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Peripheral Nerve Interface Applications, Sensory Restoration

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Sensory stimulation

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Sensory restoration is a process for providing information to the nervous system about either the external environment or internal body state, typically by replacing or augmenting sensory pathways that are dysfunctional as a result of disease or injury. Examples of pathways in the peripheral nervous system that might be targeted for sensory restoration include proprioception (i.e., limb position sense), cutaneous sensation (i.e., sense of touch), and internal organ state (e.g., bladder fullness). Sensory restoration is typically achieved by recording from an electrical transducer and translating that recording into a set of electrical impulses which are delivered to peripheral nerves via a stimulating electrode. Sensory information is encoded by varying the amplitude, frequency, and anatomical location of the stimulating impulses.

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Sensory restoration is a process for replacing or augmenting damaged or dysfunctional afferent...

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Dr. Lee E. Fisher

  2. Department of Bioengineering, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Prof. Douglas J. Weber

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  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

    Ranu Jung

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Fisher, L.E., Weber, D.J. (2014). Peripheral Nerve Interface Applications, Sensory Restoration. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_206-1

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