Over a decade ago, a cycling accident left Gert-Jan Oskam paralysed after causing him a spinal cord injury. Now, hes able to stand and walk again thanks to an innovative brain-spine interface (BSI) developed by a team of Swiss neuroscientists. To walk, the brain must send a command to the region of the spinal cord thats responsible for movement control. But a spinal cord injury interrupts this communication. Our idea was to reestablish this communication with a digital bridge, an electric communication between the brain and the region of the spinal cord that is still intact, said Professor Grégoire Courtine,…
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