Cel Spinal cord injury causes alterations in the central nervous system, as well as the sensorimotor and autonomic systems below the injury, and has devastating personal and socioeconomic costs. Although there is currently no cure, new research opportunities offer the prospect of accelerating both our understanding of the disorder, and the design of therapies to promote recovery. I will investigate, in both animal models and patients, a novel rehabilitation technique that consists of a brain-machine interface (BMI) that activates the paralyzed muscles electrically, driven by the subject’s own movement commands. I expect long-term use of the neuroprosthesis (NP) will lead to unprecedented levels of restored movement, while the subject uses the system, and to maintained functional gain, even without the NP, after therapy is complete. This will be possible due to the ability of the nervous system to modify its function (“neural plasticity”), which the NP will exploit.My Ph.D. thesis, finished this year, belonged to the emerging field of neural engineering. It spanned the design and validation, in human patients, of a NP for treating upper limb tremor, and the study of the physiology of tremors by decoding the neural drive to muscle. The studies proposed in this project constitute an unmatchable opportunity for me to develop critical neuroscience, neural engineering, and clinical skills, which will broaden my current competencies in these areas. I will also receive training on management, tutoring, teaching, proposal writing and ethics, which will allow me to assume the expected multiple roles of a researcher. Finally, I expect that this project will allow me to broaden my network of collaborations. On this the basis, I anticipate that my reintegration to Europe will allow me to effectively transfer the skills acquired, establish my research line and a group of collaborators, thus setting the basis for a mature research career. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologymedical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiology Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Koordynator AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Wkład UE € 265 263,30 Adres CALLE SERRANO 117 28006 Madrid Hiszpania Zobacz na mapie Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Ana María De La Fuente (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych