A bidirectional brain-machine interface connecting alert rodents to a dynamical system

Fabio Boi; Marianna Semprini; Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi; Stefano Panzeri; Alessandro Vato

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318298

A bidirectional brain-machine interface connecting alert rodents to a dynamical system

Fabio Boi^*, Marianna Semprini, Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi, Stefano Panzeri, Alessandro Vato

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	51-54
Number of pages	4
Volume	2015-November
ISBN (Electronic)	9781424492718
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318298
State	Published - Nov 4 2015
Event	37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 - Milan, Italy Duration: Aug 25 2015 → Aug 29 2015

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Other	37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	8/25/15 → 8/29/15

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Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Health Informatics

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Boi, F., Semprini, M., Mussa-Ivaldi, F., Panzeri, S., & Vato, A. (2015). A bidirectional brain-machine interface connecting alert rodents to a dynamical system. In 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 (Vol. 2015-November, pp. 51-54). [7318298] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318298

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Boi F, Semprini M, Mussa-Ivaldi F, Panzeri S, Vato A. A bidirectional brain-machine interface connecting alert rodents to a dynamical system. In 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015. Vol. 2015-November. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 51-54. 7318298 doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318298

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