Shattered nerves : how science is solving modern medicine's most perplexing problem /

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"A study of advancements in neural technology, what they can do, and where they could lead us. Once the stuff of science fiction, neural prosthetics are now a reality. Research and technology are creating implants that enable the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the paralyzed to move. Shatte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chase, Victor D., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Neural stimulation.
Myoelectric prosthesis.
Implants, Artificial.
Electric stimulation.
Nervous System Diseases > rehabilitation
Electric Stimulation
Electrodes, Implanted
Prostheses and Implants
Neurostimulation.
Prothèses myoélectriques.
Prothèses internes.
Stimulation électrique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Electric stimulation
Implants, Artificial
Myoelectric prosthesis
Neural stimulation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Learning to listen all over again
  • 2. The body electric
  • 3. Of frogs' legs and transistors
  • 4. The grandfather of neural prostheses
  • 5. Accidental pioneers
  • 6. Giving a hand
  • 7. Looking back at an empty wheelchair
  • 8. The dirty little secret
  • 9. Sound in the brain
  • 10. In the eye of the beholder
  • 11. Nerves of platinum and iridium
  • 12. Pins and needles in the brain
  • 13. From the inside out
  • 14. Reaching the depth of depression
  • 15. A hole in the center of the brain
  • 16. The ethics
  • 17. Biomimetic and superhuman.

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