I stand on what I posted.
K. P. Collins
"Panagiotis Artemiadis" <partem at mail.ntua.gr> wrote in message
news:bv56vu$1cnj$1 at ulysses.noc.ntua.gr...
> Dear Sirs,
>> I posted this message because I am at the beginning of my PhD study
> concerning these facts. So I wanted some information.
> It is NOT a matter of "playing games" as k p Collins said.
> If this newsgroup is NOT for giving some preliminary information,
> then I misunderstood the role of this group..
>> P.A.
>>> "k p Collins" <kpaulc@[----------]earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:fUjRb.26934$i4.5154 at newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...> > See "Neural integration of movement: Role of
> > motor cortex in movement", =FASEB J.=, 2,
> > pp. 2849-2857.
> >
> > But, of course, you already know that, don't
> > you?
> >
> > Forgive me [or not], but, if you want to 'play
> > games', bionet.neuroscience is not the 'place'
> > for such.
> >
> > k. p. collins
> >
> > "Joe Pearson" <nospam at nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:YveRb.153435$I06.1544477 at attbi_s01...> > > Dear P.A.
> > >
> > > 1) Yes it has been done. See this web page:
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3186850.stm> > >
> > > Panagiotis Artemiadis wrote:
> > > > Dear Sirs,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to have some answers at the follwing topics :
> > > >
> > > > 1) Is it possible to have a mapping of brain areas regarding the
> desired
> > > > movement? That is, is it
> > > > possible to record signals from brain areas, and to translate them
to
> > the
> > > > stimulation of a muscle?
> > > > How exact are these signals? How can we acquire these signals?
> Invasive
> > or
> > > > non-invasive methods
> > > > of interfacing? For example, with an electrode at a specific area of
> > primary
> > > > motor cortex, can we
> > > > detect the movement of a finger? Or the stimulation of the biceps
> > muscle?
> > > >
> > > > 2) Are these signals transfered through neurons' axons to the
relevant
> > > > muscle? I mean, if we can not
> > > > record these signals from the primary motor cortex, are we able of
> > acquiring
> > > > these signals from
> > > > the Peripheral Nervous System? How this can be done? Is the sEMG a
> > possible
> > > > solution?
> > > >
> > > > 3) Can we detect (by processing or not) some characteristics of
motion
> > into
> > > > these signals? For
> > > > example, is a characteristic of a signal depicts the torque or
> velocity
> > of
> > > > the movement of the arm?
> > > >
> > > > 4) Can an EEG prove usefull to the above mentioned
signal-to-movement
> > > > translation? What other
> > > > methods exist?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you in advance for your prompt reply
> > > >
> > > > P.A.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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