The Practical Paraplegic

Adapting to day by day living with paralysis

Reversing the irreversible

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Currently scientists have been able to temporarily chemically paralyze the wrists of monkeys, and using electrodes attached to computers, reroute brain signals to external wires attached to the wrist muscles. The monkeys were easily able to adapt to the bypass arrangement and begin using their paralyzed wrists to play a video game. Full realization of [...]

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