Neurobehavioral Core for Rehabilitation Research (NCRR)

Seminar Series

The NCRR supports a seminar series, sponsored jointly with the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science that focuses on the expanding field of rehabilitation, with an emphasis on activity-based restoration of function and environmental enrichment-mediated plasticity. The seminars educate our faculty and students about these areas of research and foster collaborations at both the basic science and clinical levels. It is the goal of the NCRR to enable investigators to define the parameters that would be predictive of success in human clinical trials, thus speeding the translation of basic science discoveries to clinical applications.

Recent seminars:

Joanne Wagner PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Saint Louis University "Factors contributing to the Loss of Mobility in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis"

Sergio Baranzini, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF "The Role of Genetics in MS Susceptibility and Pathogenesis"

John Houle Professor, Dept of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine "Spinal Cord Injury & Exercise"

William Whetstone Associate Clinical Professor Dept of Emergency Medicine, UCSF "Acute Management of Human Spinal Cord Injuries"

Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD Professor Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science University of Iowa "Neurobiology of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: from Basic Science to Clinical Outcomes"

Carolyn Patten, PhD, PT Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy, Neurology and Applied Physiology & Kinesiology University of Florida “Power to the (hemiparetic) people! Neuromechanical adaptations to novel locomotor training paradigms in persons post-stroke"

Harvey Levin, PhD Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, and Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine "Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Brain Imaging and Neurobehavioral Outcome"

Jacqueline Crawley, PhD Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience National Institute of Mental Health "Strategies for Behavioral Phenotyping of Transgenic and Knockout Mice"