Colloqui della Classe di Scienze - Anno Accademico 2021/2022Mercoledì 23 marzo 2022ore 15:00
Bertarelli Foundation Chair in
Translational Neuroengineering, Engineering
Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH
)
terrà un seminario dal titolo
“Intraneural neuroprostheses to understand and restore sensory, motor, and autonomic neural functions”
abstract:
Neuroengineering is a novel discipline combining engineering
including micro and nanotechnology,
electrical and mechanical, and computer science with cellular, molecular,
cognitive neuroscience with two main goals: (i) increase our basic knowledge of
how the nervous system works; (ii) develop systems able to restore functions in
people affected by different types of neural disability. In the past years,
several breakthroughs have been reached by neuroengineers in particular on the
development of neurotechnologies able to restore sensorimotor functions in
disabled people.
In this presentation, I will provide several examples on how implantable interfaces can be used to restore sensory (tactile feedback for hand prostheses, vision), motor (grasping, locomotion), and autonomic functions (for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems) and how they can be used also to understand cognitive functions such as language and decision making.