Neural Interface for Hand Prosthesis Can Restore Function in Brain Areas Responsible for Motor Control, Newcastle University Study

8/21/2012 8:06:58 AM

Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also central structures of the brain. While the brain is able to adapt and compensate for injury in certain conditions, in amputees the traumatic event prevents adaptive cortical changes. A group of scientists reports adaptive plastic changes in an amputee's brain following implantation of multielectrode arrays inside peripheral nerves. Their results are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

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