Restoring lost cognitive function.

Restoring lost cognitive function.

A prosthetic device that functions in a biomimetic manner to replace information transmission between cortical brain regions is considered. In such a prosthesis, damaged CNS neurons is replaced with a biomimetic system comprised of silicon neurons. The replacement silicon neurons would have function...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 5 (2005).
Main Author: Berger, T.W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CNS neurons.
Si.
Biomimetics.
Central nervous system.
Cortical brain regions.
Electrical activity.
Information transmission.
Lost cognitive function.
Prosthetic device.
Silicon neurons.