Rerouting Brain Circuits with Implanted Chips
A chip being tested in monkeys could one day reconnect areas of a damaged
   brain 
From: Technology Review - Jan/Feb 2007 - page 86

Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle showed for the first
time in live animals that an implantable device could record signals from one
part of the brain and transmit them to another part, reshaping neural
connections in the process. 

In stroke and spinal cord injuries, neural circuits that mediate language or
movement may be damaged, leaving patients with profound disabilities. The
Washington research is a significant first step in developing neural
prosthetics that can help bridge broken connections. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/17990/

Citation:
"Long-Term Motor Cortex Plasticity Induced by an Electronic Neural Implant"
Andrew Jackson et al. Nature 444(7115): 56-60 

Links:
Spinal Cord Cures in China
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/16708/

Rerouting Brain Circuits with Implanted Chips
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/17678/

A Brain Chip to Control Paralyzed Limbs
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/17842/

Eberhard Fetz
http://depts.washington.edu/pbiopage/people_fac_page.php?fac_ID=12

Brain Chip Alters the Mind
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061025_neurochip.html

Tiny electronic chip, interacting with the brain, modifies pathways for controlling movement
http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=27624
http://roboticstrends.com/displayarticle935.html?POSTNUKESID=c023acf35a3cbf0cf59ce1eb541946f1
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uow-eci102406.php

Chip used to stimulate brain signals
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct06/comments/1634

Neurochip Links Damaged Brain Connections
http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/07/01/025.html