The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity
Jack Gallant never set out to create a mind-reading machine.
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Research Finds MyoPro® Delivers Meaningful Improvements in Motor Function for Brain Injury Patient
CAMBRIDGE, 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.”
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Nerve stimulation helps manage pain without opioids
NIBIB’s HEAL grantees develop a new type of injectable electrode for neuromodulation therapy
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Neuroscientists Think They’ve Found a Previously Unknown Form of Neural Communication
Scientists 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.
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Researcher Michael Fu awarded NSF CAREER Award
Case Western Reserve University assistant professor seeks to improve effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation by measuring unknown role of human effort
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American Medicine Today: ep145 – Dr. Robert Kirsch – FES Center Brain Interfaces
Dr. Robert Kirsch Discusses FES Center Brain Interfaces
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Restoring Touch for Amputees Could Spur Greater Human-Machine Fusions
Dustin 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.
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Spinal cord injury patients can imagine resuming many activities because of new technologies
Brain-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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Balance Disorder Expert Works to Fill Growing Medical Need for Veterans
CLEVELAND — Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD, grew up in India as the son of two ENT surgeons, which he credits for his early interest in understanding the system that helps humans keep their balance. After finishing medical school, he immigrated to the United States to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, where his fascination with human balance only grew.
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