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May 2021
29m 14s

Developing a Brain Machine Interface; As...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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In the first segment, Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Mijail Serruya about developing a brain-machine interface for patients with stroke. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell discusses the relationship between CAG repeat length and cognition in adult patients with Dr. Jordan Schultz. 

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