NCAN in the Press
Our work has been prominently featured in many prominent local, national, and international media outlets. We feel honored that this gives us a chance to share our enthusiasm for neuroscience and neurotechnologies not only with scientists but also with the general public.
Team Reeve Marathoners Visit Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to Learn About Mending the Connection Between Brain & Spinal Cord after a Spinal Cord Injury
Saturday, October 12, 2024
During marathon weekend in Chicago this past October, the Team Reeve marathon athletes visited the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for an inside peek at promising research underway.
Dr. Aiko Thompson Discusses Operant Conditioning Rehabilitation Studies
Friday, September 6, 2024
Previous NCAN scientist Aiko Thompson, PhD, is interviewed in an episode of the “Ask the Expert: Research Edition” series entitled, “Operant Conditioning Rehabilitation Studies.” Dr. Thompson explained the fundamental principles of operant conditioning and its application in enhancing motor function and sensory pathways in individuals with spinal cord damage, and discussed specific trials aimed at improving spasticity, foot drop, and neuropathic pain.
How Technology is Bridging Brains with Computers
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
This article reviews the development of “brain-computing interfaces,” or BCIs, which connect the brain to digital technology, including the pioneering work from Dr. Jonathan Wolpaw’s laboratory that demonstrated one of the first brain computer interfaces that let people move computer cursors from the center of a computer screen to the edges based on the analysis of the electrical signals from their brains (i.e., electroencephalography, or EEG).
NCAN and other scientists recreate Pink Floyd song with brain signals from epilepsy patients
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Research recently published in scientific journal PLOS Biology by NCAN scientist Peter Brunner, PhD, Neurosurgery Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and a faculty member at Albany Medical College details how patients and researchers in Albany are helping better understand brain function and activity, and it’s all thanks to a song by Pink Floyd.
Zeroing in on Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Dr. Aiko Thompson (Medical University of South Carolina) and Dr. Jacob McPherson (Washington University, St. Louis) are collaborating on an FY21 SCIRP Translational Research Award to explore how employing neurobehavioral training to rewire spinal pain pathways can be instrumental in reducing SCI-related neuropathic pain.
Groundbreaking research helps restore movement in severely injured patients
Thursday, April 6, 2023
For four decades, a group of neurologists now lead by Jonathan Wolpaw have entered the research lab at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center with one goal in mind: Understanding how the nervous system changes with disease and injuries so when something goes wrong, doctors would have a tool to fix it.
Hope and Healing: An Interview with NCAN Scientist Dr. Monica Perez
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The March 2023 issue of The Physiologist Magazine featured a cover story on the groundbreaking Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and NCAN researcher Monica Perez, PT, PhD, scientific chair, Harris Family Foundation Arms + Hands Lab. The article — entitled “Hope and Healing” — describes Dr. Perez’s career-spanning research to help speed recovery for patients with spinal cord injuries.
A Startup Has Put Electrodes in a Patient’s Skull to Treat Depression
Friday, September 23, 2022
Inner Cosmos, co-founded NCAN Investigator Dr. Eric Leuthardt, MD, is one of a growing number of companies working on medical devices that use implanted electrodes to interact with the human brain.
BioCircuit Technologies along with NCAN Scientists Receive $4.6 Million NIH Award
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Partnering with NCAN, BioCircuit Technologies, a development-stage medical device company, is receiving a $4.6 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a system for enhanced rehabilitation after incomplete spinal cord injury and other disorders such as stroke and multiple sclerosis.