Thursday, February 15, 2007

Harnessing the brain’s plasticity key to treating neurological damage

Source: University of California - San Francisco
Date: February 15, 2007

Summary:

Neuroscientists and engineers are working on the development of “smart” neural prostheses to treat complex neurological impairments. The devices are intended to restore function, through electrical stimulation, to damaged motor neural circuits – the long, slender fibers that conduct neurochemical messages between nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.