SOMA FET PROJECT

Furthermore, SOMA will profoundly improve the knowledge of the sensory afferent pathway providing for the first time an in-vitro model that replicates the behaviour of the human somatosensory system and muscles. This will grant the possibility to investigate the spatio-temporal neural mechanisms underneath mechanoreception nociception and thermoreception, eventually identifing new encoding strategies to naturally restore such somatic sensations... SOMA project will develop an in-vitro model that allows to design, optimize and robustly validate bidirectional peripheral interfaces before in-vivo studies... The SOMA FET Project involves seven prestigious partners across Europe. A huge coordinated research effort will bring to ambitious advances in the field of amputees treament.