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Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Implantable Biomimetic Electronics as Neural Prostheses

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A Bradford book.""This book has its origins in a meeting, entitled "Toward replacement parts for the brain: intracranial implantations of hardward models of neural circuitry" that took place in Washington, D.C. in August 1989"--Preface.The continuing development of implantable neural prostheses signals a new era in bioengineering and neuroscience research. This collection of essays outlines current advances in research on the intracranial implantation of devices that can communicate with the brain in order to restore sensory, motor, or cognitive functions. The contributors explore the creation of biologically realistic mathematical models of brain function, the production of microchips that incorporate those models, and the integration of microchip and brain function through neuron-silicon interfaces. Recent developments in understanding the computational and cognitive properties of the brain and rapid advances in biomedical and computer engineering both contribute to this cutting-edge research. The book first examines the development of sensory system prostheses -- cochlear, retinal, and visual implants -- as the best foundation for considering the extension of neural prostheses to the central brain region. The book then turns to the complexity of neural representations, offering, among other approaches to the topic, one of the few existing theoretical frameworks for modeling the hierarchical organization of neural systems. Next, it examines the challenges of designing and controlling the interface between neurons and silicon, considering the necessity for bidirectional communication and for multiyear duration of the implant. Finally, the book looks at hardware implementations and explores possible ways to achieve the complexity of neural function in hardware, including the use of VLSI and photonic technologies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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Cambridge : The MIT Press., 2005

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1 online resource (ix, 405 pages) :illustrations

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English

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9780262268226

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computer

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online resource

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Neural circuitry.
Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Brain
Biomimetics.
Computational neuroscience.

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edited by Theodore W. Berger and Dennis L. Glanzman

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/6858.001.0001

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