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The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface
Neurosurgery has always had a strong interest in innovating new technologies to improve neurological function and quality of life. Now, novel interventions that modulate central nervous system activity at the nanoparticle, molecular, genetic, cellular, and network level all seem to be on the horizon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21748032 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.82086 |
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description | Neurosurgery has always had a strong interest in innovating new technologies to improve neurological function and quality of life. Now, novel interventions that modulate central nervous system activity at the nanoparticle, molecular, genetic, cellular, and network level all seem to be on the horizon. Advances in biomedical engineering, including imaging techniques, sensor technologies, bio-signal analyses and classification, and prosthetics, have particularly accelerated the development brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Clinical translation of BCI technology will require multidisciplinary collaboration and effort to develop all necessary components, including advanced sensor technologies, sophisticated and real-time signal analyses and classifications, and complex effector technologies. Although the field has primarily been driven by basic scientists, neurosurgeons need to play a critical role in the further development of each component of these technologies because of our unique access to the awake and behaving human brain, our perspective with respect to the practicalities of technology implementation in the clinical setting, and because of our historical commitment to improving neurological function and quality-of-life. The current state of BCI research, the challenges, and the critical role that neurosurgeons must play in BCI development are briefly reviewed to advocate for increased neurosurgical involvement and commitment to this emerging translational field. |
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spelling | pubmed-31303582011-07-11 The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface Pouratian, Nader Surg Neurol Int Review Article Neurosurgery has always had a strong interest in innovating new technologies to improve neurological function and quality of life. Now, novel interventions that modulate central nervous system activity at the nanoparticle, molecular, genetic, cellular, and network level all seem to be on the horizon. Advances in biomedical engineering, including imaging techniques, sensor technologies, bio-signal analyses and classification, and prosthetics, have particularly accelerated the development brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Clinical translation of BCI technology will require multidisciplinary collaboration and effort to develop all necessary components, including advanced sensor technologies, sophisticated and real-time signal analyses and classifications, and complex effector technologies. Although the field has primarily been driven by basic scientists, neurosurgeons need to play a critical role in the further development of each component of these technologies because of our unique access to the awake and behaving human brain, our perspective with respect to the practicalities of technology implementation in the clinical setting, and because of our historical commitment to improving neurological function and quality-of-life. The current state of BCI research, the challenges, and the critical role that neurosurgeons must play in BCI development are briefly reviewed to advocate for increased neurosurgical involvement and commitment to this emerging translational field. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3130358/ /pubmed/21748032 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.82086 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Pouratian N. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Pouratian, Nader The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title | The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title_full | The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title_fullStr | The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title_full_unstemmed | The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title_short | The brain and computer: The neurosurgical interface |
title_sort | brain and computer: the neurosurgical interface |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21748032 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.82086 |
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