Editing Neurotechnology (section)

===Implants===
{{Main|Brain–computer interface|Surface chemistry of neural implants|Neuroprosthetics}}
Neurotechnological implants can be used to record and utilize brain activity to control other devices which provide feedback to the user or replace missing biological functions.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hochberg LR, Serruya MD, Friehs GM, Mukand JA, Saleh M, Caplan AH, Branner A, Chen D, Penn RD, Donoghue JP | display-authors = 6 | title = Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia | journal = Nature | volume = 442 | issue = 7099 | pages = 164–71 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16838014 | doi = 10.1038/nature04970 | s2cid = 4347367 | bibcode = 2006Natur.442..164H }}</ref> The most common neurodevices available for clinical use are deep brain stimulators implanted in the [[subthalamic nucleus]] for patients with [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name="Gross2008">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gross RE | title = What happened to posteroventral pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease and dystonia? | journal = Neurotherapeutics | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 281–93 | date = April 2008 | pmid = 18394570 | pmc = 5084170 | doi = 10.1016/j.nurt.2008.02.001 }}</ref>