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. 2018 Apr 10:7:e36137.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.36137.

Regaining the senses of touch and movement

Victor de Lafuente  1
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Regaining the senses of touch and movement

Victor de Lafuente. Elife. .

Abstract

Artificially activating neurons in the cortex can make a tetraplegic patient feel naturalistic sensations of skin pressure and arm movement.

Keywords: brain-machine interface; human; intracortical microstimulation; neuroscience; paraplegia; proprioception; somatosensation; somatosensory cortex.

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Vd No competing interests declared

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