Publications

(* Equal contribution)

M Muller, S Scafa, I Hanafi, C Varescon, C Palmisano, S Gaag, R Zutt, NA Gaag, C FE Hoffmann, J Bloch, MC Jimenez, JF Bally, P Capetian, IU Isaias, EM Moraud* and M F Contarino* (2025).
Online prediction of optimal deep brain stimulation contacts from local field potentials in chronically implanted patients with Parkinson’s disease.
npj Parkinson’s disease  

P Sanchez Lopez, R Wang, C Varescon, A Schaer, O Ergeneman, G Chatzipirpiridis, EM Moraud (2025).
A wearable neuromonitoring platform to map motor and neural biomarkers of gait dysfunction in people with Parkinson’s disease across daily life.
Proceedings of the 47th International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology

A Schaer, H Maurenbrecher, C Mangiante, R Sobkuliak, K Müsch, P Sanchez Lopez, EM Moraud, O Ergeneman, G Chatzipirpiridis (2025).
Toward a unified gait freeze index: a standardized benchmark for clinical and regulatory evaluations.
Frontiers in Neurology , Vol 16 

C Varescon, EM Moraud, L Cif, G Courtine, J Bloch and JF Bally (2025).
Neurosurgical therapies for movement disorders in 2025.
Revue Médicale Suisse, Vol 21

M Nocilli, S Scafa, N La Porta, M Ghislieri, V Agostini, EM Moraud and A Puiatti (2024)
GAIT: gait analysis interactive tool a pipeline for automatic detection of gait events across different motor impairments.
Signal, Image and Video Processing

J Burtscher, EMM Moraud, D Malatesta, GP Millet, JF Bally and A Patoz (2023)
Exercise and gait/movement analyses in treatment and diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
Ageing Research Reviews

T Milekovic*, EM Moraud*, N Macellari, C Moerman, F Raschellà, S Sun, MG Perich, C Varescon, R Dememaeker, A Bruel, L Boyle-Freysot, G Schiavone, E Pirondini, C YunLong, L Hao, A Gálvez, S Hernández Charpak, G Dumont, J Ravier, C Le Goff, J-B Mignardot, G Carparelli, C Harte, N Hankov, V Aurelie, A Watrin, H Lambert, D Borton, J Laurens, I Vollenweider, S Borgognon, F Bourre, M Goillandeau, W Kin, D Ko, L Petit, Qin Li, R Buschman, N Buse, M Yaroshinsky, J-B Ledoux, F Becce, M Castro Jimenez, JF Bally, T Denison, D Guehl, A Ijspeert, M Capogrosso, J Squair, L Asboth, PA Starr, DD Wang, SP Lacour, S Micera, C Qin, J Bloch*, E Bezard* and G. Courtine* (2023).
A spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson’s disease.
Nature Medicine
Media coverage: CNN , BBC, El País, RTS, France Info

F Raschellà, S Scafa, A Puiatti, EM Moraud* and P-L Ratti* (2022).
Actigraphy enables home screening of REM behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease
Annals of Neurology 

Y Thenaisie*, K Lee*, C Moerman, S Scafa, A Gálvez, E Pirondini, M Burri, J Ravier, A Puiatti, E Accolla, B Wicki, A Zacharia, M Castro Jiménez, JF Bally, G Courtine, J Bloch and EM Moraud (2022). 
Principles of gait encoding in the subthalamic nucleus of people with Parkinson’s disease
Science Translational Medicine, Vol 14

G Tinkhauser* and EM Moraud* (2021). 
Controlling clinical states governed by different temporal dynamics using closed-loop DBS : A principled framework
Frontiers in Neuroscience Vol. 21 

L di Biase, G Tinkhauser, EM Moraud, ML Caminiti, PM Pecoraro and V di Lazzaro (2021)
Adaptive, personalized closed-loop therapy for Parkinson’s disease: biochemical, neurophysiological and wearable sensing systems.
Expert Review in Neurotherapeutics Vol. 21 

Y Thenaisie*, C Palmisano*, A Canessa, BJ Keulen, P Capetian, MC Jiménez, JF Bally, E Manferlotti, L Beccaria, R Zutt, G Courtine, J Bloch, NA van der Gaag, CF Hoffmann, EM Moraud* IU Isaias* and MF Contarino* (2021).
Towards adaptive deep brain stimulation: clinical and technical notes on a novel commercial device for chronic brain sensing.
Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol. 18 

JW Squair, M Gautier, L Mahe, JE Soriano, A Rowald, A Bichat, N Cho, MA Anderson, N.D. James, J Gandar, AV Incognito, G Schiavone, ZK Sarafis, A Laskaratos, K Bartholdi, R. Demesmaeker, S Komi, C Moerman, B. Vaseghi, B Scott, R Rosentreter, C Kathe, J Ravier, L McCracken, X Kang, N Vachicouras, F Fallegger, I Jelescu, YunLong Cheng, Qin Li, Rik Buschman, Nicolas Buse, T Denison, S Dukelow, R. Charbonneau, I Rigby, S.K. Boyd, PJ Millar, EM Moraud, M Capogrosso, FB Wagner, Q Barraud, E Bezard, SP Lacour, J Bloch, G Courtine and AA Phillips (2021).
Neuroprosthetic baroreflex controls haemodynamics after spinal cord injury
Nature, Vol. 590

M Capogrosso*, F Wagner*, J Gandar, EM Moraud, N Wenger, T Milekovic, P Shkorbatova, N Pavlova, P Musienko, E Bezard, J Bloch and G Courtine (2018).
Configuration of spinal cord neuromodulation through real-time analysis of gait kinematics
Nature Protocols, Vol 13

EM Moraud*, G Tinkhauser*, M Agrawal, P Brown and R Bogacz (2018)
Predicting beta-bursts from local filed potentials to improve closed-loop DBS paradigms in Parkinson’s patients.
Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology

J Baufreton*, T Milekovic*, Q Li *, S McGuire , EM Moraud, G Porras, S Sun, WK Ko, M Chazalon, S Morin, E Normand, G Fargot, A Milet, J Pype, E Pioli, G Courtine and E Bezard (2018).
Inhaling Xenon ameliorates L-Dopa-induced dyskinesia in experimental parskinsonianism
Movement Disorders , Vol 33

M Capogrosso*, J Gandar*, N Greiner, EM Moraud, N Wenger, P Shkorbatova, P Musienko, I Minev, S Lacour, G Courtine (2018)
Advantages of soft subdural implants for delivery of electrochemical neuromodulation therapies to the spinal cord.
Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol 15

EM Moraud*, J von Zitzewitz*, J Miehlbradt, S Wurth, E Formento, J DiGiovana, M Capogrosso, G Courtine and S Micera (2018)
Closed-loop control of trunk posture improves locomotion through the regulation of leg proprioceptive feedback after spinal cord injury.  
Scientific Reports, Vol 8

JM Florez, M Shah, EM Moraud, S Wurth, L Baud, J von Zitzewitz, R Van Den Brand, S Micera, G Courtine and J Paik (2017).
Rehabilitative Soft Exoskeleton for Rodents.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol 99.

R Bogacz, EM Moraud, A Abdi, P J Magill and J Baufreton (2016).
Properties of Neurons in External Globus Pallidus Can Support Optimal Action Selection.
PloS Computational Biology, Vol 12.

M Capogrosso*, T Milekovic*, D Borton*, F Wagner‡, EM Moraud‡, JB Mignardot, N Buse, J Gandar, Q Barraud, D Xing, E Rey, S Duis, Y Jianzhong, W Ko, Q Li, P Detemple, T Denison, S Micera, E Bezard, J Bloch and G Courtine (2016).
A brain-spine interface alleviating gait deficits after spinal cord injury in primates.
Nature, Vol 539.
Media coverage: BBC News, The Telegraph, MIT Technology Review, New York Times, El Pais

EM Moraud*, M Capogrosso*, E Formento, N Wenger, J DiGiovanna, G Courtine and S Micera (2016).
Mechanisms underlying the neuromodulation of spinal circuits for correcting gait and balance deficits after spinal cord injury.
Neuron. Vol 89.
Best PostDoc Paper Award, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics 2017

N Wenger*, EM Moraud*, J Gandar*, P Musienko, M Capogrosso, L Baud, C le Goff, Q Barraud, N Pavlova, N Dominici, I Minev, L Asboth, A Hirsch, S Duis, J Kreider, A Mortera, O Haverbeck, S Kraus, F Schmitz, J DiGiovanna, R van den Brand, J Bloch, P Detemple, S P Lacour, E Bézard, S Micera and G Courtine (2016).
Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor control after spinal cord injury.
Nature Medicine. Vol 22.
Comment on this work, Nature Medicine (A. Prochazka)

R van den Brand, J Mignardot, J von Zitzewitz, C Le Goff, N Fumeaux, F Wagner, M Capogrosso, EM Moraud, S Micera, B Schurch, A Curt, S Carda, J Bloch and G Courtine (2015).
Neuroprosthetic technologies to augment the impact of neurorehabilitation after spinal cord injury.
Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine, Vol. 58.

I Minev*, P Musienko*, A Hirsch, Q Barraud, N Wenger, EM Moraud, J Gandar, M Capogrosso, T Milekovic, L Asboth, R Fajardo Torres, N Vachicouras, Q Liu, N Pavlova, S Duis, A Larmagnac, J Voros, S Micera, Z Suo, G Courtine and S P Lacour (2015).
Electronic dura mater for long-term multimodal neural interfaces.
Science, Vol 347.

N Wenger*, EM Moraud*, S Raspopovic, M Bonizzato, J DiGiovanna, P Musienko, S Micera and G Courtine (2014).
Closed-loop neuromodulation of spinal sensorimotor circuits controls refined locomotion after complete spinal cord injury.
Science Translational Medicine. Vol. 6.
Media coverage: El Pais (Spanish)

D Borton, M Bonizzato, J Beauparlant, J DiGiovanna, EM Moraud, N Wenger, P Musienko, IR Minev, SP Lacour, JdR Millan and G Courtine (2014).
Corticospinal neuroprostheses to restore locomotion after spinal cord injury.
Neuroscience Research, Vol 78.

EM Moraud*, N Wenger*, J Gandar, J DiGiovanna, P Musienko, G Courtine and S Micera (2013).
A real-time platform to study the modulatory capacity of epidural stimulation after spinal-cord injury.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering. San Diego, CA, USA.

R van den Brand, J Heutschi, Q Barraud, J DiGiovanna, K Bartholdi, M Huerlimann, L Friedli, I Vollenweider, EM Moraud, S Duis, N Dominici, S Micera, P Musienko and G Courtine (2012).
Restoring Voluntary Control of Locomotion after Paralyzing Spinal Cord Injury.
Science Vol. 336.
Media Coverage: New York TImes, Guardian

EM Moraud and Elisabetta Chicca (2011).
Toward Neuromorphic Odor Tracking: Perspectives for Space Exploration.
Acta Futura. Vol 4.

EM Moraud and D Martinez (2010).
Effectiveness and robustness of robot infotaxis for searching in dilute conditions.
Frontiers in Neurorobotics Vol. 4.

JG Hale, B Hohl, S-H Hyon, T Matsubara, EM Moraud and G Cheng (2008).
Highly precise dynamics simulation environment for Humanoid Robots.
Advanced Robotics Vol. 22.