@inproceedings{6b12c6bb31154f1e81d3d9dcf41e62ed,
title = "A bidirectional brain-machine interface connecting alert rodents to a dynamical system",
abstract = "We present a novel experimental framework that implements a bidirectional brain-machine interface inspired by the operation of the spinal cord in vertebrates that generates a control policy in the form of a force field. The proposed experimental set-up allows connecting the brain of freely moving rats to an external device. We tested this apparatus in a preliminary experiment with an alert rat that used the interface for acquiring a food reward. The goal of this approach to bidirectional interfaces is to explore the role of voluntary neural commands in controlling a dynamical system represented by a small cart moving on vertical plane and connected to a water/pellet dispenser.",
author = "Fabio Boi and Marianna Semprini and {Mussa Ivaldi}, {Ferdinando A.} and Stefano Panzeri and Alessandro Vato",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 ; Conference date: 25-08-2015 Through 29-08-2015",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318298",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "51--54",
booktitle = "2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015",
address = "United States",
}