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Jeffrey M. Weiss

Bioengineer, University of Pittsburgh
Verified email at pitt.edu
Cited by 1611

A brain-computer interface that evokes tactile sensations improves robotic arm control

SN Flesher, JE Downey, JM Weiss, CL Hughes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Prosthetic arms controlled by a brain-computer interface can enable people with tetraplegia
to perform functional movements. However, vision provides limited feedback because …

Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

…, JL Collinger, ST Foldes, JM Weiss… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex offers the potential for creating a
sensory neuroprosthesis to restore tactile sensation. Whereas animal studies have suggested …

Host genetic diversity enables Ebola hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis and resistance

…, R LaCasse, MJ Thomas, P Sova, VS Carter, JM Weiss… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Existing mouse models of lethal Ebola virus infection do not reproduce hallmark symptoms
of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, neither delayed blood coagulation and disseminated …

Understanding and preventing wrong-patient electronic orders: a randomized controlled trial

…, GE Kalkut, CB Schechter, JM Weiss… - Journal of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective To evaluate systems for estimating and preventing wrong-patient electronic
orders in computerized physician order entry systems with a two-phase study. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Blending of brain-machine interface and vision-guided autonomous robotics improves neuroprosthetic arm performance during grasping

JE Downey, JM Weiss, K Muelling… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Recent studies have shown that brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) offer great
potential for restoring upper limb function. However, grasping objects is a complicated task and …

Perception of microstimulation frequency in human somatosensory cortex

CL Hughes, SN Flesher, JM Weiss, M Boninger… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Microstimulation in the somatosensory cortex can evoke artificial tactile percepts and can be
incorporated into bidirectional brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) to restore function after …

Neural stimulation and recording performance in human sensorimotor cortex over 1500 days

…, JM Weiss, JE Downey, M Boninger… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) in somatosensory cortex can restore
sensation to people with spinal cord injury. However, the recording quality from implanted …

[PDF][PDF] MECR mutations cause childhood-onset dystonia and optic atrophy, a mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis disorder

…, M Tackett, G Wang, M Wegener, JM Weiss… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis (mtFAS) is an evolutionarily conserved pathway essential
for the function of the respiratory chain and several mitochondrial enzyme complexes. We …

Tissue-specific transcriptome sequencing analysis expands the non-human primate reference transcriptome resource (NHPRTR)

…, S Kelly, JM Weiss, M Raveendran… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The non-human primate reference transcriptome resource (NHPRTR, available online at
http://nhprtr.org/ ) aims to generate comprehensive RNA-seq data from a wide variety of non-…

The non-human primate reference transcriptome resource (NHPRTR) for comparative functional genomics

…, X Peng, P Blood, S Kelly, JM Weiss… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
RNA-based next-generation sequencing (RNA-Seq) provides a tremendous amount of new
information regarding gene and transcript structure, expression and regulation. This is …