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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2018

A rodent brain-machine interface paradigm to study the impact of paraplegia on BMI performance.

Nathaniel R Bridges, Michael Meyers, Jonathan Garcia, Patricia A Shewokis, Karen A Moxon

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathaniel R BridgesDrexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Michael MeyersDrexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Jonathan GarciaDrexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Patricia A ShewokisDrexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Drexel University, Nutrition Sciences Department, College of Nursing and Health Professions, 1601 Cherry St., 382 Parkway Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.
Karen A MoxonDrexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; University of California Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, GBSF 2303, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. Electronic address: moxon@ucdavis.edu.
Drexel University · US

Funding

Enhancing supraspinal plasticity to improve functional recovery after SCIR01NS096971 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BETHEA, JOHN ROLAND, MOXON, KAREN A · 2016 to 2020
$3.0M
MIDLINE GENES AND NEURONAL AND GLIAL DEVELOPMENTF32NS009697 · NINDS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MENON, KAUSHIKI · 1995 to 1996
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NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS009697NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMost brain machine interfaces (BMI) focus on upper body function in non-injured animals, not addressing the lower limb functional needs of those with paraplegia. A need exists for a novel BMI task that engages the lower body and takes advantage of well-established rodent spinal cord injury (SCI) models to study methods to improve BMI performance. NEW

methodA tilt BMI task was designed that randomly applies different types of tilts to a platform, decodes the tilt type applied and rights the platform if the decoder correctly classifies the tilt type. The task was tested on female rats and is relatively natural such that it does not require the animal to learn a new skill. It is self-rewarding such that there is no need for additional rewards, eliminating food or water restriction, which can be especially hard on spinalized rats. Finally, task difficulty can be adjusted by making the tilt parameters.

resultsThis novel BMI task bilaterally engages the cortex without visual feedback regarding limb position in space and animals learn to improve their performance both pre and post-SCI.Comparison with Existing Methods: Most BMI tasks primarily engage one hemisphere, are upper-body, rely heavily on visual feedback, do not perform investigations in animal models of SCI, and require nonnaturalistic extrinsic motivation such as water rewarding for performance improvement. Our task addresses these gaps.

conclusionsThe BMI paradigm presented here will enable researchers to investigate the interaction of plasticity after SCI and plasticity during BMI training on performance.

Indexed as

Brain-Computer InterfacesAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalEquipment DesignFemaleLearningMaleNeuronsParaplegiaPsychomotor PerformanceRats, Long-EvansSensorimotor CortexSpinal Cord InjuriesBalanceBrain machine interfaceNeuroroboticsSpinal cord injuryTilt perturbationWater rewarding

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PMID29859878
PMCPMC6614058
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