Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News
  • Published:

Monkeys move paralysed muscles with their minds

Nature (2008)Cite this article

Sending brain signals through electrodes to a paralysed wrist muscle restores movement.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Velliste, M., Perel, S., Chance Spalding, M., Whitford, A. S. & Schwartz, A. B. Nature 453, 1098–1101 (2008).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Moritz, C. T., Perlmutter, S. I. & Fetz, E. E. Nature doi: 10.1038/nature07418 (2008).

Download references

Authors
  1. Kerri Smith
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Schwartz article

Related external links

Andrew Schwartz's homepage

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Smith, K. Monkeys move paralysed muscles with their minds. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1170

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1170

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing