<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone, <div><br></div><div>Just a reminder about the talk tomorrow (see below). </div><div><br></div><div>Also, if you are a grad student and interested in lunch with the speaker, please contact Eric Hunsberger (<a href="mailto:erichuns@gmail.com">erichuns@gmail.com</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>Bryan</div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Bryan Tripp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bptripp@gmail.com" target="_blank">bptripp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone, </div><div><br></div><div>Please join us for our final CTN seminar of the year, next Tuesday (March 29) at 3:30 in PAS 2464. The title and abstract follow. The speaker is Dr. Ning Jiang, who joined Systems Design about a year ago. Let me know if you would like to meet individually with Prof. Jiang and/or join us for dinner after the talk. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards, <br></div><div>Bryan</div><div><br></div><div>Non-invasive Brain Computer Interface (BCI) for motor function rehabilitation: putting patients on the driver’s seat<br></div><div><br></div><div>Neurorehabilitation applications, such as those for motor function rehabilitation of stroke, Parkinson etc, aims to induce neuroplasticity by re-establish damaged sensory-motor control loop. In recently years, Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) has been investigated as a promising tool for these applications. This is because patients’ active volition can be incorporated into the rehabilitation process through BCI, as compared to conventional rehabilitation approach where patients are in a passive role. In this talk, I will discuss a series of studies that systematically addressed the following questions: 1) is it possible to detect the motor intention, such as dorsiflexion (lifting up toe), in real time when using non-invasive brain recordings, i.e. electroencephalogram (EEG); 2) Can a system, consisting of such non-invasive detections of motor intent and subsequently triggered peripheral stimulations, be used to induce cortical plasticity in healthy subjects; 3) what are the critical factors and parameters of such a system in inducing cortical plasticity; 4) how well does the system work in a cohort of chronic stroke patients who suffer from ‘drop-foot’ and no longer respond to regular rehabilitation therapy. Our preliminary results suggested that such a patient-centered rehabilitation approach will dramatically increase the efficiency of the rehabilitation program. Our ultimate goal is to develop a viable rehabilitation paradigm that is fully driven by the patients, and can be used outside conventional clinical environment.<br></div><div><br></div></div>
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