Our team is led by three project directors, Kurt Kaczmarek, Mitchell Tyler, and Yuri Danilov, who have a combined total of 65 years of experience in neuroscience, biomedical science, and engineering.
TCNL
Founded in 1992, the Tactile Communication & Neurorehabilitation Laboratory (TCNL) is located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We are a research center that uses the experience of many different areas of science to study the theory and application of applied neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to reorganize in response to new information, needs, and pathways. Our research is aimed at developing solutions for sensory and motor disorders. Our center has three core areas that form the backbone of our research: neuromodulation, sensory substitution, and electrotactile stimulation.
We are committed to enhancing the rehabilitation process. We envision a future with a faster and more complete rehabilitation from sensory and motor disorders. We strive to improve existing therapies and develop new ones for conditions, which, in the past, had few or no options. Based on the work of our founder Paul Bach-y-Rita, M.D., the originator of the line of our current research, we believe that neuroplasticity is at the heart of all successful neurorehabilitation.
Featured Video
Mixed Feelings in Wired Science from Linda Feferman on Vimeo.
This video shows technology that started at the TCNL and is now in FDA clinical trials for commercialization. It provides a brief history of TCNL research.
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