Neurotechnologies to restore hand functions

E Losanno, M Mender, C Chestek, S Shokur… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Reaching and manipulating objects are crucial tasks that allow proactive interaction with our
surroundings. However, these functions are lost after neurological disorders or traumatic …

How I became myself after merging with a computer: Does human-machine symbiosis raise human rights issues?

F Gilbert, M Ienca, M Cook - Brain Stimulation, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel usages of brain stimulation combined with artificially intelligent (AI) systems promise
to address a large range of diseases. These new conjoined technologies, such as brain …

Proceedings of the eighth annual deep brain stimulation think tank: advances in optogenetics, ethical issues affecting DBS research, neuromodulatory approaches for …

V Vedam-Mai, K Deisseroth, J Giordano… - Frontiers in Human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We estimate that 208,000 deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices have been implanted to
address neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders worldwide. DBS Think Tank presenters …

Post-trial considerations for an early phase optogenetic trial in the human brain

M White, RG Whittaker - Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
For many clinical trials, the issue of post-trial access to research treatments is
straightforward. Sponsors offer a range of follow-on studies, compassionate use programs or …

Translational neuroethics: A vision for a more integrated, inclusive, and impactful field

A Wexler, L Specker Sullivan - AJOB neuroscience, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As early-career neuroethicists, we come to the field of neuroethics at a unique moment: we
are well-situated to consider nearly two decades of neuroethics scholarship and identify …

Legal aspects of unwanted device explantations: A comment on the patient R case

JC Bublitz, F Gilbert - Brain Stimulation, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines legal aspects of the case of patient R concerning the undesired
explantation of an experimental neural implant. Aspects of the case have been described in …

Researcher perspectives on ethical considerations in adaptive deep brain stimulation trials

KA Muñoz, K Kostick, C Sanchez, L Kalwani… - Frontiers in Human …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Interest and investment in closed-loop or adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) systems
have quickly expanded due to this neurotechnology's potential to more safely and effectively …

Researchers' ethical concerns about using adaptive deep brain stimulation for enhancement

K Kostick-Quenet, L Kalwani, B Koenig… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The capacity of next-generation closed-loop or adaptive deep brain stimulation devices
(aDBS) to read (measure neural activity) and write (stimulate brain regions or circuits) shows …

Exit from brain device research: A modified grounded theory study of researcher obligations and participant experiences

LR Sankary, M Zelinsky, A Machado, T Rush… - AJOB …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As clinical trials end, little is understood about how participants exiting from clinical trials
approach decisions related to the removal or post-trial use of investigational brain implants …

The ethics of explantation

SO Hansson - BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 - Springer
Background With the increased use of implanted medical devices follows a large number of
explantations. Implants are removed for a wide range of reasons, including manufacturing …