Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Neuroscience
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 195
Special Issue Editor
Interests: epilepsy; EEG; evoked potentials; history of neurology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nervous system produces numerous signals. Many of these (especially those involving motor activity) are easy or relatively easy to receive or uptake. However, it is far more complex a task to capture signals suitable for understanding the mechanisms that underlie nervous function and the alterations to the mechanisms that constitute the basis of neurological diseases. Historically, the most robust means of studying nervous function has been the study of electrical and magnetic epiphenomena. These can be captured in a non-invasive way, allowing an understanding of states of vigilance and, in the pathological field, of epileptic phenomena.
The possibility of interfacing in a more in-depth way with the various components of the nervous system has greatly advanced in recent years thanks to the availability of new techniques and devices, and to the possibility of analyzing and elaborating in depth phenomena that are already known, but whose complexity escaped a necessarily rudimentary investigation. It has thus been possible to take steps, for now only preliminary, in order potentially began to establish an understanding of more complex phenomena, such as the neuronal interactions that are at the basis of consciousness and, on the pathological side, the modifications of the electrical activity preceding the occurrence of epileptic seizure (with obvious implications for better clinical management of the disorder).
A multidisciplinary approach (bioengineering, materials science, clinical disciplines, bioethics) will be necessary to realize the understanding of the physiology and pathology of these mechanisms that will allow—within the limits imposed by ethics—researchers to interface directly with the nervous system (brain-computer interface systems) and its bidirectional manipulation.
This Special Issue aims to publish contributions related to the study of ways in which it is possible to deepen the understanding, in a non-invasive way, of the signals emitted by the nervous system and their correlation with significant aspects of neural functioning and its pathological deviations. Sensors is an advanced forum for the advancement of science of sensors and sensing technologies. In accordance with the aims of the journal, reviews and research papers concerning the capture of biophysical and biochemical signals of neural origin will be considered for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Paolo Benna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- central nervous system
- EEG
- consciousness
- brain–computer interface
- epilepsy
- interdisciplinary studies
- sensors
- sensing technologies
