Main description:

This volume of Progess in Brain Research follows on from the 32nd International Symposium of the Groupe de recherche sur le systeme nerveux central (GRSNC), May 2010, and aims to provide an overview of the various neural mechanisms that contribute to learning new motor and sensory skills, and to adapting to changed circumstances, including the use of devices and implants to substitute for lost sensory or motor abilities (brain machine interfaces). The focus is on recent developments covering five major themes:

Mechanisms to improve motor performance
Neuro-rehabilitation of motor function
Mechanisms to enhance sensory perception
Cross modal interationc for enhancing sensorimotor performance
Assistive technologies to enhance sensorimotor performance

This volume focuses on the translation of scientific knowledge into applications and strategies that can help restore lost function following injury or disease including assistive neuroprosthetic technologies to enhance sensorimotor performance and neurorehabilitation.

Contents:

SECTION I: Assistive Technologies To Enhance Sensorimotor Performance

Building the Bionic Eye: An Emerging Reality and Opportunity Lotfi B. Merabet
Insights from darkness: What the study of blindness has taught us about brain structure and function Ron Kupers and Maurice Ptito
A dynamical systems view of motor preparation: Implications for neural prosthetic system design Krishna V. Shenoy, Matthew T. Kaufman, Maneesh Sahani, and Mark M. Churchland
Physically Interactive Robotic Technology for NeuroMotor Rehabilitation Neville Hogan & Hermano I. Krebs
Sensory Feedback for Upper Limb Prostheses Steven S. Hsiao, Michael Fettiplace, Bejan Darbandi
Stimulus-driven changes in sensorimotor behavior and neuronal functional connectivity: Application to brain machine interfaces and neurorehabilitation James M. Rebesco, Lee E. Miller
Inference from populations: going beyond models Steven M. Chase & Andrew B. Schwartz
Tactile communication systems: Optimizing the display of information Lynette A. Jones
Understanding Haptics by Evolving Mechatronic Systems Gerald E. Loeb, George A. Tsianos, Jeremy A. Fishel, Nicholas Wettels and Stefan Schaal
SECTION II: Neurorehabilitation

Technology Improves Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Jan Kowalczewski and Arthur Prochazka.
Guiding task-oriented gait training after stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI) by means of a biomechanical gait analysis. Sylvie Nadeau , Cyril Duclos , Laurent Bouyer and Carol L. Richards
Involvement of the corticospinal tract in the control of human gait Dorothy Barthelemy, Michael J. Grey, Jens Bo Nielsen, Laurent Bouyer
Vision restoration after brain and retina damage: the "Residual Vision Activation Theory" Bernhard A. Sabel, Petra Henrich-Noack, Anton Fedorov and Carolin Gall
Real-Time Functional Magnetic Imaging - Brain Computer Interface And Virtual Reality: Promising Tools For The Treatment Of Paedophilia Patrice Renaud, Christian Joyal, Mathieu Goyette, Niels Birbaumer
Shaping plasticity to enhance recovery after injury Numa Dancause, PT, PhD & Randolph J. Nudo, PhD