Musculoskeletal Key

Abstract Optogenetics is the combination of optical tools to monitor (i.e. “reporters”) or interfere (i.e. “actuators”) with neural activity, and genetic techniques to restrain the expression of these reporters and…

Abstract Hemi-spatial neglect syndrome is common and sometimes long-lasting. It is characterized by a deficit in the use and awareness of one side of space, most often consecutive to a…

Abstract Management of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in neurological diseases remains a priority because it leads to many complications such as incontinence, renal failure and decreased quality of life….

Abstract Spinal cord injury leads to a range of disabilities, including limitations in locomotor activity, that seriously diminish the patients’ autonomy and quality of life. Electrochemical neuromodulation therapies, robot-assisted rehabilitation…

Abstract Locomotor behavior is controlled by specific neural circuits called central pattern generators primarily located at the lumbosacral spinal cord. These locomotor-related neuronal circuits have a high level of automaticity;…

Abstract Implanted phrenic nerve stimulation is a technique restoring spontaneous breathing in patients with respiratory control failure, leading to being dependent on mechanical ventilation. This is the case for quadriplegic…

Abstract For a few years, the non-invasive modulation of motor cortex has become the centre of much attention because of its possible clinical impact. Among the different mechanism allowing to…

Abstract Rehabilitation aims to decrease neurological impairments, in guiding plasticity. Electrical stimulation has been used for many years in rehabilitation treatment of neurological disabilities as a tool for neuromodulation inducing…

The use of electricity to provide analgesia is not new. The first use of such treatment involved “electric” fish. Nile catfish decorations appear on Egyptian tombs from the 5th Dynasty,…