Project description FET Young Explorers Show the project objective Hide the project objective The possibility to control actions from thoughts is becoming reality thanks to Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs). However modern BMIs are mostly unidirectional and aimed at restoring lost motor functions. In a wider perspective, neural interfaces must be bi-directional devices that substitute motor, sensory or cognitive circuits within the brain, that might have been damaged as a result of an injury or a disease. The project goes towards this direction: it will provide the knowledge to realize a new class of neuroprostheses aimed at treating those diseases where a portion of brain tissue is damaged (e.g. lesion). The ultimate goal of the project is to connect in vitro neuronal assemblies to an artificial system (a neuromorphic chip) which aims at restoring the lost neuronal functionality, with the long-term perspective to be implanted in humans affected by invalidating brain diseases. This will allow us to reach three main scientific objectives: (i-DECODING) improve the performance of BMIs by investigating optimal decoding schemes to extract useful information by multisite acquisitions from neuronal assemblies; (ii-PROCESSING) provide an artificial link between two previously connected assemblies by designing computational models (sw and hw) which mimic the behavior of the injured part of the network; (iii-CODING) design new strategies by developing stimulation protocols aimed at effectively sending appropriate information to cell assemblies. These goals will be reached by using an engineering approach to neuroscience: a fully controlled and measurable experimental system where the 'biological' neural element will be investigated at different levels of anatomical complexity: from random, unstructured circuits up to the intact brain. Thanks to this approach we will be able to exploit the peculiarity of each biological model to study different coding/decoding schemes in order to optimize the performance of advanced neuroprostheses. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.9.3 - FET Young Explorers Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-C See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator Contact Michela Chiappalone Dr. Coordinator FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Address Via morego 30 16163 Genova Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gabriele Ballero (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 194 617,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christophe GIRAUD (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Israel EU contribution € 248 400,00 Address Ramat aviv 69978 Tel aviv See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Lea Pais (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution € 226 040,00 Address Via balbi 5 16126 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Agatina Fazio (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX France EU contribution € 34 516,00 Address Av du docteur albert schweitzer 1 33402 Talence See on map Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Gironde Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nathalie DUPONT (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX France EU contribution € 37 194,00 Address Place pey berland 35 33000 Bordeaux See on map Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Gironde Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stéphane MINABERRY (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX I Participation ended France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 351 cours de la liberation 33405 Talence See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stéphane MINABERRY (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
