How neuro-prosthesis reconnects brain and muscles

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Man paralysed below the shoulders has sensors placed in his motor cortex, the area of the brain responsible for hand movement

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Virtual reality training helps create a brain-computer interface. This learns which brain signals are instructing which movements

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Muscle-stimulating electrodes, and their leads, are implanted in man's upper and lower arm

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Man thinks about making a movement, sending brain signals to the electrodes, which stimulate muscle contractions to help him complete the move

1

Man paralysed below the shoulders has sensors placed in his motor cortex, the area of the brain responsible for hand movement

2

Virtual reality training helps create a brain-computer interface. This learns which brain signals are instructing which movements

3

Muscle-stimulating electrodes, and their leads, are implanted in man's upper and lower arm

4

Man thinks about making a movement, sending brain signals to the electrodes, which stimulate muscle contractions to help him complete the move

Stimulator

Mobile support