Neural engineering
Neural Engineering
Neural engineering (pronounced: /ˈnʊərəl ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/), also known as neuroengineering, is a discipline within biomedical engineering that uses engineering techniques to understand, repair, replace, enhance, or otherwise exploit the properties of neural systems. The term neural engineering is both broad and specific, referring to a wide range of applications from theoretical to practical.
Etymology
The term "neural" is derived from the Latin word "neuralis," which means "pertaining to the nerves." The term "engineering" comes from the Latin word "ingenium," meaning "cleverness" and "ingeniare," meaning "to contrive, devise." Thus, neural engineering can be understood as the clever devising of solutions pertaining to the nerves or the nervous system.
Related Terms
- Neuroprosthetics: A discipline related to neural engineering that focuses on the development of artificial devices or systems to replace or improve the function of an impaired nervous system or sensory organ.
- Neural networks: A computational model used in machine learning which is designed to simulate the behavior of biological systems composed of "neurons."
- Neuroscience: The scientific study of the nervous system, often considered a sister discipline to neural engineering.
- Biomedical engineering: A multidisciplinary field of research that combines biology and engineering, and serves as the broader field within which neural engineering resides.
- Neurophysiology: A branch of physiology and neuroscience that is concerned with the study of the functioning of the nervous system.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Neural engineering
- Wikipedia's article - Neural engineering
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