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Advanced Materials for Safe and Effective Stimulation of the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

February 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017
GRANT: 
Federal
Funding Status: 
Completed Project
Funding Agency: 
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Funding Institute: 
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Grant Number: 
R21EB020318
Published Grant: 
NIH RePORT

Goals

We intend to fill a gap in technology for stimulating the cervical cord of the awake, behaving rat. This tool could dramatically accelerate our understanding of an important therapy to restore movement in people with paralysis.

Investigators

Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.
Former Lab Director
Motor Recovery Laboratory
Former Assistant Professor
Role: 
Principal Investigator
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COLLABORATOR
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joint - Materials Science and Engineering
Role: 
Principal Investigator

Conditions & Recovery

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Write and walk again.
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Around the world, between 300,000 and 500,000 people are living with a SCI.