«We have shown that a brain - computer interface using the uninjured hemisphere can achieve meaningful recovery in chronic stroke patients,» said Eric Leuthardt, MD, a professor of neurosurgery, of neuroscience, of biomedical engineering, and of mechanical engineering & applied science, and the study's co-senior author. (sciencedaily.com)
«We're asked early on, when the patient is still in the intensive care unit, what the prognosis is for meaningful recovery for a patient who seems vegetative,» he said. (discovermagazine.com)
Other researchers cautiously agree, but stress that more meaningful recoveries may demand a combination of approaches. (sciencemag.org)