Development of new neuromodulation technologies as an alternative for improvement and insertion in the labor market

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i11.33525

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Neuromodulation Industry; Entrepreneurship in Scientific Research; Economics of Neurotechnology.

Abstract

Introduction: Neuromodulation devices are already present in many patients' lives, like cardiac pacemaker, spinal cord stimulator for chronic pain treatment, cochlear implant, and even brain stimulation devices used for enhancing performance of athletes, gamers and students. It’s getting even harder to maintain neuromodulation research with high scientific and qualified production in Brazil due to political and economical issues that end leading to student grant cuts. The global market for neurotechnology moves billions in a year, with a growth trend of approximately US$13.3 billion by 2022. This literature review seeks to identify in the Neuromodulation Industry, an opportunity for professional performance, as a self-financing option and as a working field for neuroengineering and neurosciences students. For this, 44 references in English and Portuguese were selected, mainly dating from 2010 to 2020. Research in neurotechnology tends to increase after the creation in 2012, of the Human Brain Project. Neurological disorders affect a large portion of the global population, with a tendency to increase in the next few years, turning this into a profitable market with good future directions. The research into the field of neuromodulation is a marketable product and there are big companies in the business market that are interested in financing the development of new products and technologies, providing opportunities to neuroengineering and neurosciences students entering the formal labor market even before completing a graduate course.

Author Biographies

Luiz da Costa Nepomuceno Filho, Instituto Internacional de Neurociências Edmond e Lily Safra; Instituto Santos Dumont; Universidade Mauricio de Nassau

Mestre em Neuroengenharia no Instituto Santos Dumont. Graduação em Biomedicina com habilitação em Análises Clínica pela Universidade Potiguar (UNP), Especialista em Estética pela Instituto de Ensino Blauro Cardoso de Mattos (FASERRA). Durante o curso de Biomedicina, fiz parte de grupos de estudos. Realizei Iniciação Científica Voluntária no departamento de Ciências Biológicas da UFRN no projeto Avaliação de Biomarcadores em pacientes chagásicos portadores de megacólon e/ou megaesôfago, a partir deste projeto de pesquisa tive a oportunidade de trabalhar no biotério do Departamento de Farmácia da UFRN. No Instituto Internacional de Neurociências Edmond e Lily Safra (IIN-ELS), participei do projeto de biocompatibilidade de microelétrodos medular para avaliação da doença de Parkinson, o trabalho foi apresentado e publicado com o título de: Microglial Activation After Acute Spinal Cord Electrode Implant. Participei também do projeto: Caracterização da Atividade Eletrofisiológica do Circuito Mesolímbico de Camundongos em um Modelo Agudo de Mania, fui bolsista do CNPq neste projeto, construí matrizes de microelétrodos, processei tecidos cerebrais, confecção das lâminas histológicas em coloração Nissl, Imuno-histoquímica e Imunofluorescência.

Catherine Caldas de Mesquita, Instituto Internacional de Neurociências Edmond e Lily Safra; Instituto Santos Dumont

Possui graduação em Biomedicina pela Universidade Potiguar e é mestranda em Neuroengenharia no Instituto Santos Dumont.

Raquel Emanuela de Medeiros, Instituto Internacional de Neurociências Edmond e Lily Safra; Instituto Santos Dumont

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuroengenharia do Instituto Internacional de Neurociências Edmond e Lily Safra (IIN-ELS). Graduação em Biomedicina com habilitação em Patologia Clínica pela Universidade Potiguar (UNP) fiz Iniciação científica voluntária no laboratório de Imunoparasitologia no departamento de Ciências Biológicas da UFRN.

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NEPOMUCENO FILHO, L. da C.; MESQUITA, C. C. de .; MEDEIROS, R. E. de . Development of new neuromodulation technologies as an alternative for improvement and insertion in the labor market. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 11, p. e294111133525, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i11.33525. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/33525. Acesso em: 25 apr. 2024.

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