Eye Movements in the Critical Care Setting
New Textbook authored by FES Investigator, Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD. Available here >>
DetailsNew Textbook authored by FES Investigator, Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD. Available here >>
DetailsThe Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) has partnered with Frontiers to launch Dystonia, a Gold Open Access journal. The journal will bring visibility to the growing dystonia field and highlight advancements in science and clinical practice. “The field is ready for a journal focused solely on dystonia,” said Co-Editor-in-Chief Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD, Penni and Stephen Weinberg…
DetailsExperimental research is working to improve the lives of people living with paralysis. Finding a way to bridge the severed connections between their brains and their limbs remains an urgent, but often elusive goal for researchers. Miles O’Brien reports on progress being made in restoring some people’s sense of touch. Watch full story >>
DetailsHow can neurodegenerative diseases be better understood to find new therapeutic techniques? Researchers use tools like deep brain stimulation and virtual reality to make new leaps. Listen to full podcast >>
DetailsNeuros’ technology was invented by Drs. Kevin Kilgore and Niloy Bhadra of Case Western Reserve University. The company says it “delivers a high-frequency electrical signal to sensory nerves in the peripheral nervous system to block the pain signal.” Read full article >>
DetailsNATHAN COPELAND WAS 18 years old when he was paralyzed by a car accident in 2004. He lost his ability to move and feel most of his body, although he does retain a bit of sensation in his wrists and a few fingers, and he has some movement in his shoulders. While in the hospital, he…
DetailsMost people probably underestimate how much our sense of touch helps us navigate the world around us. New research has made it crystal clear after a robotic arm with the ability to feel was able to halve the time it took for the user to complete tasks. > (opens in a new tab)”>Read full story >>
DetailsNEURAL IMPLANT PODCAST – THE PEOPLE BEHIND BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE REVOLUTIONS > (opens in a new tab)”>Listen to Podcast >>
DetailsThe project, led by FES Investigator Svetlana Pundik, MS, MSc, started as a CTSC grant that lead to SPIRE award.
DetailsFor far too many years, spinal cord injury researchers have failed to include disabled people in their studies as anything but subjects. Fortunately, that’s changing as more people with SCI/D participate in consumer advisory boards and other human-focused approaches. They are designing surveys, focusing on goals and giving key input before a solution that impacts them is…
DetailsFES Investigator, Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD’s research, “Severity‐Dependent Effects of Parkinson’s Disease on Perception of Visual and Vestibular Heading” is featured on the February 2021 cover of Movement Disorders, the official journal of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. Read full article>>
DetailsThe Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) has announced more than $1.1 million in funding and other support for six biomedical technologies. FES Investigators, Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Emily Graczyk, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Jennifer Sweet, professor of neurological surgery were among the awards for, “Minimally Invasive…
DetailsIn a world where “your” data is commoditized, how willing should one be to provide access to their deeper brain activities? Who should benefit? Get an account for what is here and now with Dr. Paul Ford and Dr. Lauren Sankary, but we go into areas that we will revisit with them in the future. …
DetailsCleveland – The MetroHealth System will invest $9 million in its Old Brooklyn Campus, expanding a research program that draws patients from around the world who have suffered spinal injuries and strokes, while strengthening and improving a nationally recognized rehabilitation program.
Details“We are very far from understanding what’s happening in the brain”
DetailsJack Gallant never set out to create a mind-reading machine.
DetailsCAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO) (“Myomo” or the “Company”), a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological disorders and upper-limb paralysis, today announced that new published research measuring the benefits of the Company’s MyoPro myoelectric orthosis found “Despite long-standing traumatic brain injury, meaningful improvements in motor function were observed.”
DetailsNIBIB’s HEAL grantees develop a new type of injectable electrode for neuromodulation therapy
DetailsScientists think they’ve identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been surgically severed.
DetailsCase Western Reserve University assistant professor seeks to improve effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation by measuring unknown role of human effort
DetailsDr. Robert Kirsch Discusses FES Center Brain Interfaces
DetailsDustin Tyler‘s research on the neural interface between man and machine plays an integral part in the upcoming ReHAB trial and push toward the Avatar XPrize.
DetailsBrain-computer interfaces today are about where the personal computer was in the early 1980s, said A. Bolu Ajiboye, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. In the not-too-distant future, he said, “they’re going to get exponentially better.”
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