{"id":116681,"date":"2020-12-05T03:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-amilcar-dos-santos-md-exploring-far-frontiers-of-neural-spinal-and-brain-computer-interfaces"},"modified":"2020-12-05T03:22:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:22:35","slug":"dr-amilcar-dos-santos-md-exploring-far-frontiers-of-neural-spinal-and-brain-computer-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-amilcar-dos-santos-md-exploring-far-frontiers-of-neural-spinal-and-brain-computer-interfaces","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Amilcar dos Santos MD \u2014 Exploring Far Frontiers of Neural, Spinal, and Brain-Computer Interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7f0lYlRG6So?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exploring the frontiers of neuromodulation, neurostimulation, and neural interfaces.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Neuromodulation is defined as \u201cthe alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body\u201d. It is carried out to normalize \u2013 or modulate \u2013 nervous tissue function.<\/p>\n<p>Neuromodulation is an evolving therapy that can involve a range of electromagnetic stimuli such as a magnetic field, an electric current, or a drug instilled directly in the sub-dural space (i.e. intra-thecal drug delivery).<\/p>\n<p>Emerging applications involve targeted introduction of genes or gene regulators and light (optogenetics), but most clinical experience has been with electrical stimulation.<\/p>\n<p>Existing and emerging neuromodulation treatments also include application in medication-resistant epilepsy, chronic head pain conditions, and functional therapy ranging from bladder and bowel or respiratory control, to improvement of sensory deficits, such as hearing and vision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-amilcar-dos-santos-md-exploring-far-frontiers-of-neural-spinal-and-brain-computer-interfaces\">Continue reading \u201cDr. Amilcar dos Santos MD \u2014 Exploring Far Frontiers of Neural, Spinal, and Brain-Computer Interfaces\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the frontiers of neuromodulation, neurostimulation, and neural interfaces. Neuromodulation is defined as \u201cthe alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body\u201d. It is carried out to normalize \u2013 or modulate \u2013 nervous tissue function. Neuromodulation is an evolving [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1523,412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-computing","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}