Links to sites of interest

• wireheading.com - a great resource mixing science and theory

• medtronic.com - a prime manufacturer of implants and other technology used for ESB

• highwire.org - a science database with many free journal articles

General references to books that contributed to this site

• Jaak Panksepp - Affective Neuroscience - 1998 - Oxford University Press

• Willam Gibson - Neuromancer - 1984 - Voyager

• Rang et al - Pharmacology - 2003 - Churchill Livingstone

• Skinner, B. F. - The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis - 1938 - Appleton-Century-Crofts

 

Specific references to peer-reviewed journal papers

browse by first author's last name:
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• Effects of Electroconvulsive Seizures and Antidepressant Drugs on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protein in Rat Brain.
  C. Anthony Altar, Richard E. Whitehead, Ruoyan Chen, Gitta ortwein, and Torsten M. Madsen
  BIOL PSYCHIATRY 2003;54:703–709

• Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation: an intracellular study in rat thalamus
  Trent Anderson, Bin Hu, Quentin Pittman and Zelma H. T. Kiss
  J physiol 559.1 (2004) pp 301-313

• Cognitive neural prosthetics.
  R.A. Andersen, J.W. Burdick, S. Musallam, B. Pesaran1 and J.G. Cham.
  TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences Vol.8 No.11 November 2004

• Putative common pathways in therapeutic brain stimulation for affective disorders
  Bolwig TG.
  CNS Spectr. 2003 Jul;8(7):490-5

• Learning to Control a Brain–Machine Interface for Reaching and Grasping by Primates.
  Carmena JM, Lebedev MA, Crist RE, O'Doherty JE, Santucci DM, et al.
  PLoS Biol 1(2): e42 (2003)

• From ionic currents to molecular mechanisms: the structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channels.
  CATTERALL, W.A.
  Neuron 26, 13-25. (2000)

• Real-time control of a robot arm using simultaneously recorded neurons in the motor cortex.
  John K. Chapin, Karen A. Moxo1, Ronald S. Markowitz and Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
  nature neuroscience, volume 2 no 7, july 1999

• The Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip for the Treatment of Vision Loss From Retinitis Pigmentosa.
  Alan Y. Chow; Vincent Y. Chow; Kirk H. Packo; John S. Pollack; Gholam A. Peyman; Ronald Schuchard
  Arch Ophthalmol 2004 122: 460-469

• Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: Randomized comparison of three stimulation paradigms
  C. DeGiorgio, MD, C. Heck, MD, S. Bunch, J. Britton, MD, P. Green, MD, M. Lancman, MD, J. Murphy, MD, P. Olejniczak, MD, J. Shih, MD, S. Arrambide, PhD and J. Soss,
  MD NEUROLOGY 2005;65:317-319

• The effect of deep brain stimulation on quality of life in movement disorders
  Diamond, A, Jankovic, J
  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005 76: 1188-1193

• Subthalamic nucleus stimulation induces deficits in decoding emotional facial expressions in Parkinson’s disease.
  K Dujardin, S Blairy, L Defebvre, P Krystkowiak, U Hess, S Blond, A Deste´e. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:202–208

• Transcutaneous electrical stimulation after major amputation
  V. Finsen, L. Persen, M. Lovlien, E.K. Veslegaard, M. Simensen, A.K. Gasvann,
  Pal Benum Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Volume 70-B No. 1 109-12 1988

• Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures: a randomized active-control trial
  A Handforth, CM DeGiorgio, SC Schachter, BM Uthman, DK Naritoku, ES Tecoma, TR Henry, SD Collins, BV Vaughn, RC Gilmartin, DR Labar, GL Morris 3rd, MC Salinsky, I Osorio, RK Ristanovic, DM Labiner, JC Jones, JV Murphy, GC Ney and JW Wheless
  Neurology, Vol 51, Issue 1 48-55, 1998

• Dynamics of Shape Recognition Through a Minimal Visuo-Tactile Sensory Substitution Interface
  Sylvain Hanneton, Olivier Gapenne, Christelle Genouel, Charles Lenay, and Catherine Marque
  Third Int. Conf. On Cognitive and Neural Systems, Mai 1999, Boston, USA, pp. 26-29

• Managing neuropsychiatric disease with transcranial magnetic stimulation
  Gary Hasey, MD, MSc; Russell Joffe, MD; Catherine Ivanski, RN
  CMAJ - Jan. 11, 2000; 162 (1)

• Urgent decisions - cochlear implants
  J Hazell
  BMJ 1994;308:1646

• Nanoscale neuro-integrative coatings for neural implants.
  Wei He, Ravi V. Bellamkonda.
  Biomaterials 26 (2005) 2983–2990

• A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve.
  Hodgkin, A.L. and Huxley, A.F.
  J. Physiol. 117, pp. 500–544. 1952

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression
  Gershon AA, Dannon PN, Grunhaus L.
  Am J Psychiatry 2003 May;160(5):835-45

• Choosing electrodes for deep brain stimulation experiments–electrochemical considerations.
  Jan Gimsa, Beate Habel, Ute Schreiber, Ursula van Rienen, Ulf Strauss, Ulrike Gimsa.
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 142 (2005) 251–265

• Arm Movements Evoked by Electrical Stimulation in the Motor Cortex of Monkeys.
  Michael S. A. Graziano, Tyson N. S. Aflalo, and Dylan F. Cooke.
  J Neurophysiol 94: 4209-4223, 2005.

• Bilateral Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children
  Ruth Y. Litovsky; Aaron Parkinson; Jennifer Arcaroli; Robert Peters; Jennifer Lake; Patti Johnstone; Gonqiang Yu
  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004 130: 648-655

• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of depression - Systematic review and meta-analysis
  JOSE LUIS R. MARTIN, MANUEL J. BARBANOJ, THOMAS E. SCHLAEPFER, ELINOR THOMPSON, VICTOR PEREZ and JAIME KULISEVSKY
  BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 2003, 182, 480 - 491

• An autonomous implantable computer for neural recording and stimulation in unrestrained primates.
  Jaideep Mavoori, Andrew Jackson, Chris Diorio, Eberhard Fetz.
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 148 (2005) 71–77

• Controlling Cell Behavior Electrically: Current Views and Future Potential
  McCaig et al.
  Physiol. Rev..2005; 85: 943-978.

• A Review of Implantable Sensor Technology.
  Dr. J. Mc Laughlin
  NIBEC: UU 06/09/98

• Electrical stimulation of excitable tissue: design of efficacious and safe protocols
  Daniel R. Merrill, Marom Bikson, John G.R. Jefferys
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 141 (2005) 171–198

• Activity-dependent modulation of the BDNF receptor TrkB: mechanisms and implications
  Guhan Nagappan and Bai Lu
  TRENDS in Neurosciences Vol.28 No.9 September 2005

• Why is stochastic resonance enhancement intrinsic in biological neurons?
  M Osma, M Litong-Palima, C Saloma
  Proceedings of the 22nd SPP Congress Book of Abstracts, 85 (2004)

• MRI directed bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
  N K Patel, P Plaha, K O’Sullivan, R McCarter, P Heywood, S S Gill
  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:1631–1637

• Prof. David Ray, personal communication, in Bosco's coffe lounge in QMQ, Nottingham 15/11/2003

• A comparison of chronic multi-channel cortical implantation techniques: manual versus mechanical insertion
  R.L. Rennakera, S. Streeta, A.M. Ruylea, A.M. Sloana
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 142 (2005) 169–176

• Efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease 4 years after surgery: double blind and open label evaluation
  M C Rodriguez-Oroz, I Zamarbide, J Guridi, M R Palmero and J A Obeso
  J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 2004;75;1382-1385

• Role of the Human Medial Frontal Cortex in Task Switching: A Combined fMRI and TMS Study
  M.F.S. RUSHWORTH, K. A. HADLAND, T. PAUS, AND P. K. SIPILA
  J Neurophysiol 87: 2577–2592, 2002

• Push my button
  Ian Sample
  New Scientist magazine, 2277, 10 February 2001, page 23

• Deep brain stimulation for treatment of refractory depression.
  Thomas E Schlaepfer
  The Lancet Vol 366 October 22, 2005

• Hypothalamic stimulation in chronic cluster headache: a pilot study of efficacy and mode of action
  J. Schoenen, L. Di Clemente, M. Vandenheede, A. Fumal, V. De Pasqua, M. Mouchamps, J.-M. Remacle and A. Maertens de Noordhout
  Brain (2005), 128, 940–947

• Stereotactic radiosurgery: comparing different technologies
  Michael Schwartz, MD, MSc
  CMAJ 1998;158:625-8

• Concept formation: 'object' attributes dynamically inhibited from conscious awareness.
  A Snyder, T Bossomaier, and DJ Mitchell
  J Integr Neurosci, Mar 2004; 3(1): 31-46.

• Rat navigation guided by remote control.
  Sanjiv K. Talwar, Shaohua Xu, Emerson S. Hawley, Shennan A. Weiss, Karen A. Moxon and John K. Chapin.
  Nature 417, 37-38 2002

• Opioids, Reward and Addiction: An Encounter of Biology, Psychology, and Medicine
  JAN M. VAN REE,1 MIRJAM A. F. M. GERRITS, AND LOUK J. M. J. VANDERSCHUREN
  PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS Vol. 51, No. 2 1999