NEURAL ENGINEERING.

Neural engineering is an emerging discipline that translates research discoveries into neurotechnologies. These technologies provide new tools for neuroscience research, while leading to enhanced care for patients with nervous-system disorders. Neural engineers aim to understand, represent, repair, replace, and augment nervous-system function. They accomplish this by incorporating principles and solutions derived from neuroscience, computer science, electrochemistry, materials science, robotics, and other fields. Much of the work focuses on the delicate interface between living neural tissue and nonliving constructs. Efforts focus on elucidating the coding and processing of information in the sensory and motor systems, understanding disease states, and manipulating neural function through interactions with artificial devices such as brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]