EU funding: Allowing children to grasp the world again
Children who cannot move their hands, for example after suffering a stroke at a young age: Scientists from the Neuromuscular Physiology and Neural Interfacing Laboratory (N-squared Lab) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) hope that impairments such as these will soon belong to the past. Following the remit of the “PlayAgain” project, the working group led by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Del Vecchio hope to develop a neural interface that can strengthen or re-establish connections between the brain and the lower arm muscles from the paralyzed hand. The FAU team has now received 150,000 euros in funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Read more …