Cleveland Clinic Researchers Awarded $2.5M NIH Grant to Enhance DBS for Stroke Recovery
First-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring the use of DBS to restore motor function in patients who have suffered a stroke.
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Swansea University’s Research as Art Competition
A panel of senior figures from the Royal Institution, Nature and Research Fortnight magazine made the choices from nearly a hundred entries this year.
“The Performance Cortex: How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius” by Zach Schonbrun
BrainGate2 research by Bolu Ajiboye, PhD and Robert Kirsch, PhD is prominently featured in chapter nine of the recently published
The mind-reading devices that can free paralysed muscles
Technologies that restore movement and the sense of touch are helping people to overcome the physical effects of stroke and spinal-cord injury.
When Your Bladder or Bowels Control Your Life
Everybody has to go. For those of us with neurological conditions like spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or even complications
For Amputees, Reactivating the Sense of Touch
When Keith Vonderhuevel lost his arm in a factory accident, he never thought that he’d be able to feel his
The Neuroscientist Who’s Building a Better Memory for Humans
In an episode of the dystopian near-future series, Black Mirror, a small, implantable device behind the ear grants the ability to
A Hand Instead of a Tool: New Prosthetics Offer Increased Touch-Sensitivity
Touch-sensitive prosthetics are unarguably a life-changing development. For amputees, the prospect of being able to experience not just sensation with
CWRU and Halyard Health partnering to advance non-narcotic pain management
What if eliminating physical pain was a matter of flipping a switch to block it? No drug needed. When it’s
Brain Implant Allows Man to Feel Touch on Robotic Hand
At the end of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker feels when a needle pricks his newly-installed bionic