Neural Prosthetic Is a "Bridge" over Damaged Brain Areas
From: IEEE Spectrum - 12/09/2013
By: Eliza Strickland

A new idea for treating brain injury doesn't involve fixing the damaged
regions. Instead, researchers want to detour neural impulses around the
damage.

Such technology could one day help a broad swath of people who suffer from
traumatic brain injury, including football players, war veterans, trauma
victims, and stroke patients.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:10) at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/devices/neural-prosthetic-is-a-bridge-over-damaged-brain-areas/

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