Research conducted at the University of Washington in Seattle suggests that clinical applications that can assist people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries or neurological diseases are perhaps five years away from realization. In a study published by
Nature, scientists Eberhard E. Fetz, Chet T. Moritz and Steve I. Perlmutter demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles could restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms were temporarily anesthetized.
