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SUBMITTER: Zheng H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594927 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190626 1
We previously demonstrated that for long-term spastic limb paralysis, transferring the seventh cervical nerve (C7) from the nonparalyzed side to the paralyzed side results in increase of 17.7 in Fugl-Meyer score. One strategy for further improvement in voluntary arm movement is selective activation of five target muscles innervated by C7 during recovery process. In this study, we develop an implantable multisite optogenetic stimulation device (MOSD) based on shape-memory polymer. Two-site stimul ...[more]