![]() Swiss based research company École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne says “The brain-spine interface bridges the spinal cord injury in real-time and wirelessly.” He was able to slowly raise and lower his arm, while clenching and releasing his hand. The doctors put two recording implants into the man’s brain, as well as several electrodes into his arm and hand. When interviewed by the MIT Technology Review, Courtine said, “The monkey was thinking, and then boom, it was walking.” After testing on the monkey was successful, the researchers wanted to test the process on a human subject.Ī quadriplegic patient (a person who is unable to move anything below the shoulders) volunteered for the experiment. ![]() ![]() As the chip interpreted the monkey’s intentions to move, the paralysed leg began to extend and flex. In the next 10-15 years, scientists are hoping to reverse paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries, thanks to the work of Grégoire Courtine.Īn experiment was conducted on a partially paralysed macaque monkey. French neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine is now developing a revolutionary technology that will connect the part of the brain that controls movement to the spinal cord.
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