When:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Christine De Luca
(312) 503-8003
Group: Department of Medicine
Category: Lectures & Meetings
RENOWNED SCIENTIST
GREGOIRE COURTINE, PHD
SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PROFESSOR,
INTERNATIONAL PARAPLEGIC FOUNDATION CHAIR IN SPINAL CORD REPAIR
NEUROPROSTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES
TO IMPROVE LOCOMOTION
AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
April 28th
12:00 - 1:00p.m.
Reception Immediately Following
Lurie - Hughes Auditorium
303 East Superior Street -- Lobby Level
Over the past decade, Dr. Courtine and his team have developed therapies to restore
supraspinal control over leg movements in rodents with severe spinal cord injury.
Dr. Courtine will describe the development of cutting edge technologies required to
achieve these advances including: neural interfaces, computational models, real-time
control platforms, robotic systems, and anatomical analyses. He will also discuss
mechanisms underlying the immediate and long-term effects of neuroprosthetic
rehabilitation on motor control capacities and will highlight current efforts in humans
to translate his ndings into a viable therapy to improve the recovery of locomotion in
paraplegic individuals.