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Overview

Robert L. Rennaker is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research primarily centers on neuroscience and medicine, with a considerable focus on neurology and cognitive neuroscience. The subfields of their study include cellular and molecular neuroscience, rehabilitation, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as vagus nerve stimulation research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neural engineering, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and spinal cord injury research.

Frequent publication venues for Robert L. Rennaker include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Bioelectronic Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert L. Rennaker are:

  • Optimizing Dosing of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Stroke Recovery, 2020, Translational Stroke Research
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Rehabilitative Training Enhances Motor Recovery After Bilateral Spinal Cord Injury to Cervical Forelimb Motor Pools, 2020, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • How to Fail with Paired VNS Therapy, 2023, Brain Stimulation
  • A Limited Range of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Intensities Produce Motor Cortex Reorganization When Delivered During Training, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Fear Extinction as an Inverted-U Function of Stimulation Intensity, 2021, Experimental Neurology

These publications highlight a recurring interest in vagus nerve stimulation and its applications in motor recovery, neural reorganization, and neurological therapies.

Robert L. Rennaker collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Michael P. Kilgard, Seth A. Hays, Tanya T. Danaphongse, David Pruitt, and Joseph Epperson.

Best Publications

  • Long-term neural recording characteristics of wire microelectrode arrays implanted in cerebral cortex

    Justin C Williams;Robert L Rennaker;Daryl R Kipke

  • Parametric characterization of neural activity in the locus coeruleus in response to vagus nerve stimulation

    Daniel R. Hulsey;Jonathan R. Riley;Kristofer W. Loerwald;Robert L. Rennaker

  • Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Upper-Limb Rehabilitation After Ischemic Stroke

    Jesse Dawson;David Pierce;Anand Dixit;PT Teresa J Kimberley

  • Olfactory perceptual stability and discrimination

    Dylan C Barnes;Rylon D Hofacer;Ashiq R Zaman;Robert L Rennaker

  • Targeting plasticity with vagus nerve stimulation to treat neurological disease.

    Seth A. Hays;Robert L. Rennaker;Michael P. Kilgard

  • Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Odorant-Evoked Activity in the Piriform Cortex

    Robert L. Rennaker;Chien Fu F Chen;Andrea M. Ruyle;Andrew M. Sloan

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Stable Plasticity and Generalization of Stroke Recovery

    Eric C. Meyers;Bleyda R. Solorzano;Justin James;Patrick D. Ganzer

  • Repeatedly Pairing Vagus Nerve Stimulation with a Movement Reorganizes Primary Motor Cortex

    Benjamin A. Porter;Navid Khodaparast;Tabbassum Fayyaz;Ryan J. Cheung

  • Fabrication of responsive, softening neural interfaces

    Taylor Ware;Dustin Simon;David E. Arreaga-Salas;Jonathan Reeder

  • Reorganization of Motor Cortex by Vagus Nerve Stimulation Requires Cholinergic Innervation.

    Daniel R. Hulsey;Seth A. Hays;Navid Khodaparast;Andrea Ruiz

  • Vagus nerve stimulation during rehabilitative training improves forelimb strength following ischemic stroke

    N. Khodaparast;S.A. Hays;A.M. Sloan;D.R. Hulsey

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Tones for the Treatment of Tinnitus: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Controlled Pilot Study in Humans.

    Richard Tyler;Anthony Cacace;Christina Stocking;Brent Tarver

  • Three-Dimensional Flexible Electronics Enabled by Shape Memory Polymer Substrates for Responsive Neural Interfaces.

    Taylor Ware;Dustin Simon;Keith Hearon;Clive Liu

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation During Rehabilitative Training Improves Functional Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

    Seth A. Hays;Navid Khodaparast;Daniel R. Hulsey;Andrea Ruiz

  • Vagus nerve stimulation delivered during motor rehabilitation improves recovery in a rat model of stroke.

    Navid Khodaparast;Seth A. Hays;Andrew M. Sloan;Tabbassum Fayyaz

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Delivered with Motor Training Enhances Recovery of Function after Traumatic Brain Injury.

    David T. Pruitt;Ariel N. Schmid;Lily J. Kim;Caroline M. Abe

  • Minocycline increases quality and longevity of chronic neural recordings.

    R L Rennaker;J Miller;H Tang;D A Wilson

  • Closed-loop neuromodulation restores network connectivity and motor control after spinal cord injury.

    Patrick D Ganzer;Michael J Darrow;Eric C Meyers;Bleyda R Solorzano

  • Thiol-ene/acrylate substrates for softening intracortical electrodes.

    Taylor Ware;Dustin Simon;Clive Liu;Tabassum Musa

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation During Rehabilitative Training Improves Forelimb Recovery After Chronic Ischemic Stroke in Rats.

    Navid Khodaparast;Michael P. Kilgard;Reema Casavant;Andrea Ruiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Kilgard
Michael P. Kilgard The University of Texas at Dallas
Seth A. Hays
Seth A. Hays The University of Texas at Dallas
Donald A. Wilson
Donald A. Wilson Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Taylor H. Ware
Taylor H. Ware The University of Texas at Dallas
Sven Vanneste
Sven Vanneste Trinity College Dublin
Randy H. Kardon
Randy H. Kardon University of Iowa
Joseph J. LoTurco
Joseph J. LoTurco University of Connecticut
Mark P. Goldberg
Mark P. Goldberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Magnus Berggren
Magnus Berggren Linköping University
Molly M. Stevens
Molly M. Stevens University of Oxford

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