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Review
. 2019 Sep 4;103(5):759-761.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.024.

Device Removal Following Brain Implant Research

Demetrio Sierra-Mercado  1 , Peter Zuk  2 , Michael S Beauchamp  3 , Sameer A Sheth  4 , Daniel Yoshor  4 , Wayne K Goodman  5 , Amy L McGuire  6 , Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz  7
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Device Removal Following Brain Implant Research

Demetrio Sierra-Mercado et al. Neuron. .
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Abstract

The development of implanted neural devices to manage neurological and psychiatric disorders or to restore loss of physiological function is a rapidly advancing area of neuroscience research. We consider whether investigators of brain implant studies have an obligation to facilitate device explantation for participants who request it at study conclusion.

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