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Neural interface for prosthesis can restore function in motor control  
brain areas

Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also  
central structures of the brain.  While the brain is able to adapt and  
compensate for injury in certain conditions, in amputees the traumatic  
event prevents adaptive cortical changes.  A group of scientists  
reports adaptive plastic changes in an amputee's brain following  
implantation of multielectrode arrays inside peripheral nerves. Their  
results are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology  
and Neuroscience.
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