Award Number: W81XWH-10-1-0742 TITLE: A Brain-Machine-Brain Interface for Rewiring of Cortical Circuitry after Traumatic Brain Injury

s:  Azin, M, Guggenmos, D, Barbay, S, Nudo, RJ and Mohseni, P (2012) Activity-dependent intracrotical microstimulation for driving functional behavioral recovery in the rat after traumatic brain injury. Neural Interfaces Conference 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Guggenmos, DJ, Azin, M, Barbay, S, Mohseni, P, and Nudo, RJ (2012) Driving functional behavioral recovery in the rat using activity-dependent stimulation. Program No. 682.16. 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA. Society for Neuroscience, 2012. Online.  Nishibe M, Barbay S, and Nudo, R J (2012) Different neurophysiological and behavioral consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) versus ischemic infarct in the rat. Program No. 680.11. 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA. Society for Neuroscience, 2012. Online. Oral presentations (Dr. Nudo):  Invited Speaker, Neuroprosthetic tools for repair of the injured brain, American Society for Neurorehabilitation Clinician Scientist Award lecture, ASNR-ACRM Joint Educational Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 14, 2011.  Invited Speaker, Repairing the Brain after Injury, Annual War and Recovery Day, Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City, November 4, 2011. 7  Invited Speaker, Neuroprosthetic tools for repair of the injured brain, Neurobiology of Disease Course, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, November 30, 2011.  Invited Speaker, New tools for building artificial communication bridges in the injured brain, Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, December 1, 2011.  Invited Speaker, Current Research in Brain Injury Recovery, Brain Injury Association Professional Conference, Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, March 29, 2012.  Invited Speaker, Advances in smart prosthetics for modulating neural pathways after brain injury, 7 International Symposium on Neuroprotection and Neurorepair, Potsdam, Germany, May 3, 2012.  Keynote Speaker, Translational Research Processes, Satellite Symposium entitled “Establishing Collaborations and Priorities in Clinical and Translational Stroke Rehabilitation Research”, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Hunter, Australia, May 14, 2012.  Keynote Speaker, Michael Barnes Lecture, Harnessing the potential of neuroplasticity to improve recovery after brain injury, 7 th World Congress of NeuroRehabilitation, Melbourne, Australia, May 17, 2012.  Invited Speaker, Novel neuroprosthetic tools for repair of the injured brain, International Neuropsychological Symposium, Bonifacio, Corsica, France, June, 2012. 2Patents and Licenses Applied for/Issued:  Randolph J. Nudo, P. Mohseni, D. Guggenmos, and M. Azin, Methods and Associated Neural Prosthetic Devices for Bridging Brain Areas to Improve Function, International Application No. PCT/US2012/42381 Filed on June 14, 2012  Randolph J. Nudo, P. Mohseni, D. Guggenmos, and M. Azin, Methods and Associated Neural Prosthetic Devices for Bridging Brain Areas to Improve Function, U.S. Application No. 13/523,597 Filed on June 14, 2012  Randolph J. Nudo, P. Mohseni, D. Guggenmos, and M. Azin, Methods for Bridging Brain Areas and Associated Neural Prosthetic Devices, U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/543,593 Filed on October 5, 2011 3Degrees Obtained from Award:  David Guggenmos, PhD, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology (RJ Nudo, mentor), awarded June 2012 4Development of Cell Lines and Tissue/Serum Repositories: Not applicable. 5Infomatics (Databases and Animal Models): None yet. 6Funding Applied for: None yet. 7Employment/Research Opportunities Applied for/Received: None yet.