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Implantable and wearable neuroprostheses to understand and restore neural functions
Time:
Sunday, 17/Sept/2023:
12:45pm - 1:30pm
Session Chair: Yuri Bozzi, University of Trento
Location:Sala Cinquecento
476 seats
PLENARY LECTURE 5
Presentations
Implantable and wearable neuroprostheses to understand and restore neural functions
Silvestro Micera
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Neuroengineering is a novel discipline combining engineering including micro and nanotechnology, electrical and mechanical, and computer science with cellular, molecular, cognitive neuroscience with two main goals: (i) increase our basic knowledge of how the nervous system works; (ii) develop systems able to restore functions in people affected by different types of neural disability. In the past years, several breakthroughs have been reached by neuroengineers in particular on the development of neurotechnologies able to restore sensorimotor functions in disabled people.
In this presentation, I will provide several examples on how implantable interfaces can be used to restore sensory (tactile, thermal feedback for hand prostheses, vision), motor (grasping, locomotion), and autonomic functions (for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems) and how they can be used also to understand cognitive functions such as language and decision making.
