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2026

Tyler R. Johnson, Crispin Foli, Emily C. Conlan, Katherine A. Koenig, Mark J. Lowe, William D. Memberg, Robert F. Kirsch, Eric Z. Herring, Stanley F. Bazarek, Emily L. Graczyk, Dawn M. Taylor, A. Bolu Ajiboye, Jennifer A. Sweet. Targeting grasp-related cortical areas for intracortical brain-machine interfaces. Neuroimage Rep. 2026;6(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2026.100381

Crispin Foli, Emily C. Conlan, William D. Memberg, Preethisiri Bhat, Emily L. Graczyk, Tyler R. Johnson, Dawn M. Taylor, Eric Z. Herring, Jennifer A. Sweet, A. Bolu Ajiboye. Neural mechanisms of mixed speech and grasp representation in sensorimotor cortices. J Neural Eng. 2026;23(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ae847b

John Wright, Emily L. Graczyk, Mind the Gap: The Temporal Discrimination Threshold of Tactile Sensation from Implanted Peripheral Nerve Stimulation JNE. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-026-01986-9

2025

Brianna C. Hutchison, Rohit Bose, Bronwyn J. Spilker, Preethisiri Bhat, William D. Memberg, Aaron Ketting-Olivier, Eric Herring, Jennifer Sweet, Jonathan P. Miller, Robert F. Kirsch, A. Bolu Ajiboye, Emily L. Graczyk Perceptual Differences between Cortical and Peripheral Stimulation Strategies for Sensory Restoration medRxiv 2025.08.20.25334094; https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.20.25334094

Greenspon, C.M., Valle, G., Shelchkova, N.D. et al. Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex. Nat. Biomed. Eng 9, 935–951 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-024-01299-z

Cady, S.R., Lambrecht, J.M., Dsouza, K.T., Dunning J.L., Anderson J.R., Malone K.J., Chepla K.J., Graczyk E.L., Tyler D.J. First-in-human implementation of a bidirectional somatosensory neuroprosthetic system with wireless communication. J NeuroEngineering Rehabil 22, 90 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-025-01613-z

2024

Emily Graczyk, Brianna Hutchison, Giacomo Valle, David Bjanes, Deanna Gates, Stanisa Raspopovic, Robert Gaunt, Clinical Applications and Future Translation of Somatosensory Neuroprostheses, Journal of Neuroscience 2 October 2024, 44 (40) e1237242024; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1237-24.2024

Resnik LJ, Borgia M, Graczyk EL, Barth J, Ni P (2024) Prosthesis usability experience is associated with extent of upper limb prosthesis adoption: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0299155. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299155

J. M. Lambrecht, S. R. Cady, E. J. Peterson, J. L. Dunning, D. A. Dinsmoor, F. Pape, E. L. Graczyk and D. J. Tyler, J. A distributed, high-channel-count, implanted bidirectional system for restoration of somatosensation and myoelectric control Neural Eng., 2024, 21, 036049

T. M. Tebcherani, K. A. Loparo, F. Kaffashi, D. J. Tyler and E. L. Graczyk, Interleaved Multi-Contact Peripheral Nerve Stimulation to Enhance Reproduction of Tactile Sensation: A Computational Modeling Study, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 32, pp. 2302-2313, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2024.3414939.

Herring, E.Z., Graczyk, E.L., Memberg, W.D., Adams, R., Fernandez Baca-Vaca, G., Hutchison, B.C., Krall, J.T., Alexander, B.J., Conlan, E.C., Alfaro, K.E., Bhat, P., Ketting-Olivier, A.B., Haddix, C.A., Taylor, D.M., Tyler, D.J., Sweet, J.A., Kirsch, R.F., Ajiboye, A.B., Miller, J.P. Reconnecting the hand and arm to the brain: Efficacy of neural interfaces for sensorimotor restoration after tetraplegia. Neurosurgery. 94 (4): 864-874. (2024).

2023

Mesias, L., Gormez, M.A., Tyler, D.J., Makowski, N.S., Graczyk, E.L., Fu, M.J. Distally-referred surface electrical nerve stimulation (DR-SENS) for haptic feedback. Journal of Neural Engineering. 20 (6), 066034. (2023).

Schmitt, M.S., Wright, J.D., Triolo, R.J., Charkhkar, H., Graczyk, E.L., The Experience of Sensorimotor Integration of a Lower Limb Sensory Neuroprosthesis: A Qualitative Case Study, Front. Hum. Neurosci. 16, (2023)

2022

Graczyk, E.L., Tyler, D.J., Somatosensory Neuromodulation with a Focus Towards Clinical Systems, Handbook of Neuroengineering 1-55 (2022)

Graczyk, E.L., Christie, B.P., He, Q., Tyler, D.J., Bensmaia, S.J., Frequency shapes the quality of tactile percepts evoked through electrical stimulation of the nerves, Journal of Neuroscience 42 (10), 2052-2064 (2022)

Tyler, D.J., Graczyk, E.L., Bensmaia, S.J., Delhaye, B.P., Saal, H.P., Systems and methods for controlling levels of perceived intensity of a sensory stimulus, US Patent App. 17/397,192 (2022)

Segil, J.L, Roldan, L.M., Graczyk E.L., Measuring embodiment: A review of methods for prosthetic devices, Frontiers in Neurorobotics 16 (2022)

2021

Resnik, L.J., Borgia, M.L., Clark, M.A., Graczyk, E.L., Segil, J., Ni, P., Structural validity and reliability of the patient experience measure: A new approach to assessing psychosocial experience of upper limb prosthesis users PloS ONE 16 (12), e0261865 (2021)

Tyler, D.J., Graczyk, E.L., Bensmaia, S.J., Delhaye, B.P., Saal, H.P., Systems and methods for controlling levels of perceived intensity of a sensory stimulus. US Patent 11,116,977

2020

Segil, J.L., Cuberovic, I., Graczyk, E.L., Weir, R.F., Tyler, D. Combination of simultaneous artificial sensory percepts to identify prosthetic hand postures: A case study. Scientific Reports. 10, 1: 1-15 (2020).

Lambert, A. & Graczyk, E.L., Evaluating the Impact of Prosthetic Device Features on the Experience of Prosthesis Use. Cleveland VA Medical Research and Education Foundation.

2019

Cuberovic, I., Resnik, L., Gill, A., Tyler, D.J., Graczyk, E.L. Learning of artificial sensation through long-term home use of a sensory-enabled prosthesis. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13, 853 (2019).

Ereifej, E.S., Shell, C.E., Schofield, J.S., Charkhkar, H., Cuberovic, I., Dorval, A.D., Graczyk, E.L., Kozai, T.D.Y., Otto, K.J., Tyler, D.J., Welle, C.G., Widge, A.S., Zariffa, J., Moritz, C.T., Bourbeau, J., Marasco, P.D. Neural engineering: the process, applications, and its role in the future of medicine. J. Neural Eng. (2019).

Christie, B., Graczyk, E., Charkhkar, H., Tyler, D., Triolo, R. Visuotactile synchrony of stimulation-induced sensation and natural somatosensation. J. Neural Eng. 16, 4 (2019).

Graczyk, E.L., Gill, A., Tyler, D., Resnik, L. The benefits of sensation on the experience of a hand: a qualitative case series. PLoS ONE. 14, 1:e0211469 (2019).

2018

Schiefer, M.A., Graczyk, E.L., Sidik, S., Tan, D.W., Tyler, D.J. Artificial tactile and proprioceptive feedback improves performance and confidence on object identification tasks. PLoS ONE. 13, 12:e0207659 (2018).

Graczyk, E. L., Resnik, L., Schiefer, M. A., Schmitt, M. Tyler, D. J. Home use of a neural-connected sensory prosthesis provides the functional and psychosocial experience of having a hand again. Scientific Reports. 8, 1: 9866 (2018).

Graczyk, E.L., Delhaye, B.P., Schiefer, M.A., Bensmaia, S.J., Tyler, D.J. Sensory adaptation to electrical stimulation of the somatosensory nerves. J. Neural Eng.15, 4: 046002 (2018).

French, J., Bardot, D., Graczyk, E., Hess-Dunning, A., Lujan, J.L., Moynahan, M., Tan, W., Triolo, R., Zbrzeski, A. The need for understanding and engaging the patient as consumer of products developed by neural engineering. J. Neural. Eng. 15, 4: 040201 (2018).

2016

Graczyk, E.L., Schiefer, M.A., Saal, H.P., Delhaye, B.P., Bensmaia, S.J., Tyler, D.J. The neural basis of perceived intensity in natural and artificial touch. Sci. Transl. Med. 8, 362ra142 (2016).

2014

Schiefer, M.A., Tan, D.W., Graczyk, E.L., Keith, M., Anderson, J.R., Tyler, D.J., The neural basis of perceived intensity in natural and artificial touch. Sci. Transl. Med. 8, 362ra142 (2016).

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