Donoghue Lab, Neuroscience Department, Brown University
“…in the central nervous system the events in each unit are not so important. We are more concerned with the interactions of large numbers, and our problem is to find the way in which the interactions can take place.” - Lord E.D. Adrian 1932

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05 June 2009
Undergraduate Lab Research and Summer Fellowships updated June 5, 2009.

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For information about the BrainGate human pilot clinical trial see: http://www.braingate2.org/clinicalTrials.org.

 

Neural Codes

Our lab investigates how the brain turns thought into action... (more)

Neural Prosthetics (Brain Machine Interfaces)

We are also applying our knowledge of neural codes for movement to build prosthetic devices that provide an interface between the brain and the external world for individuals with paralysis... (more)

Recent Publications