| LC control no. | sh2008009942 |
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| Topical heading | Neuroprostheses |
| Variant(s) | Neural prostheses |
| See also | Biomedical engineering Neurotechnology (Bioengineering) Prosthesis |
| Found in | Work cat.: Coates, T.D. Neural interfacing, 2008: abstr. (This book presents a short history of neural interfacing (N.I.) research and introduces the reader to some of the current efforts to develop neural prostheses) Encyclopedia of biomaterials and biomedical engineering, 2004: v. 2, p. 1056 (A neuroprosthesis, sometimes called a neural prosthesis, is a device that provides short bursts of electrical impulses to the central or peripheral nervous system to produce sensory and/or motor functions) McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003 (neural prosthesis -- A prosthesis that bypasses a portion of the nervous system and provides electrical stimulation to existing muscles in situations where paralysis has interrupted the natural control pathways) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (2006 : Kos Island, Greece). ISCAS 2006, 2006: PDF p. 2189 (Neuroprostheses are devices that directly interface a technical implant with the human nervous system to restore sensory or motor function or to modulate the central nervous system properties after traumatization or severe diseases, respectively) Bernat, J.L. Ethical issues in neurology, 2008: p. 502 (A neuroprosthesis is an interface between a computer and a brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerve) |
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