Explantation
To remove.
The development of implanted neural devices to manage neurological and psychiatric disorders or to restore loss of physiological function is a rapidly advancing area of neuroscience research. Sierra-Mercado et al. from Houston considered whether investigators of brain implant studies have an obligation to facilitate device explantation for participants who request it at study conclusion 1).
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Sierra-Mercado D, Zuk P, Beauchamp MS, Sheth SA, Yoshor D, Goodman WK, McGuire
AL, Lázaro-Muñoz G. Device Removal Following Brain Implant Research. Neuron. 2019
Sep 4;103(5):759-761. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.024. PubMed PMID: 31487526.