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Each year, researchers and clinicians from the Casa Colina Research Institute publish findings in academic journals and give conference talks to share how their latest clinical and translational research is helping improve clinical outcomes and advance novel therapeutic interventions for the patients we serve.

The archive below groups publications and talks by the following clinical categories. Click the link to jump to the corresponding category:

Rehabilitation Outcomes
Brain Injury
Disorders of Consciousness
Neuroscience - Brain Computer/Machine Interface
Neuroscience - Neurodegenerative Diseases and Disorders
Pediatrics

If you have questions on research at Casa Colina, please contact Emily Rosario, PhD, Director of Research, at 909/596-7733, ext. 3036 or erosario@casacolina.org.

Rehabilitation Outcomes

Publications

Rosario, ER, Thomas, D., Nordholm, E., Do, Anna. Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale -Revised: Predicting Falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. 2022 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.arrct.2022.100233.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36545527/

Harrington KL, Teramoto M, Black L, Carey H, Hartley G, Yung E, Osborne J, Goldberg P, Tran RT, Hillegass E. Physical Therapist Residency Competency-Based Education: Development of an Assessment Instrument. Phys Ther. 2022 May 5;102(5):pzac019. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac019. PMID: 35225348.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35225348/

Ahmed Negm*, Adrian Salopek, Mashal Zaide, Victoria Meng, Carlos Prada, Yaping Chang, Preeti Zanwar, Flávia H. Santos, Elena Philippou, Emily R. Rosario, Julie Faieta, Jason R. Falvey, Amit Kumar, Timothy A. Reistetter, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Jonathan F. Bean, Mohit Bhandari, Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACR. Rehabilitation at the time of Pandemic: Patient Journey Recommendations. Frontiers Aging Neuroscience 2022 April 10.3389
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35493939/

Schnakers C, Liu K, Rosario E. Sociodemographic, geographic and clinical factors associated with functional outcome and discharge location in US inpatient rehabilitation settings. Brain Inj. 2022 Jan 31:1-7. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2033838. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35099339.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35099339/

Ahmed Negm*, Adrian Salopek, Mashal Zaide, Victoria Meng, Carlos Prada, Yaping Chang, Preeti Zanwar, Flávia H. Santos, Elena Philippou, Emily R. Rosario, Julie Faieta, Jason R. Falvey, Amit Kumar, Timothy A. Reistetter, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Jonathan F. Bean, Mohit Bhandari, Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM. Rehabilitation Care at the Time of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Health System Recommendations. Frontiers Aging Neuroscience 2022 Jan 4;13:781271
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35058770/

Warren KL, García JJ. Centering race/ethnicity: Differences in traumatic brain injury inpatient rehabilitation outcomes. PM R. 2022 Dec;14(12):1430-1438. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12737. Epub 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 34773442.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34773442/

Machado ES, Ambach MA, Caldas JM, Wei JJ, Bredemeier M. Personalized multitarget biologic injection in the spine: prospective case series of multitarget platelet-rich plasma for low back pain. Regen Med. 2022 Jan;17(1):11-22. doi: 10.2217/rme-2021-0019. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34907784.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34907784/

Roberts P, Aronow H, Ouellette D, Sandhu M, DiVita M. Bounce-Back: Predicting Acute Readmission From Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Stroke. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jul 1;101(7):634-643. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001875. Epub 2021 Sep 3. PMID: 34483258.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34483258/

Roberts PS, Ouellette D, Solis N, Walters R, Chambers K, Brown D, DiVita MA. Retrospective study demonstrating therapy time impact on inpatient rehabilitation functional gains. Disabil Rehabil. 2022 Aug;44(17):4639-4647. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1912836. Epub 2021 Apr 26. PMID: 33899629.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33899629/

Kaplan, S.E., Courman, M.C., Gates, J., Thorne, M., Chaffinch, D., Jones, A., Ponce, T., Rosario, E.R. Validation of the Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale in Predicting falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. Rehabilitation Nursing. 2020 Jul/Aug;45(4):234-237.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30747793/

Roberts PS, Krishnan S, Burns SP, Ouellette D, Pappadis MR. Inconsistent Classification of Mild Stroke and Implications on Health Services Delivery. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Jul;101(7):1243-1259. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.12.013. Epub 2020 Jan 28. PMID: 32001257; PMCID: PMC7311258.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32001257/

Howard, M., Rosario, E.R. (2019) A Clinical Approach to Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Speech and Swallow in an Acute Rehabilitation Facility. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Oct 31:Vol 4(5):1044-1048.
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2019_PERS-SIG13-2018-0025

Garcia, J.J., Warren, K.L. (2019) Race/Ethnicity Matters: Differences in Poststroke Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes. Ethn Dis. Oct 17;29(4):599-608.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31641327/

Fuller K, Guerrero C, Kyin M, Timple C, Yeseta M. The role of the interdisciplinary team in subacute rehabilitation for central pontine myelinolysis. Disabil Rehabil. 2020 Oct;42(21):3112-3118. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1579261. Epub 2019 Apr 5. PMID: 30950662.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30950662/

Dunlap, C., Rosario, E.R. (2019) The Right Fit: Closing the Education Gap in Assistive Ambulation Devices. Today’s Geriatric Medicine Vol. 12 (1); 16 – 19.
https://www.todaysgeriatricmedicine.com/archive/JF19p16.shtml

Bogey RA, Barnes LA. Estimates of individual muscle power production in normal adult walking. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2017 Sep 11;14(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s12984-017-0306-2. PMID: 28893285; PMCID: PMC5594470.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28893285/

Johnson, S., Keyan, Z., & Rosario, E. R. (2016). Effects of Aquatic Therapy on Functional Mobility and Strength, Fall Risk and Self-reported Disability in Individuals with Low Back Pain. Physical Therapy, Aquatic Section, 24(1), 22-31.
https://journals.lww.com/japt/Abstract/2016/24010/Effects_of_Aquatic_Therapy_on_Functional_Mobility.3.aspx

Schultz DM, Calodney AK, Mogilner AY, Weaver TW, Wells MD, Stromberg EK, Roediger MP, Konrad PE, Sasaki JT. Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) -The Implantable Systems Performance Registry (ISPR). Neuromodulation. 2016 Dec;19(8):857-863. doi: 10.1111/ner.12477. Epub 2016 Oct 12. PMID: 27730706; PMCID: PMC5157722.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27730706/

Yeung J, Catolico D, Fullmer N, Daniel R, Lovell R, Tang R, Pearson EM, Rosenberg SS. Evaluating the Sensoria Smart Socks Gait Monitoring System for Rehabilitation Outcomes. PM R. 2019 May;11(5):512-521. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12003. Epub 2019 Mar 12.PMID: 30861329.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30861329/

Deer T, Pope J, Benyamin R, Vallejo R, Friedman A, Caraway D, Staats P, Grigsby E, Porter McRoberts W, McJunkin T, Shubin R, Vahedifar P, Tavanaiepour D, Levy R, Kapural L, Mekhail N. Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Partial Crossover Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Novel Neuromodulation System in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Pain of Peripheral Nerve Origin. Neuromodulation. 2016 Jan;19(1):91-100. doi: 10.1111/ner.12381. PMID: 26799373.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26799373/

Ouellette, D. S., Timple, C., Kaplan, S. E., Rosenberg, S. S., & Rosario, E. R. (2015). Predicting discharge destination with admission outcome scores in stroke patients. NeuroRehabilitation, 37(2), 173-179. doi: 10.3233/NRE-151250
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484509

Rosario, E. R., Kaplan, S. E., Khonsari, S., & Patterson, D. (2014). Predicting and assessing fall risk in an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility. Rehabil Nurs, 39(2), 86-93. doi: 10.1002/rnj.114
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23813799

Hahn, J. E., Aronow, H. U., Rosario, E. R., & Guenther, N. (2013). Multidimensional health risk appraisal among adults aging with acquired disabilities. Disabil Health J, 6(3), 195-203. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2013.02.002
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23769478

Kwan, F., Kaplan, S., Hudson-McKinney, M., Redman-Bentley, D., & Rosario, E. R. (2012). Comparison of fallers and nonfallers at an inpatient rehabilitation facility: a retrospective review. Rehabil Nurs, 37(1), 30-36. doi: 10.1002/RNJ.00004
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22271219

Johnson, S., Rodriguez, J., & Rosario, E. R. (2011). Measuring the efficacy of physical rehabilitation for low back pain. The Journal of Southern California Clinicians, 5(1), 22-29.
https://socalclinicians.org/periodical/Volume%205.pdf

Johnson, S. (2010). Healing in the "Warm Springs of the West." Aquatic therapy is a tradition at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation. Rehab Manag, 23(5): 10- 13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20527626

Conference Presentations & Abstracts

Gutierrez, N., Fullmer, N., Rosario, E.R. SCI Return to Work: A Pilot Study. AMRPA 2022 Oral Presentation.

Winters, B., Fullmer, N., Rosario, ER., Schnakers, C. Sleep quality in an acute inpatient rehabilitation setting: the importance of prior sleep disorders. ACRM 2022 Poster Presentation

C. Schnakers. Blitz Education: Merging Traditional Rehabilitation Measures with Quantitative Biomarkers for Greater Precision and Discovery. ACRM 2021 Biomarker task force- Symposia

Rosario, E.R. Promoting Discharge Success with a High-Risk Transitional Navigation System. AMRPA 2019 Oral Presentation

Zheng, Z.S., Rosario, E.R., Millan H., Lee, S., Howard, M., Rothbart, A., Schnakers, C. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Post-Stroke Patients with Chronic Aphasia: Preliminary Findings from a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study. INRS 2019 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R., Lui, K., Schnakers, C. Which Factors Predict Patients’ Outcomes in Terms of Functional Gains and Discharge Location in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities? ACRM 2018 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R. PhD, Espinoza, L. MSW, Vasile, A. MD, Kaplan, S. PT, DPT, ATP, Scudder, B. MA OTR/L. Promoting Discharge Success with a Navigation Team in Spinal Cord Injury. ACRM 2016 Poster presentation

Kaplan, S., Tabak, R.E., Dunlap, C.R., Meredith, S., Hazen, J., Russak, R., Fitzgerald, K., Rosario, E.R. Predicting behind the wheel driving readiness. ACRM 2016 Poster presentation

S. Rosenberg, D. Russak, L. Laube, E. Rosario. Determining the Effect of Walkers Equipped With Cues on Functional Gait in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. ACRM 2016 Poster presentation

Rosario, ER. PhD, Espinoza, L. MSW, Vasile, A. MD, Kaplan, S. PT, DPT, ATP, Scudder, B. MA OTR/L. Promoting Discharge Success with a Navigation Team in Spinal Cord Injury. ASCIP 2016 Poster presentation

Kaplan, S., Rosario, ER. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Admission Outcomes Specific for Patients with Stroke Predict Community Discharge. International Stroke Conference 2015 Poster presentation

Rosario E.R., Espinoza, L., Bustos, M., Scudder, B. Patient Navigation for Traumatic Brain Injury. American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine. ACRM 2014 Poster presentation

Dausilio J., Rosario, E.R., Kaplan, S. Predicting Fall Risk in Acute Rehabilitation Facilities. Association of Rehabilitation Nursing 2014 Oral Presentation

Kaplan, S., Rosario, ER. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Admission Outcomes Specific for Patients with Stroke Predict Community Discharge. American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine ACRM 2014 Poster presentation

Johnson, S., Keyan, Z., Rosario, E.R. Measuring the efficacy of aquatic therapy for low back pain. NEXT Conference and Exposition, American Physical Therapy Association 2014 Poster presentation

Dausilio J., Rosario, E.R., Kaplan, S. Predicting Fall Risk in Acute Rehabilitation Facilities. Association of Rehabilitation Nursing 2013 Oral presentation

Johnson, S. MPT, OCS, cert-MDT, and Rosario, E.R. PhD. Measuring the efficacy of aquatic therapy for low back pain. CAPTA Annual Conference 2012 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R., Kaplan, S. Predicting Fall Risk in Acute Rehabilitation Facilities. 7th Annual Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference (2012) - oral presentation

Rosario, E.R., Kaplan, S. Predicting Fall Risk in Acute Rehabilitation Facilities. American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association Fall Conference 2012 Oral presentation

Rosario, E.R. A diagnosis specific approach to outcomes research. AMRPA 2011 Oral presentation

Rosario, E.R., Hahn, J., Guenther, N., Aronow, H.U. Health Risk Appraisal Among Adults Aging With Traumatic Brain Injury Versus Other Acquired Disabilities. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2011 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R. Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation: A unique physician-directed model of care that works. AMRPA 2010 Oral presentation

Brain Injury

Publications

Howard MM, Block ES, Mishreki D, Kim T, Rosario ER. The Effect of Sensory Level Versus Motor Level Electrical Stimulation of Pharyngeal Muscles in Acute Stroke Patients with Dysphagia: A Randomized Trial. Dysphagia. 2022 Sep 20:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s00455-022-10520-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36127447; PMCID: PMC9488887.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36127447/

Ouellette DS, Kaplan S, Rosario ER. Back on the Road: Comparing Cognitive Assessments to Driving Simulators in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries. Brain Sci. 2022 Dec 28;13(1):54. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13010054.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36672036/

Wilde EA, Wanner IB, Kenney K, Gill J, Stone JR, Disner S, Schnakers C, Meyer R, Prager EM, Haas M, Jeromin A.J. A Framework to Advance Biomarker Development in the Diagnosis, Outcome Prediction, and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma. 2022 Apr;39(7-8):436-457. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0099. Epub 2022 Feb 14.PMID: 35057637
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35057637/

Howard, M., Philips, J., Henley, S., Green, S., Rosario, E.R. Impact of Osteophytectomy on Swallowing Function in a patient with chronic Dysphagia. OBM Geriatrics 2021; 5(3): 175; doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2103175.
https://www.lidsen.com/journals/geriatrics/geriatrics-05-03-175

Caroline Schnakers; James Divine, BS; Micah A. Johnson, PhD; Evan Lutkenhoff, PhD; Martin M. Monti, PhD; Katrina M. Keil, PhD; John Guthrie, PhD; Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD; David Patterson, MD; Gary Jensen, MD; Vanessa C. Morales, BS; Kathleen F. Weaver, PhD; Emily R. Rosario. Longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers in chronic moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: preliminary findings. Brain Injury. 2021 Feb 23;35(3):285-291.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33461331/

Morales, V., Weaver, K., Schnakers, C., Rosario, E.R. Characterizing longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers following traumatic brain injury. Global Journal of Medical Research. 2020 Vol 20(3):12-17.
https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/issue/view/452/334

Rosario, E.R., Kaplan, S.E., Khonsari S., Vazquez G., Solanki N., Lane M., Brownell H., Rosenberg S.S. (2018) The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Functional Impairments Caused by Ischemic Stroke. Neurology Research International. Oct 9, 2018.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30402285/

Howard, M.M., Nissenson, P., Meeks, L., Rosario, E.R. (2018) Use of Textured Thin Liquids in Patients with Dysphagia. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. May 3;27(2):827-835.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29710346/

Rosario, E. R., Espinoza, L., Kaplan, S., Khonsari, S., Thurndyke, E., Bustos, M., . . . Scudder, B. (2017). Patient navigation for traumatic brain injury promotes community re-integration and reduces re-hospitalizations. Brain Inj, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1325937.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28650255/

McCulloch KL, de Joya AL, Hays K, Donnelly E, Johnson TK, Nirider CD, Roth H, Saliga S, Ward I. Outcome Measures for Persons With Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations From the American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy TBI EDGE Task Force. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2016 Oct;40(4):269-80. doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000145. PMID: 27576089.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27576089/

Kang, H. G., Velazquez, V., Hino, S., & Rosario, E. R. (2016). Dalcroze Eurhythmics based Music and Movement Training in Transitional Care Brain Injury Patients: a Feasibility Study. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy Special Issue, 8(2), 147-158.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331907933_Dalcroze_Eurhythmics-based_music_and_movement_training_in_transitional_care_brain_injury_patients_A_feasibility_study

Winstein CJ, Wolf SL, Dromerick AW, Lane CJ, Nelsen MA, Lewthwaite R, Cen SY, Azen SP. Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (ICARE) Investigative Team (2016) Effect of a Task-Oriented Rehabilitation Program on Upper Extremity Recovery Following Motor Stroke: The ICARE Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA. 2016 315(6):571-81.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26864411

Ouellette, D. S., Okamoto, S. W., & Rosario, E. R. (2015). Use of an algorithm for assessment and treatment of the upper extremity post stroke: a case study. Occup Ther Health Care, 29(1), 1-10. doi: 10.3109/07380577.2014.953284
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25321406

Rosario, E. R., Aqeel, R., Brown, M. A., Sanchez, G., Moore, C., & Patterson, D. (2013). Hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury affects functional improvement during acute inpatient rehabilitation. J Head Trauma Rehabil, 28(5), 390-396. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e318250eac6
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22613945

Rosario, E. R., Bustos, M. R., & Moore, C. (2013). Hypothalamic Pituitary Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Social Care and Neurodisability, 4(3/4).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263198520_Hypothalamic_pituitary_dysfunction_following_traumatic_brain_injury

Conference Presentations & Abstracts

E. Rosario, C. Schnakers. Longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers in chronic moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: preliminary findings. AD/PD 2022 Oral Presentation

Darmon, Y., Loeb, G. E., Barradas Patino V., Winstein, C. J., Rosario, E.R., Schweighofer, N. Control of interaction torques during single-joint arm movements in stroke survivors. Society for Neuroscience 2022 Poster Presentation

Howard M., Block, E. Mishreki D. Kim, T. Rosario, E.R. The effect of sensory level versus motor level electrical stimulation of pharyngeal muscles in acute stroke patients with dysphagia: a randomized trial. ACRM 2022 Poster presentation.

A. Zheng, C. Schnakers. Changes in electrical brain activity due to tDCS in post-stroke chronic aphasia: a double-blind randomized controlled study. ACRM 2021 Virtual Annual Conference Oral Presentation

Zheng, Z.S., Wang, K., Millan H., Lee, S., Howard, M., Rothbart, A., Rosario, E.R., Schnakers, C. Infratentorial Contributions to Post-stroke Aphasia. SfN 2021 Poster presentation

C. Schnakers. Blitz Education: Merging Traditional Rehabilitation Measures with Quantitative Biomarkers for Greater Precision and Discovery. ACRM 2021 Virtual Annual Conference Biomarker task force - Symposia

Schnakers C, Zheng A., Rosario E. Examples of multi-modal prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine September 2020. Virtual Symposium

Schnakers C, Divine J, Johnson M, Jensen G, Rosario E. Longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers in chronic moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. North American Brain Injury Society's 15th Annual Conference on Brain Injury February 2020 Oral Presentation

Schnakers C., Millan, H., Lee, S., Howard, M., Rosario, ER. Preliminary findings from a double-blind randomized controlled study on tDCS in post-stroke chronic aphasia. ACRM 2019 Poster presentation

Schnakers C., Millan, H., Lee, S., Howard, M., Rothbart, A., Rosario, ER. White Matter Changes Underlying TDCS-induced Language Recovery in Post-stroke Chronic Aphasia. ACRM 2019 Poster presentation

Caroline Schnakers, Lutenhoff, E., Monti, M., Micah Johnson, Gary Jensen, David Patterson, and Emily Rosario. Neural changes associated with chronic traumatic brain injury: a case series. ACRM 2019 Poster presentation

Zheng, Z.S., Rosario, E.R., Millan H., Lee, S., Howard, M., Rothbart, A., Schnakers, C. White Matter Changes Underlying tDCS-induced Language Recovery in Post-Stroke Patients with Aphasia. ACRM 2019 Poster presentation

Howard, M., Rosario, E.R. Use of textured thin liquids in patients with dysphagia. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine ACRM 2018 Oral presentation

Niemeier, J., Van de Winckel, A., Schnakers, C., Rosario, E.R. Use of Biometrics to Enhance Precision of Measurement in Rehabilitation Research: Findings and Exemplars. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine ACRM 2018 Symposium

E.R. Rosario. High Risk Transitional Navigation System. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 2018 Oral presentation

E.R. Rosario, K. Weaver, V, Morales. Characterizing longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers following traumatic brain injury. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 2018 Oral presentation

E.R. Rosario, K. Weaver, V, Morales. Characterizing longitudinal changes in blood-based biomarkers following traumatic brain injury. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2018 Oral presentation

E.R. Rosario, D Ouellette, S Kaplan.Predicting behind the wheel driving readiness in TBI. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2018 Oral presentation

C. Schnakers, J. Divine, M. Johnson, G. Jensen, and E.R Rosario. In search of biomarkers for late recovery of patients with traumatic brain injury: A multimodal approach. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2018 Oral presentation

E.R. Rosario. Patient Navigation for Traumatic Brain Injury Promotes Community Re-integration and Reduces Re-hospitalizations. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2018 Oral presentation

E. Rosario, J. Divine, M. Johnson, C. Schnakers.In search of biomarkers for late recovery of patients with traumatic brain injury: A multimodal Approach. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Poster presentation

Caroline Schnakers, James Divine, Micah Johnson, Gary Jensen, and Emily Rosario. In search of biomarkers for late recovery of patients with traumatic brain injury: A multimodal approach. ACRM 2018 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R., Lui, K., Schnakers, C. Which Factors Predict Patients’ Outcomes in Terms of Functional Gains and Discharge Location in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities? ACRM 2018 Poster presentation

Niemeier J, Van de Winckel A, Rosario E, Schnakers C. Use of Biometrics to Enhance Precision of Measurement in Rehabilitation Research: Findings and Exemplars. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2018. Symposium

Rosario E.R. et al., Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment following stroke. World Congress on Neuroscience 2016 Oral Presentation

S. Rosenberg, M. Lam, J. Divine, H. Millan, N. Fuller. The effects of an augmentative and alternative communication intervention on functional communication and neural activity patterns in individuals with aphasia. Society for Neuroscience 2016 poster presentation

Rosario E.R. Kaplan, S., Rosenberg, S. Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment on blood biomarkers following an ischemic stroke. Society for Neuroscience 2016 poster presentation

Rosario E.R. et al., Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment following stroke. World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation 2016 Poster Presentation

Howard, M., Rosario, ER. The effect of liquid modifications on Dehydration and Quality of Life. CSHA 2015 Oral Presentation

Rosario E.R., Espinoza, L., Bustos, M., Scudder, B. Patient Navigation for Traumatic Brain Injury. Santa Clara Brain Injury Conference 2015 Oral Presentation

Rosario E.R. Kaplan, S. Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment following stroke. International Stroke Conference 2015 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R., Espinoza, L., Scudder, B. Hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury. Society for Neuroscience 2013 Poster presentation

Rosario, E.R., Aqeel, R., Brown, M.A., Sanchez, G., Moore, C., Patterson, D. Hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury affects functional Improvement during acute rehabilitation. 9th World Congress on Brain Injury 2012 – International oral presentation

Rosario, E.R., Espinoza, L., McSwan, K., Scudder, B. Patient Navigation for Traumatic Brain Injury. American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association Fall Conference 2012 Oral presentation

Rosario, E.R., Sanchez, G., Aqeel, R., Patterson, D. Neuroendocrine Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury and the Effect on Functional Improvement in Acute Rehabilitation. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury 2011 Oral presentation

Disorders of Consciousness

Publications

Magee WL, Narayanan A, O'Connor R, Haughey F, Wegener E, Chu BHL, Delargy M, Gray D, Seu AD, Siegert RJ, Tyas RJ, Yelden KC, Schnakers C. Validation of the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness with the Coma Recovery Scale - Revised. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Apr 20:S0003-9993(23)00175-2. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.03.010.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37086939/

Zheng ZS, Reggente N, Monti MM. Arousal Regulation by the External Globus Pallidus: A New Node for the Mesocircuit Hypothesis. Brain Sci. 2023 Jan 14;13(1):146. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13010146.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36672127/

Gosseries O, Schnakers C, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Martial C, Aubinet C, Charland-Verville V, Thibaut A, Annen J, Ledoux D, Laureys S, Grégoire C. Needs and Quality of Life of Caregivers of Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness. Brain Sci. 2023 Feb 11;13(2):308. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13020308.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36831851/

Magliacano A, Liuzzi P, Formisano R, Grippo A, Angelakis E, Thibaut A, Gosseries O, Lamberti G, Noé E, Bagnato S, Edlow BL, Lejeune N, Veeramuthu V, Trojano L, Zasler N, Schnakers C, Bartolo M, Mannini A, Estraneo A. Predicting Long-Term Recovery of Consciousness in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness Based on Coma Recovery Scale-Revised Subscores: Validation of a Machine Learning-Based Prognostic Index. Brain Sci. 2022 Dec 27;13(1):51. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13010051.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36672033/

Aubinet C, Schnakers C, Majerus S. Language Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness. Semin Neurol. 2022 Jun;42(3):273-282. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755561. Epub 2022 Sep 13. PMID: 36100226.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36100226/

Zheng ZS, Monti MM. Cortical and thalamic connections of the human globus pallidus: Implications for disorders of consciousness. Front Neuroanat. 2022 Aug 25;16:960439. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2022.960439. PMID: 36093291; PMCID: PMC9453545.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36093291/

Schnakers C, Bauer C, Formisano R, Noé E, Llorens R, Lejeune N, Farisco M, Teixeira L, Morrissey AM, De Marco S, Veeramuthu V, Ilina K, Edlow BL, Gosseries O, Zandalasini M, De Bellis F, Thibaut A, Estraneo A. What names for covert awareness? A systematic review. Front Hum Neurosci. 2022 Aug 5;16:971315. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.971315. PMID: 35992948; PMCID: PMC9389234.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35992948/

Cain JA, Spivak NM, Coetzee JP, Crone JS, Johnson MA, Lutkenhoff ES, Real C, Buitrago-Blanco M, Vespa PM, Schnakers C, Monti MM. Ultrasonic Deep Brain Neuromodulation in Acute Disorders of Consciousness: A Proof-of-Concept. Brain Sci. 2022 Mar 23;12(4):428. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12040428. PMID: 35447960; PMCID: PMC9032970.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35447960/

Winters B, Kuluris B, Pathmanaban R, Vanderwalt H, Thibaut A, Schnakers C. Changes of Spasticity Across Time in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: A Retrospective Study. Brain Sci. 2022 Feb 21;12(2):295. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12020295. PMID: 35204057; PMCID: PMC8870216.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35204057/

Monti MM, Schnakers C. Flowchart for Implementing Advanced Imaging and Electrophysiology in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: To fMRI or Not to fMRI? Neurology. 2022 Mar 15;98(11):452-459. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200038.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35058337/

Estraneo A, Magliacano A, Fiorenza S, Formisano R, Grippo A, Angelakis E, Cassol H, Thibaut A, Gosseries O, Lamberti G, Noé E, Bagnato S, Edlow BL, Chatelle C, Lejeune N, Veeramuthu V, Bartolo M, Mattia D, Toppi J, Zasler N, Schnakers C, Trojano L. Risk factors for 2-year mortality in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: An international multicentre study. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Oct 17. doi: 10.1111/ene.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34657359/

Stern JM, Spivak NM, Becerra S, Kuhn TP, Korb AS, Kronemyer D, Khanlou N, Reyes SD, Monti MM, Schnakers C, Walshaw P, Keselman I, Cohen MS, Yong W, Fried I, Jordan SE, Schafer ME, Engel J, & Bystritsky A. Safety of Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Humans with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Brain Stimulation. 2021 Jun 23;14(4):1022-1031.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34198105/

Cain JA, Spivak NM, Coetzee JP, Crone JS, Johnson MA, Lutkenhoff ES, Real C, Buitrago-Blanco M, Vespa PM, Schnakers C, Monti MM. Ultrasonic thalamic stimulation in chronic disorders of consciousness. Brain Stimul. 2021 Mar-Apr; 14(2):301-303.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33465497/

Schnakers C, Hirsch M, Noé E, Llorens R, Lejeune N, Veeramuthu V, De Marco S, Demertzi A, Duclos C, Morrissey AM, Chatelle C, Estraneo A. Covert Cognition in Disorders of Consciousness: A Meta-Analysis. Brain Sci. 2020 Dec 2;10(12):930.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33276451/

Comanducci A, Boly M, Claassen J, De Lucia M, Gibson RM, Juan E, Laureys S, Naccache L, Owen AM, Rosanova M, Rossetti AO, Schnakers C, Sitt JD, Schiff ND, Massimini M. Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group. Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Nov;131(11):2736-2765.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32917521/

Schnakers C. Update on diagnosis in disorders of consciousness. Expert Rev Neurother. 2020 Oct;20(10):997-1004.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32700583/

Estraneo A, Fiorenza S, Magliacano A, Formisano R, Mattia D, Grippo A, Romoli AM, Angelakis E, Cassol H, Thibaut A, Gosseries O, Lamberti G, Noé E, Bagnato S, Edlow BL, Chatelle C, Lejeune N, Veeramuthu V, Bartolo M, Toppi J, Zasler N, Schnakers C, Trojano L; IBIA DoC-SIG. Multicenter prospective study on predictors of short-term outcome in disorders of consciousness. Neurology. 2020 Sep 15;95(11):e1488-e1499.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32661102/

Schnakers C, Monti MM. Towards improving care for disorders of consciousness. Nat Rev Neurol. 2020 Aug;16(8):405-406.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32273598/

Cortese D, Riganello F, Arcuri F, Lucca L, Tonin P, Schnakers C, Laureys S. The Trace Conditional Learning of the Noxious Stimulus in UWS Patients and Its Prognostic Value in a GSR and HRV Entropy Study. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020 Apr 9;14:97.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32327985/

Schnakers, C. (2019) Disorders of Consciousness: An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment. Brain Injury Professional. Vol. 16 Issue 1.
https://issuu.com/braininjuryprofessional/docs/bip_march_2019/2

Wang F, Hu N, Hu X, Jing S, Heine L, Thibaut A, Huang W, Yan Y, Wang J, Schnakers C, Laureys S, Di H. Detecting Brain Activity Following a Verbal Command in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness. Front Neurosci. 2019 Sep 13;13:976.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31572121/

Bonin EAC, Lejeune N, Thibaut A, Cassol H, Antonopoulos G, Wannez S, Martial C, Schnakers C, Laureys S, Chatelle C. Nociception Coma Scale-Revised Allows to Identify Patients With Preserved Neural Basis for Pain Experience. J Pain. 2020 May-Jun;21(5-6):742-750. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.11.004.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31733361/

Schnakers C, Lutkenhoff ES, Bio BJ, McArthur DL, Vespa PM, Monti MM. Acute EEG spectra characteristics predict thalamic atrophy after severe TBI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 May;90(5):617-619. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-317829. Epub 2018 Jun 28.PMID: 29954872.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29954872/

Formisano R, Giustini M, Aloisi M, Contrada M, Schnakers C, Zasler N, Estraneo A., on behalf of IBIA DoC-SIG. (2019) An International survey on diagnostic and prognostic procedures for patients with disorder of consciousness. Brain Injury 33(8):974-984.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31146603/

Gosseries O, Schnakers C, Laureys S. (2019) Editorial: Between Theory and Clinic: The Contribution of Neuroimaging in the Field of Consciousness Disorders. Front Neurol. Feb 27;10:165. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00165. eCollection 2019.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30890996/

Zhang Y, Wang J, Schnakers C, He M, Luo H, Cheng L, Wang F, Nie Y, Huang W, Hu X, Laureys S, Di H. (2019) Validation of the Chinese version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). Brain Inj. 33(4):529-533. Epub ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30663434/

Molteni E, Slomine BS, Castelli E, Zasler N, Schnakers C, Estraneo A. (2019). International survey on diagnostic and prognostic procedures in pediatric disorders of consciousness. Brain Inj. 33(4):517-528. Epub ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30663416/

C Schnakers, ES Lutkenhoff, BJ Bio, DL McArthur, PM Vespa, MM Monti. (2019). Acute EEG spectra characteristics predict thalamic atrophy after severe TBI. JNNP May;90(5):617-619.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29954872/

Riganello F, Chatelle C, Schnakers C, Laureys S. Heart Rate Variability as an Indicator of Nociceptive Pain in Disorders of Consciousness? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Jan;57(1):47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.09.016. Epub 2018 Sep 27. PMID: 30267843.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267843/

Cheng L, Cortese D, Monti MM, Wang F, Riganello F, Arcuri F, Di H, Schnakers C. Do Sensory Stimulation Programs Have an Impact on Consciousness Recovery? Front Neurol. 2018 Oct 2;9:826. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00826. PMID: 30333789; PMCID: PMC6176776.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30333789/

Wannez, S., Heine, L., Thonnard, M., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., & Collaborators, C. S. G. (2017). The repetition of behavioral assessments in diagnosis of disorders of consciousness. Ann Neurol, 81(6), 883-889.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28543735/

Wannez, S., Gosseries, O., Azzolini, D., Martial, C., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Annen J, Martens G, Bodart O, Heine L, Charland-Verville V, Thibaut A, Chatelle C, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Demertzi A, Schnakers C, Donneau AF, Laureys S (2017). Prevalence of coma-recovery scale-revised signs of consciousness in patients in minimally conscious state. Neuropsychol Rehabil, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2017.1310656.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28399715/

Hauger, S. L., Olafsen, K., Schnakers, C., Andelic, N., Nilsen, K. B., Helseth, E., . . . Lovstad, M. (2017). Cognitive Event-Related Potentials during the Sub-Acute Phase of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Relationship to Outcome. J Neurotrauma. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5062.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28594285/

Schnakers, C., & Laureys, S. (2017). Coma and Disorders of Consciousness (2nd ed.). London, UK: Springer-Verlag.

Chennu S, Annen J, Wannez S, Thibaut A, Chatelle C, Cassol H, Martens G, Schnakers C, Gosseries O, Menon D, Laureys S. (2017). Brain networks predict metabolism, diagnosis and prognosis at the bedside in disorders of consciousness. Brain. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx163.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28666351/

Schnakers C, Monti MM. Disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury: therapeutic options. Curr Opin Neurol. 2017 Dec; 30(6):573-579. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000495.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28901969/

Schnakers, C., Magee, W. L., & Harris, B. (2016). Sensory Stimulation and Music Therapy Programs for Treating Disorders of Consciousness. Front Psychol, 7, 297. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00297
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780279/

Magee, W. L., Tillmann, B., Perrin, F., & Schnakers, C. (2016). Editorial: Music and Disorders of Consciousness: Emerging Research, Practice and Theory. Front Psychol, 7, 1273. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01273
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27630591/

Conference Presentations/ Abstracts

Winters B, Kuluris B, Pathmanaban R, Vanderwalt H, Thibaut A, Schnakers C. Changes of Spasticity across Time in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: a retrospective study. International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) July 2022 (Oral presentation)

Schnakers C. Ethics in Research: The Role of Case Management. Case Manager Society of America (CMSA) September 2022 (Oral presentation)

Schnakers C. Cognitive assessment and management of DOC. BCI & NEUROTECHNOLOGY SPRING SCHOOL (05/03/2022) Virtual

Schnakers C. Clinical research on Disorders Of Consciousness. Scienza della Coscienza seminars. Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta of Milan (05/12/2022) Virtual

Schnakers C. Is my ICU patient conscious? UCLA ICU of the Future (06/03/2022) Virtual

Schnakers, C. Neurobehavioral Bedside Assessment of Person with DOC: Caveats, Challenges and Novelties. IBIA Inaugural Conference on Disorders of Consciousness 2022 Educational Chair and Oral Presentation

C. Schnakers. Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation: A new treatment for Disorders of Consciousness. AMRPA 2021 VIRTUAL Annual Conference Poster Presentation

C. Schnakers and N Zasler. International diagnostic guidelines for Disorders of Consciousness: Point-counterpoint. The 13th World Congress on Brain Injury 2021 Symposia

C. Schnakers. Translating Knowledge into Practice. TIRR Disorders of Consciousness Conference 2021 Invited speaker

Schnakers C. Is there someone in there? The conundrum of DOC. Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona. September 2020; Virtual

Schnakers, C. Clinical monitoring of patients with Disorders of Consciousness. The 4th International Conference on Coma and Consciousness November 2019, Shanghai China. Invited Speaker

Schnakers C. Pain and Disorders of Consciousness (Workshop). Brain Injury Summit January 2018 Symposia

Schnakers C. Aphasia and Disorders of Consciousness. Brain Injury Summit January 2018. Invited Speaker

Formisano R, Schnakers C, Aloisi M, Contrada M, Zasler N, Giustini M, Estraneo A. International Survey on Diagnostic and Prognostic Procedures: A report from the International Brain Injury Association, Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2017 Poster Presentation

Skenderian D, Cisneros E, Schnakers C. Cultural Factors Limiting Assessment and Treatment of mTBI and PTSD of an Afghan-American Translator. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2018 Poster Presentation

Magee W, Schnakers C. Sensory stimulation and music therapy programs for treating disorders of consciousness. The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 2017 Symposia

Hirsch M, Monti MM, Schnakers C. What do we know about covert cognition in patients with DOC? American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2016 Oral Presentation

Schnakers C, Vespa PM, Monti MM. The prognostic value of the Coma Recovery Scale – Revised. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2016 Oral Presentation

Schnakers C, Lutkenhoff ES, Bio BJ, Vespa PM, McArthur DL, Monti MM. Subcortical atrophy related to resting EEG in disorders of consciousness. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine October 2016 Poster Presentation

Neuroscience - Brain Computer/Machine Interface

Publications

Guan C, Aflalo T, Zhang CY, Amoruso E, Rosario ER, Pouratian N, Andersen RA. Stability of motor representations after paralysis. Elife. 2022 Sep 20;11:e74478. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74478. PMID: 36125116; PMCID: PMC9555862.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36125116/

Aflalo T, Zhang C, Revechkis B, Rosario E, Pouratian N, Andersen RA. Implicit mechanisms of intention. Curr Biol. 2022 Apr 1:S0960-9822(22)00442-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35390282.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35390282/

Aflalo T, Zhang CY, Rosario ER, Pouratian N, Orban GA, Andersen RA. A shared neural substrate for action verbs and observed actions in human posterior parietal cortex. Sci Adv. 2020 Oct 23;6(43):eabb3984.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33097536/

Zhang, C. Y., Aflalo, T., Revechkis, B., Rosario, E. R., Ouellette, D., Pouratian, N., & Andersen, R. A. (2019). Preservation of Partially Mixed Selectivity in Human Posterior Parietal Cortex across changes in task context. eNeuro. 2020 Mar 12;7(2). pii: ENEURO.0222-19.2019. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0222-19.2019. Print 2020 Mar/Apr.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31969321/

Sakellaridi S, Christopoulos VN, Aflalo T, Pejsa KW, Rosario ER, Ouellette D, Pouratian N, Andersen RA. (2019) Intrinsic Variable Learning for Brain-Machine Interface Control by Human Anterior Intraparietal Cortex. Neuron. May 8:102(3):694-705.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30853300/

Rutishauser, U., Aflalo, T., Rosario, E.R., Pouratian, N., Andersen, R. (2018) Single-neuron representation of memory strength and retrieval confidence in left human posterior parietal cortex. Neuron. Jan 3;97 (1):209-220.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29249283/

Zhang, C. Y., Aflalo, T., Revechkis, B., Rosario, E. R., Ouellette, D., Pouratian, N., & Andersen, R. A. (2017). Partially Mixed Selectivity in Human Posterior Parietal Association Cortex. Neuron. 95(3), 697-708 e694. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.040.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28735750/

Conference Presentations & Abstracts

T. Aflalo, J. Gamez, K. Kadlec, S. Sakellaridi, C. Guan, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Neural prosthetic context profoundly shapes single-neuron responses while preserving the functional distinctions between human motor and posterior parietal cortices. Society for Neuroscience 2022 Poster Presentation

C. Guan, T. Aflalo, C. Y. Zhang, E. R. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Preserved motor representations enable neural prosthetic control of individual fingers. Society for Neuroscience 2022 Poster Presentation

Guan, C., Aflalo, T., Kadlec, K., Gamoz, J., Rosario, E.R., Bari, A., Pouratian, N., Andersen R.A. Decoding finger movements from human posterior parietal cortex. Neuromatch (virtual conference 2022)

T. Aflalo, J. Gamez, K. Kadlec, S. Sakellaridi, C. Guan, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Neural prosthetic context profoundly shapes single-neuron responses while preserving the functional distinctions between human motor and posterior parietal cortices. Society for Neuroscience 2021 Poster Presentation

J. Gamez, T. Aflalo, K. Kadlec, C. Guan, K. W. Pejsa, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Cognitive spatial representations in posterior parietal cortex. Society for Neuroscience 2021 Poster Presentation

K. Kadlec, T. Aflalo, J. Gamez, C. Guan, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Distinct representations of multiple effectors across the body in single neurons in human posterior parietal cortex and hand knob of precentral gyrus. Society for Neuroscience 2021 Poster Presentation

S. Sakellardi, T. Aflalo, V. N. Christopoulos, K. W. Pejsa, E. Rosario, D. S. Ouellette, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Comparing human primary motor cortex (M1) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) neuron population activity using a brain-machine interface. Poster presentation – Society for Neuroscience 2019

T. Aflalo, S. Sakellardi, K. Kadlec, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Coding of iintent in M1 and PPC: Simultaneous array recordings in a human tetraplegic subject for neural prosthetic applications. Society for Neuroscience 2019 Poster presentation

T. Aflalo, G. A. Orban, C. Y. Zhang, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Neural population structure for action verbs and visually observed actions in human posterior cortex. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Oral Presentation

S. Sakellaridi, V. N. Christopoulos, T. Aflalo, K. W. Pesja, E. Rosario, D. S. Ouellette, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Predicting learning performance in a brain-machine interface study with a tetraplegic human. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Oral Presentation

C. Y. Zhang, T. Aflalo, D. Ouellette, E. Rosario, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. Representation and performance of multiple effectors in closed-loop cortical control recorded from a single array in human posterior parietal cortex. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Poster presentation

M. Jafari, T. Aflalo, S. Kellis, S. Chivukula, M. Armenta Silas, L. Bashford, H. Jo, E. Rosario, D. Ouellette, K. Pejsa, B. Lee, N. Pouratian, C. Liu, R. A. Andersen. Coordinate frames in human cortex during an imagined reaching task. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Poster presentation

S. Chivukula, T. Aflalo, C. Y. Zhang, M. Jafari, E. Rosario, D. Ouellette, K. Pejsa, N. Pouratian, R. A. Andersen. A vision of touch. Society for Neuroscience 2018 Poster presentation

Zhang, C., Aflalo, T., Pejsa, K., Rosario, E.R., Ouellette, D., Pouratian, N., Andersen, R. Functional organization of human posterior association cortex at the population level and implications for brain–machine interfaces. Society for Neuroscience 2016 oral presentation.

Sakellaridi, S., Christopoulos, V., Aflalo, T., Pejsa, K., Rosario, E.R., Ouellette, D., Pouratian, N., Andersen, R. Learning mechanisms in the posterial cortex: A brain-machine interface study with a tetraplegic human. Society for Neuroscience 2016 poster presentation.

Neuroscience - Neurodegenerative Diseases and Disorders

Publications

Begum, A. N., Cunha, C., Sidhu, H., Alkam, T., Scolnick, J., Rosario, E. R., & Ethell, D. W. (2014). Women with the Alzheimer's risk marker ApoE4 lose Abeta-specific CD4(+) T cells 10-20 years before men. Transl Psychiatry, 4, e414. doi: 10.1038/tp.2014.51
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25072319/

Carroll, J. C., & Rosario, E. R. (2012). The potential use of hormone-based therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Curr Alzheimer Res, 9(1), 18-34.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22329650

Rosario, E.R., Barron, A.M., Brown, M.A., Pike, C.J. Dietary induction of type 2 diabetes and experimental depletion of androgens increases AD-like pathology in male 3xTg-AD mice. AD/PD (2011) – International oral presentation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239489350_Dietary_induction_of_type_2_diabetes_increases_AD-like_pathology_in_male_3xTg-AD_mice

Pediatrics

Publications

Feldman SJ, Beslow LA, Felling RJ, Malone LA, Waak M, Fraser S, Bakeer N, Lee JEM, Sherman V, Howard MM, Cavanaugh BA, Westmacott R, Jordan LC. Consensus-Based Evaluation of Outcome Measures in Pediatric Stroke Care: A Toolkit. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 Apr;141:118-132. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.01.009. Epub 2023 Jan 19.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36812698/

Alaniz, M. L., Rosenberg, S. S., Beard, N. R., & Rosario, E. R. (2017). The Effectiveness of Aquatic Group Therapy for Improving Water Safety and Social Interactions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Program. J Autism Dev Disord. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3264-4.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28864911/

Alaniz, M. L., Galit, E., Necesito, C. I., & Rosario, E. R. (2015). Hand Strength, Handwriting, and Functional Skills in Children With Autism. Am J Occup Ther, 69(4), 6904220030p6904220031-6904220039. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2015.016022
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26114459

Attaway, J., Stone, C. L., Sendor, C., & Rosario, E. R. (2015). The Effect of Amplification on Speech and Language in Children With Aural Atresia. Am J Audiol, 24(3), 354-359. doi: 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0021
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649547

Conference presentations/ Abstracts

Attaway, J., Sendor, C., Stone, C., Rosario, E.R. The Effect Of Amplification On Speech and Language Abilities In Children With Atresia. CA Academy of Audiology Conference 2014 Oral Presentation

Keilson, M., Rosario, E.R. Pinch Strength and its Relationship to Penmanship and ADLs. Occupational Therapy 2013 Oral presentation

Attaway, J., Sendor, C., Stone, C., Rosario, E.R. The Effect Of Amplification On Speech and Language Abilities In Children With Atresia. 4th International Symposium on Bone Conduction Hearing - Craniofacial osseo-integration 2013 Oral presentation

Keilson, M. and Rosario, E.R. Pinch Strength and its Relationship to Penmanship and ADLs - Preliminary Research Findings. OTAC Annual Conference 2012 Oral presentation

Sendor, C., Attaway, J., Stone, C., Rosario, E.R. The Effect Of Amplification On Speech and Language Abilities In Children With Atresia. CSHA Annual Conference 2013 Poster presentation

Attaway, J., Stone, C., Sendor, C., Rosario, E.R. The Effect Of Amplification On Speech and Language Abilities In Children With Atresia. Audiology Now! National Conference 2012Poster presentation

Attaway, J., Stone, C., Sendor, C., Rosario, E.R. The Effect Of Amplification On Speech and Language Abilities In Children With Atresia. ASHA Annual Conference 2012 Poster presentation

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