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April 24, 2018
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April 26, 2012
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January 1, 2009
Network reactivation is a key neural property for the generation of innate and learned behavior. The activation of recurrent anatomical loops underlies the different rhythms produced by the brain, characterizing the distinct global states that comprise wak ...
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January 1, 2007
The ability to perform either multineuron or local field/EEG recordings from the nervous system is a critical requirement to develop a new generation of neuroprosthetics that can sense the brain’s intent for action (Nicolelis 2001, 2003). This form of sens ...
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January 1, 2007
Over the last two decades, many laboratories around the world have started to rely on microelectrode arrays formed by ne microwires, organized in different geometrical congurations, to chronically record the extracellular activity of populations of individ ...
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January 1, 2007
Modern research on brain-machine interfaces (BMI) is a highly multidisciplinary field that has been developing at a stunning pace since the first experiment conducted 8 years ago that demonstrated direct control of a robotic manipulator by ensembles of neu ...
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January 1, 2007
The mammalian gustatory system participates in the detection and discrimination of intraoral stimuli, allowing for the selection of nutrients and rejection of toxic compounds. However, the sensory percept of a substance that is placed in the mouth does not ...
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January 1, 2004
Neuroprosthetics encompasses a wide variety of interfaces with the nervous system, usually considered in the context of clinical abnormalities or disease. The concept stems from clinical concerns about functional independence and integration of individuals ...
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January 1, 2004
Mechanisms of epilepsy have been explored through a variety of animal models as well as detailed human studies, for more than 70 years.1-3 Through the animal models, a large number of contributing factors leading to epilepsy have been demonstrated, includi ...
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January 1, 2004
Throughout history, the introduction of new technologies has significantly impacted human life in many different ways. Until now, however, each new artificial device or tool designed to enhance human motor, sensory, or cognitive capabilities has relied on ...
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January 1, 2004
In mammals and birds, long episodes of nondreaming sleep (slow-wave sleep, SW) are followed by short episodes of dreaming sleep (rapid-eye-movement sleep, REM). ...
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January 1, 2003
With the recent development of powerful methods to study brain-behavior relations, the study of interval timing has rapidly shifted from primarily behavioral analyses elucidating the psychological constructs of timing to investigations aimed at identifying ...
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January 1, 2000
There are roughly four major subassemblies of a brain derived neuroprosthetic control device: (1) the electrodes subassembly, (2) signal conditioning subassembly, (3) signal acquisition subassembly, and (4) transmitter subassemblies (Table 6.1). Notably ab ...
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January 1, 2000
The introduction to this volume outlines the possibilities inherent in utilizing electronic interfaces with the brain to alleviate problems of paralysis, such as that caused by spinal cord injury. The possibility of using electroencephalographic recordings ...
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