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Replacement Parts for the Brain:
Intracranial Implantation
of Hardware Models of Neural Circuitry
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A NIMH, USC-AMI Sponsored Conference
August 12-14 1999, Willard Hotel Washington D.C.
This conference will bring together leading researchers throughout the
country for a focus on one of the newest frontiers of neuroscientific and
bioengineering research: the intracranial implantation of computer chip
models of brain function as neural prosthetics to replace damaged or
dysfunctional brain tissue. In considering the development of
"replacement parts for the brain", speakers will address recent advances
in (i) biologically realistic mathematical models of brain or spinal cord
function, (ii) silicon- and/or photonics-based computational devices which
incorporate those models, and (ii) "neuron-silicon interface" devices,
i.e.,
micron-scale multi-site electrode arrays to provide bi-directional
communication between the computational element and functioning
neuronal tissue. The conference is intended to synergize
interdisciplinary
research in the neural, engineering, and biomedical sciences.
For more information regarding the conference and meeting registration,
please click on the conference web site address:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/biomed/NeuralProstheticsCNF
Conference Organizers:
Theodore W. Berger, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Neural Engineering
500 Olin Hall
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1450
telephone: 213-740-8017
fax: 213-740-0343
e-mail: berger@bmsrs.usc.edu
Dennis Glanzman, Ph.D.
Chief, Theoretical Neuroscience Program
NIMH
Room 11-102
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD
telephone: 301-443-1576
fax: 301-443-4822
e-mail: glanzman@helix.nih.gov