GRASP CONTROL & BMI

Grasp-Related Neuronal Activity in Monkey and Human and Its Applicability in BMI

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 

 Organization address address: GOWER STREET
city: LONDON
postcode: WC1E 6BT

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Greta
Cognome: Borg-Carbott
Email: send email
Telefono: 442031000000
Fax: 442078000000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 209˙092 €
 EC contributo 209˙092 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-06-01   -   2014-05-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

 Organization address address: GOWER STREET
city: LONDON
postcode: WC1E 6BT

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Greta
Cognome: Borg-Carbott
Email: send email
Telefono: 442031000000
Fax: 442078000000

UK (LONDON) coordinator 209˙092.80

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we    yet    movements    bmi    neuronal    points    ability    related    lfp    meg    pmv    right    loss    skilled    investigation    cortex    monkey    motor    grasp       sua    daily    human    life    patients    affect   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The complexity and precision of human hand control is staggering and unravelled, yet, its neuronal control is not well understood. Loss of this ability has devastating consequences for a human’s daily life. Restoring this ability and, thus, bringing relief to the patient’s condition should be an important aim of science. We propose an interdisciplinary investigation of both the neuronal activity controlling skilled hand movements and how this activity can be used in a Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) to control hand postures suitable for grasp of different everyday objects. For example, relevant patients rank the loss of skilled grasp as one of the most debilitating features of their injury (Anderson, 2004). Thus, grasp BMIs are of great importance, but not yet available. We will investigate grasp-related neuronal activity in monkeys and human volunteers based on recordings of (i) intracortical single-unit activity (SUA) and local field potentials (LFP) through multiple electrodes in monkey primary motor cortex (M1), ventral pre-motor cortex (PMv) and boundary areas between M1 and PMv, and (ii) non-invasive human magnetoencephalograms (MEG). Recent studies have shown grasp-specific neuronal activity in SUA and LFP recorded in monkey. We will record grasp-related activity simultaneously at various sites ranging from PMv to M1. Central points are the investigation of the spatial distribution of this activity across motor areas and different cortical laminae, the long-term stability and how this activity is modulated by novel motor tasks. We will also assess how these points affect the decoding of different grasps in a potential BMI and whether human MEG shows similar grasp specificity during execution and imagination of grasp, which is significant for patients controlling a BMI by imagining performance of different actions. The ultimate goal is precise, dexterous, real-time BMI grasp control of hand prostheses; our project represents a first step in this direction.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Expressions such as 'give my right arm' or 'right-hand man' highlight the importance of limb movements in daily activities. Injuries, disease or ageing can affect our movement, which in turn negatively impacts our quality of life.

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