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Experiment Nine: Neuroprosthetics

Experiment Nine: Neuroprosthetics. Most neurons in the mammalian brain and spinal cord do not regrow when damaged. Doctors try to bypass the site of neural injury through electronic/computer means.

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Experiment Nine: Neuroprosthetics

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  1. Experiment Nine: Neuroprosthetics

  2. Most neurons in the mammalian brain and spinal cord do not regrow when damaged

  3. Doctors try to bypass the site of neural injury through electronic/computer means

  4. A research group in Pittsburgh has trained a monkey implanted with electrodes in his brain to control a robotic arm to feed itself

  5. Experiment: Record neural signal from one cockroach leg, input that signal to stimulate another cockroach leg

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