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

C. Ethier, E. R. Oby, M. J. Bauman and L. E. Miller ()
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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

Nature, 2012, vol. 485, issue 7398, 368-371

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.

Date: 2012
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