Detection and evaluation of brain spinal cord conduction function based on functional electrical stimulation

Objective: The purpose of this study is to detect and evaluate the brain and spinal cord conduction function in rats with functional electrical stimulation (FES) technique, and to provide a practical simple atlas for electrode implantation in the microelectronic neural bridge system.Methods: FES was performed on the brain and spinal cord of 16 SD rats, and the normalized coordinate spinal signals of nerve and the types of evoked motion were recorded.Results: ➀ The FES technique could activate the core area of spinal cord and induced the lower limb movement of key muscle. ➁The spinal cord conduction function of the rat primary motor cortex nerves in the brain and spinal cord could be assessed by Cerebus system.Conclusions: FES can activate multiple sets of spinal nerve fibers and to complete special action.