wang & Qian-Quan Sun, 2024. "A prefrontal motor circuit initiates persistent movement," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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