Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue entitled “Neural Communication Interface for Neuroprosthesis and Its Implementation” in the MDPI journal Prosthesis (https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/prosthesis). We invite researchers all around world to share their great ideas and simulation/experiment data.

Neuroprosthetics are designed to communicate with the nervous system as well as to substitute or supplement the body parts. The communication with the nervous system includes both interpreting the descending motor commands from the nervous system and sending the ascending sensory feedback to the nervous system. To facilitate this communication, it is important to 1) recover the descending neural signal, 2) understand and interpret the information being mapped between the descending neural signal and motor commands, 3) investigate ways to execute motor commands with the implementation of active joints, 4) investigate way to monitor sensory feedback with the implementation of sensors, 5) investigate ways to deliver sensory information to the nerves as an ascending neural signal, such as through electrical nerve stimulation or vibration, 6) understand information mapping between the ascending neural signal and sensory feedback, 7) implement the whole system as an implantable or wearable device, with a small size and proper materials for minimal interruption to natural body functions, and 8) design of the whole neuroprosthetic to integrate implantable or wearable devices for neural communication on top of the mechanical body.

With this Special Issue, we hope to provide researchers with an overview in the current trends of neural communication interfaces for neuroprosthesis and their implementation. We hope that this collection of high-quality papers will provide a chance for all of us in this community to review the current status of neural communication interfaces for neuroprosthesis and their implementation and to stimulate ideas for future directions.

Prof. Dr. Hangue Park
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Prosthesis is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• neuroprosthesis
• neural interface
• neural recording
• neural stimulation
• neural information mapping
• active joints
• sensory feedback