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Neural engineering is a discipline that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, enhance, or treat the diseases of neural systems. Neural engineers are uniquely qualified to solve design problems at the interface of living neural tissue and non-living constructs.

Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 References 4 See also 5 External links 5.1 Journals 5.2 Conferences 5.3 University Neural Engineering Research Laboratories 6 Neural Engineering Training Programs

Overview

This field of engineering draws on the fields of computational neuroscience, experimental neuroscience, clinical neurology, electrical engineering and signal processing of living neural tissue, and encompasses elements from 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.

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 the pathological state, and how it can be manipulated through interactions with artificial devices including brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics.

Other research concentrates more on investigation by experimentation, including the use of neural implants connected with external technology.

The scope of the field is broad and includes specific areas such as brain-computer interface, neural interfacing, neurotechnology, neuroelectronics, neuromodulation, neuroprosthesics, neural control, neurorehabilitation, neurodiagnostics, neurotherapeutics, neuromechanical systems, neurorobotics, neuroinformatics, neuroimaging, neural circuitry (both artificial and biological), neuromorphic engineering, neural tissue regeneration, neurobioengineering, neural signal processing, theoretical neuroscience, computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience and translational neuroscience.

History

As neural engineering is a relatively new field, information and research relating to it is comparatively limited, although this is changing rapidly. The first journals specifically devoted to neural engineering, The Journal of Neural Engineering and The Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation both emerged in 2004. International conferences on neural engineering have been held by the IEEE since 2003, most recently from 2 May until 5 May 2007 in Hawaii.

References

• Neuroengineering (2007) ISBN 978-0849381744
• Neural Engineering (Bioelectric Engineering) (2005) ISBN 978-0306486098
• Operative Neuromodulation: Volume 1: Functional Neuroprosthetic Surgery. An Introduction (2007) ISBN 978-3211330784
• Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease (2007) ISBN 978-0849370199
• Handbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (2003) ISBN 978-0824707200
• Neural Prostheses: Fundamental Studies (1990) ISBN 978-0136154440
• IEEE Handbook of Neural Engineering (2007) ISBN 978-0470056691
• Foundations on Cellular Neurophysiology (1995) ISBN 978-0262100533

See also

• Brain-computer interface
• Cybernetics
• Cyberware
• Neuroprosthetics

External links

Journals

• IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
• The Journal of Neural Engineering
• JNER Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
• Journal of Neurophysiology

Conferences

• 1st International Conference on Neural Engineering, 2003
• 2nd International Conference on Neural Engineering, 2005
• 3rd International Conference on Neural Engineering, 2007 (old link?)

University Neural Engineering Research Laboratories

• Australia, UNSW, Australian Vision Prosthesis Group
• Canada, the Neil Squire Society, Brain Interface Laboratory
• Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried
• Germany, Freiburg University, Brain Machine Interfacing Initiative
• Israel, Technion - IIT, Neural Interface Engineering Laboratory
• UK, University of Essex, Brain Computer Interfaces Group
• UK, Imperial College London, Bionics Research Group
• USA, Boston University, Neuronal Dynamics Laboratory
• USA, Case Western Reserve University, Neural Engineering Center
• USA, Columbia University, Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing
• USA, Dartmouth, Neural Engineering & Informatics Laboratory
• USA, Duke University, Center for Neuroengineering
• USA, Georgia Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Neural Engineering
• USA, Laboratory of Neural Prosthetic Research, Neural engineering, Illinois Institute Of Technology
• USA, MIT Media Lab, Neuroengineering and Neuromedia Group
• USA, Boston, MIT, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
• USA, Penn State, Center for Neural Engineering
• USA, Purdue University, Brain Computer Interface Lab
• USA, Purdue University, NeuroProstheses Research Lab
• USA, Purdue University, Rickus Research Group
• USA, Stanford University, Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory
• USA, University of California, Los Angeles, Neuroengineering Research Laboratory
• USA, University of California, San Diego, Cellular Neural Engineering
• USA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Neural Engineering Lab
• USA, University of Michigan, Neural Engineering Laboratory
• USA, University of Oklahoma, Neural Engineering Laboratory
• USA, University of Pennsylvania, Neuroengineering Research Lab
• USA, University of Pittsburgh, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• USA, University of Southern California, Dr. Theodore W. Berger's Research Lab
• USA, University of Utah, Center for Neural Interfaces

Neural Engineering Training Programs

• USA, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA: NSF IGERT Neuroengineering Training Program
• USA, Johns Hopkins University: Neuroengineering Training Program
• USA, MIT Media Lab, Neuroengineering and Neuromedia Ph.D. Studies
• USA, University of California, Los Angeles: Neuroengineering Training Program
• USA, University of Pittsburgh: Neural Engineering Program

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