Neurobionics is aimed at the objective to substitute failed and damaged parts of the human brain

Brain

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...

 and spinal cord

Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...

 by artificial, implantable systems of information processing. Thereby, the nonlinear aspects of biological information processing

Information processing

Information processing is the change of information in any manner detectable by an observer. As such, it is a process which describes everything which happens in the universe, from the falling of a rock to the printing of a text file from a digital computer system...

 provide the theoretical basis for the invention of artificial implantable microsystems.

In 1992 Neurobionics was founded by Hans-Werner Bothe

Hans-Werner Bothe

Hans-Werner Bothe is a German philosopher and neurosurgeon. Bothe is founder of the recent field of research on Neurobionics.-Life:...

 organizing the 1st International workshop on Neurobionics in Goslar

Goslar

Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

 as a novel faculty between neurobiology, neurotechnology

Neurotechnology

Neurotechnology is any technology that has a fundamental influence on how people understand the brain and various aspects of consciousness, thought, and higher order activities in the brain...

, computational neuroscience

Computational neuroscience

Computational neuroscience is the study of brain function in terms of the information processing properties of the structures that make up the nervous system...

, and clinical neuromedicine.

Publications

• Neurobionics - an interdisciplinary approach to substitute impaired functions of the human nervous system, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1993, ISBN 0-444-89958-8
• Die Evolution entläßt den Geist des Menschen: Neurobionik - eine medizinische Disziplin im Werden, Umschau, Frankfurt, 1994, ISBN 3-524-69105-6
• Neurobionik - Zukunftsmedizin mit mikroelektronischen Implantaten, Umschau, Frankfurt, 1998, ISBN 3-524-69118-8