Neural engineering
discipline within biomedical engineering that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, or enhance neural systems
Neural engineering (also known as neuroengineering) is a discipline within biomedical engineering that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, or enhance neural systems. Neural engineers are uniquely qualified to solve design problems at the interface of living neural tissue and non-living constructs.
Overview
The field of neural engineering draws on the fields of computational neuroscience, experimental neuroscience, neurology, electrical engineering, and signal processing of living neural tissue, and encompasses elements of robotics, cybernetics, computer engineering, neural tissue engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology. Prominent goals in the field include restoration and augmentation of human function via direct interactions between the nervous system and artificial devices, with an emphasis on quantitative methodology and engineering practices. Other prominent goals include better neuro imaging capabilities and the interpretation of neural abnormalities through quantitative data.
Much current research is focused on understanding the coding and processing of information in the sensory and motor systems, quantifying how this processing is altered in a pathological state, and how it can be manipulated through interactions with artificial devices, including brain–computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics. There is also research is into neuromorphic encoding, which can restore normal sensory inputs for amputees through sending electrical impulses to the brain through a transcutaneous nerve stimulation machine. Also, in order to better understand muscle intent, neuroengineers use myographic decoding through pattern recognition via electromyography. Other research concentrates more on investigation by experimentation, including the use of neural implants connected with external technology. Neurohydrodynamics is a division of neural engineering that focuses on hydrodynamics of the neurological system.
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