Brain-controlled modulation of spinal circuits improves recovery from spinal cord injury

Brain–spine interfaces have been used to enable leg movement following spinal cord injury, but movement is either involuntary or not adjustable. Here, the authors show in rats that a proportional stimulation interface permits voluntary movement and augments recovery in conjunction with rehabilitatio...

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Main Authors: Marco Bonizzato, Galyna Pidpruzhnykova, Jack DiGiovanna, Polina Shkorbatova, Natalia Pavlova, Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05282-6