Restoration of motor function following spinal cord injury via optimal control of intraspinal microstimulation: toward a next generation closed-loop neural prosthesis.

Movement is planned and coordinated by the brain and carried out by contracting muscles acting on specific joints. Motor commands initiated in the brain travel through descending pathways in the spinal cord to effector motor neurons before reaching target muscles. Damage to these pathways by spinal...

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Main Authors: Peter Jonas Grahn, Grant W Mallory, Brent Michael Berry, Jan T Hachmann, Darlene A Lobel, J. Luis Lujan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00296/full