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SUBMITTER: Sellers EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711808 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sellers Eric W EW Ryan David B DB Hauser Christopher K CK
Science translational medicine 20141001 257
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) provide communication that is independent of muscle control, and can be especially important for individuals with severe neuromuscular disease who cannot use standard communication pathways or other assistive technology. It has previously been shown that people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can successfully use BCI after all other means of independent communication have failed. The BCI literature has asserted that brainstem stroke survivors can also be ...[more]