Physical principles of brain–computer interfaces and their applications for rehabilitation, robotics and control of human brain states

AE Hramov, VA Maksimenko, AN Pisarchik - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) development is closely related to physics. In this paper, we
review the physical principles of BCIs, and underlying novel approaches for registration …

Towards clinical application of implantable brain–computer interfaces for people with late-stage ALS: medical and ethical considerations

MJ Vansteensel, E Klein, G van Thiel, M Gaytant… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frequently develop speech and
communication problems in the course of their disease. Currently available augmentative …

Home use of a percutaneous wireless intracortical brain-computer interface by individuals with tetraplegia

JD Simeral, T Hosman, J Saab… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective. Individuals with neurological disease or injury such as amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis, spinal cord injury or stroke may become tetraplegic, unable to speak or even …

Clinical translation of a high-performance neural prosthesis

V Gilja, C Pandarinath, CH Blabe, P Nuyujukian… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Neural prostheses have the potential to improve the quality of life of individuals with
paralysis by directly mapping neural activity to limb-and computer-control signals. We …

A low-power band of neuronal spiking activity dominated by local single units improves the performance of brain–machine interfaces

SR Nason, AK Vaskov, MS Willsey, EJ Welle… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
The large power requirement of current brain–machine interfaces is a major hindrance to
their clinical translation. In basic behavioural tasks, the downsampled magnitude of the 300 …

Tuning pathological brain oscillations with neurofeedback: a systems neuroscience framework

T Ros, B J. Baars, RA Lanius… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neurofeedback (NFB) is emerging as a promising technique that enables self-regulation of
ongoing brain oscillations. However, despite a rise in empirical evidence attesting to its …

Making brain–machine interfaces robust to future neural variability

D Sussillo, SD Stavisky, JC Kao, SI Ryu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A major hurdle to clinical translation of brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) is that current
decoders, which are trained from a small quantity of recent data, become ineffective when …

Invasive vs. non-invasive neuronal signals for brain-machine interfaces: will one prevail?

S Waldert - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Brain-machine interfaces (BMI) translate neuronal activity of the brain into signals driving an
external effector or affecting internal body parts and functions. Initially, their applications …

BBB leakage, astrogliosis, and tissue loss correlate with silicon microelectrode array recording performance

NF Nolta, MB Christensen, PD Crane, JL Skousen… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
The clinical usefulness of brain machine interfaces that employ penetrating silicon
microelectrode arrays is limited by inconsistent performance at chronic time points. While it …

Stable long-term BCI-enabled communication in ALS and locked-in syndrome using LFP signals

T Milekovic, AA Sarma, D Bacher… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Restoring communication for people with locked-in syndrome remains a challenging clinical
problem without a reliable solution. Recent studies have shown that people with paralysis …