Can the damaged brain be primed?

Series: Neural Prosthesis Seminar
Title: Can the damaged brain be primed by transcranial magnetic simulations?
Speaker: Lara Boyd, Ph.D., P.T.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Canada Research Chair, Neurobiology of Motor Learning
University of British Columbia
Date: March 13, 2009
Hosted by: Janis J. Daly, Ph.D., M.S.

Recorded in the Biomedical Research Building - BRB 105
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH

Abstract
Motor learning requires large amounts of practice and this is particularly true after brain damage. It is possible that preparing the brain to learn, via direct excitatory stimulation, might facilitate the acquisition of new motor skills and speed recovery after brain damage. Dr. Boyds lab is actively exploring whether transcranial magnetic stimulation might prepare the brain to learn and when paired with rehabilitation,
speed recovery of function after stroke. She will discuss her findings as well as present some of the pitfalls of this approach.

This seminar is sponsored by the FES & APT Center along with the Dept. of Neurology (Grand Rounds)

The Cleveland FES Center is a consortium in Functional Electrical Stimulation technology including the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC,
Case Western Reserve University, and the MetroHealth Medical Center

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