Data from: Intraneural stimulation elicits discrimination of textural features by artificial fingertip in intact and amputee humans
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- Oddo, Calogero Maria1
- Raspopovic, Stanisa2
- Artoni, Fiorenzo2
- Mazzoni, Alberto1
- Spigler, Giacomo1
- Petrini, Francesco2
- Federica, Giambattistelli1
- Fabrizio, Vecchio3
- Francesca, Miraglia4
- Loredana, Zollo5
- Di Pino, Giovanni5
- Camboni, Domenico1
- Carrozza, Maria Chiara1
- Guglielmelli, Eugenio5
- Rossini, Paolo Maria3
- Faraguna, Ugo6
- Micera, Silvestro2
- 1. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
- 2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- 3. Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
- 4. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana
- 5. Università Campus Bio-Medico
- 6. University of Pisa
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Restoration of touch after hand amputation is a desirable feature of ideal prostheses. Here, we show that texture discrimination can be artificially provided in human subjects by implementing a neuromorphic real-time mechano-neuro-transduction (MNT), which emulates to some extent the firing dynamics of SA1 cutaneous afferents. The MNT process was used to modulate the temporal pattern of electrical spikes delivered to the human median nerve via percutaneous microstimulation in four intact subjects and via implanted intrafascicular stimulation in one transradial amputee. Both approaches allowed the subjects to reliably discriminate spatial coarseness of surfaces as confirmed also by a hybrid neural model of the median nerve. Moreover, MNT-evoked EEG activity showed physiologically plausible responses that were superimposable in time and topography to the ones elicited by a natural mechanical tactile stimulation. These findings can open up novel opportunities for sensory restoration in the next generation of neuro-prosthetic hands.
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- 10.7554/eLife.09148 (DOI)