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Description:: Paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating, dramatically reducing the independence of affected individuals. Currently, functional electrical stimulation (FES), controlled by a patient’s residual movements, is used clinically to restore a limited range of voluntary movement. However, if FES could be controlled using signals recorded from the brain,...
Keyword:: brain-machine interfaces, motor cortex, and neuromodulation
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Stephanie Naufel Naufel
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/22/2018
Date Modified:: 10/22/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: The brain has a remarkable ability to rapidly adapt behavior. On the scale of development, the brain learns to control the complex dynamics of our limbs by forming and pruning synaptic connections. However, the motor system also learns on much shorter timescales, such as when learning to hit the bullseye...
Keyword:: motor cortex, non-human primates, motor control, motor learning, and premotor cortex
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Matthew George Perich
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/21/2018
Date Modified:: 10/21/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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