Restoration of Movement in Primates with Spinal Cord Injury
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Recent research in rats demonstrated that electrical stimulation of the epidural of the lumbar spinal cord is able to generate natural activation of synergic muscle groups that generate motion. This study was on interfacing leg motor cortex activity using epidural electrical stimulation protocols to come up with a brain-sine interface which is alleviated gait deficit following a spinal cord injury in non-human primates. The study used rhesus monkey which was implanted using an array of intracortical microelectrode in the area of the leg of the motor cortex and using a system of stimulation of the spinal cord that was composed of an epidural implant that is spatially selective as well as a pulse generator that has capabilities of real-time triggering. Wireless systems of control were designed and adopted which joined online extension and motor states flexion of neural decoding using stimulation proctors enhancing these motions.