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Seth A. Hays is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their academic work primarily falls within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on various specialized subfields including Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, and Spinal Cord Injury Research.

The following are among the recent notable publications authored by Seth A. Hays:

  • How to fail with paired VNS therapy, 2023, Brain stimulation
  • 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
  • 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

Seth A. Hays frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Michael P. Kilgard
  • Robert L. Rennaker
  • Tanya T. Danaphongse
  • David Pruitt
  • Joseph Epperson

Their contributions have appeared repeatedly in key publication venues, particularly:

  • Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain stimulation
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Best Publications

  • Imbalance of Neocortical Excitation and Inhibition and Altered UP States Reflect Network Hyperexcitability in the Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome

    Jay R. Gibson;Aundrea F. Bartley;Seth A. Hays;Kimberly M. Huber

  • 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

  • Disrupted Homer scaffolds mediate abnormal mGluR5 function in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

    Jennifer A. Ronesi;Katie A. Collins;Seth A. Hays;Nien Pei Tsai

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

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

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

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

  • Altered neocortical rhythmic activity states in Fmr1 KO mice are due to enhanced mGluR5 signaling and involve changes in excitatory circuitry

    Seth A. Hays;Kimberly M. Huber;Jay R. Gibson

  • 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 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

  • Targeted Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Rehabilitation After Stroke.

    Teresa J. Kimberley;Cecília N. Prudente;Jesse Dawson

  • 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

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

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

  • Norepinephrine and Serotonin are Required for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Directed Cortical Plasticity

    Daniel R. Hulsey;Christine M. Shedd;Sadmaan F. Sarker;Michael P. Kilgard

  • Enhancing Rehabilitative Therapies with Vagus Nerve Stimulation

    Seth Alanson Hays

  • The timing and amount of vagus nerve stimulation during rehabilitative training affect poststroke recovery of forelimb strength.

    Seth A. Hays;Navid Khodaparast;Andrea Ruiz;Andrew M. Sloan

  • Enhancing Plasticity in Central Networks Improves Motor and Sensory Recovery after Nerve Damage

    Eric C. Meyers;Nimit Kasliwal;Bleyda R. Solorzano;Elaine Lai

  • Vagus nerve stimulation during rehabilitative training enhances recovery of forelimb function after ischemic stroke in aged rats

    Seth A. Hays;Andrea Ruiz;Thelma Bethea;Navid Khodaparast

  • Vagus nerve stimulation intensity influences motor cortex plasticity.

    Robert A. Morrison;Daniel R. Hulsey;Katherine S. Adcock;Robert L. Rennaker

  • A Target Cell-Specific Role for Presynaptic Fmr1 in Regulating Glutamate Release onto Neocortical Fast-Spiking Inhibitory Neurons

    Ankur B. Patel;Seth A. Hays;Ingrid Bureau;Ingrid Bureau;Kimberly M. Huber

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Kilgard
Michael P. Kilgard The University of Texas at Dallas
Robert L. Rennaker
Robert L. Rennaker The University of Texas at Dallas
Kimberly M. Huber
Kimberly M. Huber The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andrei V. Krassioukov
Andrei V. Krassioukov University of British Columbia
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mark P. Goldberg
Mark P. Goldberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Robert K. S. Wong
Robert K. S. Wong SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Shari G. Birnbaum
Shari G. Birnbaum The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Karen K. Szumlinski
Karen K. Szumlinski University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard Paylor
Richard Paylor Baylor College of Medicine

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