A brain-computer interface that evokes tactile sensations improves robotic arm control

SN Flesher, JE Downey, JM Weiss, CL Hughes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Prosthetic arms controlled by a brain-computer interface can enable people with tetraplegia
to perform functional movements. However, vision provides limited feedback because …

Invasive brain computer interface for motor restoration in spinal cord injury: a systematic review

JJ Levett, LM Elkaim, F Niazi, MH Weber… - … : Technology at the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Study design Systematic review of the literature. Objectives In recent years, brain-computer
interface (BCI) has emerged as a potential treatment for patients with spinal cord injury …

Bidirectional brain-computer interfaces

C Hughes, A Herrera, R Gaunt, J Collinger - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that interface with the brain to enable
interaction with the environment. BCIs have the potential to improve the quality of life for …

Learning in a sensory cortical microstimulation task is associated with elevated representational stability

R Pancholi, L Ryan, S Peron - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Sensory cortical representations can be highly dynamic, raising the question of how
representational stability impacts learning. We train mice to discriminate the number of …

Microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex evokes task-dependent, spatially patterned responses in motor cortex

ND Shelchkova, JE Downey, CM Greenspon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) cortices play critical roles in motor control
but the signaling between these structures is poorly understood. To fill this gap, we recorded …

Neural stimulation and recording performance in human sensorimotor cortex over 1500 days

CL Hughes, SN Flesher, JM Weiss… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) in somatosensory cortex can restore
sensation to people with spinal cord injury. However, the recording quality from implanted …

Characterizing the short-latency evoked response to intracortical microstimulation across a multi-electrode array

JT Sombeck, J Heye, K Kumaravelu… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Persons with tetraplegia can use brain-machine interfaces to make visually
guided reaches with robotic arms. Without somatosensory feedback, these movements will …

Benchtop and bedside validation of a low-cost programmable cortical stimulator in a testbed for bi-directional brain-computer-interface research

WJ Sohn, J Lim, PT Wang, H Pu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Bi-directional brain-computer interfaces (BD-BCI) to restore movement and
sensation must achieve concurrent operation of recording and decoding of motor commands …

The state of clinical trials of implantable brain–computer interfaces

KM Patrick-Krueger, I Burkhart… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Implanted brain–computer interfaces (iBCIs) translate brain activity recorded intracranially
into commands for virtual or physical machines to restore or rehabilitate motor, sensory or …

Progress towards restoring upper limb movement and sensation through intracortical brain-computer interfaces

JL Collinger, RA Gaunt, AB Schwartz - Current Opinion in Biomedical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bidirectional brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) make use of neural recordings to restore
movement while conveying somatosensory information back to the user through direct …