Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1237 University of Houston (143125)
Principal Investigator: Francis,Joseph Thachil
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 401,546
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 9/1/22 - 8/31/27
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Biomedical Engineering
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: REGENERATIVE MICRO-ELECTRODE PERIPHERAL NERVE INTERFACE FOR OPTIMIZED PROPRIOCEPTIVE AND CUTANEOUS SPECIFIC INTERFACING
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Institute of Neurological
CFDA Link: HHS
93.853
Program Title:
n/a
CFDA Linked: Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders
Note:
SA1. Achieve selective MiSt from Y-MG-REMEIs with Proprioceptive and Cutaneous conduits in a rat model. SA2. Determine controllability of VPL/S1 via MiSt in Y-MG-RUMEI sensory conduits in a rat forepaw (hand) amputee model. SA3. Determine if Y-MG-RUMEIs allow better bidirectional Brain-Nerve-Machine Interface (biBNMI) control, as compared to control-RUMIs, without molecular guidance, based biBNMI performance in a rat amputee model. SAMs 1.1.1
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