Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2019 Oct 31;21(10):e16356.
doi: 10.2196/16356.

From Novel Technology to Novel Applications: Comment on "An Integrated Brain-Machine Interface Platform With Thousands of Channels" by Elon Musk and Neuralink

Alexander N Pisarchik #  1   2 , Vladimir A Maksimenko #  2 , Alexander E Hramov #  2
Affiliations
Comment

From Novel Technology to Novel Applications: Comment on "An Integrated Brain-Machine Interface Platform With Thousands of Channels" by Elon Musk and Neuralink

Alexander N Pisarchik et al. J Med Internet Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: brain; brain-computer interface; brain-machine interface; electroencephalography.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The schematic illustration of brain-machine interface prototypes to suppress epileptic seizures using electrical stimulation. (a) Vagus nerve stimulator containing (1) an implantable pulse generator and (2) a stimulation lead. (b) Stimulator of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus in epilepsy containing (1) an implantable pulse generator and (2) intracranial electrodes placed in the anterior thalamic nuclei bilaterally. (c) Responsive neurostimulator containing (1) implanted deep electrodes for recording electroencephalography signals, (2) an implantable device for processing electroencephalography signals from electrodes, and (3) strip electrodes receiving an electrical stimulation signal generated by the device to stop seizures.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Schematic representation of the experiments with a rat. (b) The set of electrocorticography recordings taken from subgranular layers 4 (Ctx4) and 5 (Ctx5) of the somatosensory cortex and postero/lateral thalamus before and during onset of the epileptic spike-wave discharge. (c) Histological verification of the electrode location in the somatosensory cortex (S1) and postero/lateral thalamus (based on data from [11]). Th: thalamus.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment on

References

    1. Evarts EV. Pyramidal tract activity associated with a conditioned hand movement in the monkey. J Neurophysiol. 1966 Nov;29(6):1011–27. doi: 10.1152/jn.1966.29.6.1011. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Fetz EE. Operant conditioning of cortical unit activity. Science. 1969 Feb 28;163(3870):955–8. doi: 10.1126/science.163.3870.955. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Fetz EE, Finocchio DV. Operant Conditioning of Specific Patterns of Neural and Muscular Activity. Science. 1971 Oct 22;174(4007):431–435. doi: 10.1126/science.174.4007.431. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Vidal J J. Toward direct brain-computer communication. Annu Rev Biophys Bioeng. 1973;2:157–80. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bb.02.060173.001105. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Daly Janis J, Wolpaw Jonathan R. Brain-computer interfaces in neurological rehabilitation. Lancet Neurol. 2008 Nov;7(11):1032–43. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70223-0. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources