Università Roma Tre

"Discipline within biomedical engineering that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, enhance, or otherwise exploit the properties of neural systems. Neural engineers are uniquely qualified to solve design problems at the interface of living neural tissue and non-living constructs. " (Wikipedia)

Based on this general definition of the concept of Neuroengineering, the course aims to provide the knowledge of techniques and tools for analysing the central nervous system and for understanding its functionality for the recovery and the assistance in disability, through application examples such BCI (Brain Computer Interface) and cochlear implants.

The course consists of 2 theoretical sections:
1. Technologies and methods for in vivo monitoring of neural activity.
2. Technologies and methods for in vivo monitoring of cortical and peripheral activity.

and tutorials on using processing tools for simulation and analysis of neural, cortical, and peripherical activity.

- Bin He, Neural Engineering, Springer, 2005. (scaricabile qui se si accede dalla rete di Ateneo).
- Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell, Principi di Neuroscienze, CEA, 2003.
- Kenneth W Horch, Gurpreet S Dhillon, Neuroprosthetics Theory and Practice, World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2004.
- Bear, M. F.; Connors, B. W.; Paradiso, M. A., Neuroscienze. Esplorando il cervello, Elsevier, 2007.
- Laurence F. Abbott, Peter Dayan, Theoretical Neuroscience: Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems, MIT Press, 2001, Chapters 5-6.
- Hodgkin, A.L., Huxley, A.F., and Katz, B. Measurement of current-voltage relations in the membrane of the giant axon of Loligo, J.Physiol, 1952.