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New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb
Date:10/15/2008

e this device to regain the ability to walk would require stimulating a group of muscles. "This may not be necessary to improve the quality of life of paralyzed patients," he said. "Having the ability to have better control of a wheelchair or being able to use a wrist to perform tasks might be enough."

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SOURCES: Oct. 14, 2008, teleconference with: Chet Moritz, Ph.D., and Eberhard Fetz, Ph.D., professor, both department of physiology and biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle; Paul Sanberg, Ph.D., D.Sc., professor of neurosurgery, and director, University of South Florida Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Tampa; Oct. 15, 2008, online edition, Nature


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