Closed-loop intracranial stimulation alters movement timing in humans

A prime objective driving the recent development of human neural prosthetics is to stimulate neural circuits in a manner time-locked to ongoing brain activity. The human supplementary motor area (SMA) is a particularly useful target for this objective because it displays characteristic neural activity just prior to voluntary movement.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - March 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Bartlett D. Moore, Adam R. Aron, Nitin Tandon Source Type: research