Our national and international projects
At the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the UMC Utrecht Brain Center we study the neuronal mechanisms underlying human brain function in order to understand the relationship between electrical, metabolic, cerebrovascular and neurochemical processes of neuronal populations on the one hand, and normal and abnormal behaviour on the other hand. To that end, we focus both on methodology, application in brain imaging research and on the development of neurotechnology such as Brain-Computer Interfaces.
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Our ongoing implant projects
CortiCom
Collaboration with Johns Hopkins to investigate optimal position and density of electrode grids on the hand and the face area for speech Brain-Computer Interface.
INTRECOM
Collaboration with Wyss Center, CorTec Neuro and TU Graz to develop a fully implantable BCI for communication in people with severe motor impairment.
INTENSE
Workpackage on decoding of attempted speech in people with speech disabilities due to paralysis with Maastricht and Amsterdam at large ‘Crossover’ consortium.
NOTION
Developing a new approach to provide BCI implant users with somatosensory feedback, enhancing training and performance.
Our neuroscience projects
BCIs & the disruption of the concept of personhood
Understanding how BCI’s disrupt assumptions about where and how we can (or should) demarcate something as ontologically and ethically significant as personhood.
The Dutch Brain Interfaces Initiative (DBI2)
Consortium program that develops principles, devices, and practices to study the brain, in order to better understand disorders, aspects of moods, emotions, and compulsions.
REANIMATE/MANIFESt
Exploring functional electrical stimulation of the face to restore facial expressions in communication BCIs.
UEBIT
Collaboration between the UMC Utrecht and the Technical University of Eindhoven, for development of an ultra-low power Brain-Computer Interface implant.
Other research
NeuroSAFARI
Pediatric Neuroscience Lab that focuses on investigating developing brain and the feasibility of implanted Brain-Computer Interfaces for children with complex needs.
ALPHABET
Develop BCI software for people with severe paralysis.
Past projects
Relate fMRI measurements directly to electrocorticography, optical and non-invasive electrical methods, at very high resolutions.
Understand cortical organization of the human sensorimotor cortex, in order to further advance Brain-Computer Interface and Neuromodulation solutions.
Short call to advise the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Safety about the impact of Neurotechnologies in the future. Together with the Faculty of Law of the University of Utrecht, we investigated the risks and benefits of neurotechnology, now and in the future.
NWO Consortium Gravitation Grant with a work package awarded to Nick Ramsey. In this work package, we investigated the language system, the interplay with different cognitive systems and speech production using ECoG and fMRI signals.
The UMC Utrecht and Elitac developed a neuro navigation in a shirt that uses vibrations to guide the neurosurgeon during surgery.
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