Randolph Nudo

{{short description | American neuroscientist}}

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| fields = Neuroscience, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neuroplasticity

| workplaces = University of Kansas Medical Center

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| known_for = Neuroplasticity, Brain Injury Recovery

| awards = Javits Investigator Award

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Randolph J. Nudo is an American neuroscientist and academic known for his contributions to rehabilitation medicine and neuroplasticity. He currently holds the position of University Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Kansas Medical Center.{{Cite web |title=Randolph Nudo |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TlPPA0UAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=scholar.google.com}}

Education

Nudo completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Statistics at Pennsylvania State University and continued his studies at Florida State University, where he received a Masters degree in psychology and a doctorate in Psychology and Neuroscience. He then undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco.{{Cite web |title=Randolph Nudo |url=https://www.kumc.edu/rnudo.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.kumc.edu |language=en-us}}

Career

He began his career at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, where he held the position of associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy.{{Cite web |title=Exercising the Brain |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/exercising-the-brain |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Discover Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1996 |title=PHYSICAL THERAPY'S ROLE IN BRAIN INJURY STUDIED |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1996/06/25/physical-therapys-role-in-brain-injury-studied/19742d47-9d6c-4010-b2bc-ae418b1b64fb/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

He serves as editor-in-chief for Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (journal){{Cite web |date=2015-10-28 |title=Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/neurorehabilitation-and-neural-repair#editorial-board |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en}} and deputy editor for Brain Stimulation (journal).{{Cite web |title=Randy Nudo, PhD (NNR Editor-in-Chief) - www.asnr.com |url=https://www.asnr.com/m/pages.cfm?pageid=3683 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.asnr.com}}

He also served for 20 years as a director of the Landon Center on Aging, an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Kansas Medical Center.{{Cite web |author1=Stephanie Pappas |date=2017-04-13 |title=Elon Musk's New Brain-Hacking Company Faces Long Odds |url=https://www.livescience.com/58670-elon-musk-neuralink-brain-hacking-feasibility.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}

Nudo and his partner, Pedram Mohseni, had co-owned the trademark and the company NeuraLink since 2015. The trademark was acquired by Elon Musk in 2017 and rebranded to Neuralink.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Guys Who Sold "Neuralink" to Elon Musk without Even Realizing It |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/04/04/152788/meet-the-guys-who-sold-neuralink-to-elon-musk-without-even-realizing-it/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}

Awards and honors

He has received a number of awards, including the Javits Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his work on neuroscience.{{Cite web |title=KU Medical Center brain researcher gets grant extension |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/02/04/daily33.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

Selected publications

  • "Stimulation-evoked effective connectivity (SEEC): An in-vivo approach for defining mesoscale corticocortical connectivity" (2023){{Cite journal |last=Bundy |first=David T. |year=2023 |title=Stimulation-evoked effective connectivity (SEEC): An in-vivo approach for defining mesoscale corticocortical connectivity |journal=Journal of Neuroscience Methods |volume=384 |pages=109767|doi=10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109767 |pmid=36493978 |pmc=9821523 }}
  • "Methods and associated neural prosthetic devices for bridging brain areas to improve function" (2017){{Cite journal |last=Nudo |first=Randolph J. |year=2017 |title=Methods and associated neural prosthetic devices for bridging brain areas to improve function |journal=U.S. Patent Application No. 15/387,187}}
  • "Restoration of function after brain damage using a neural prosthesis" (2013){{Cite journal |last=Guggenmos |first=David J. |year=2013 |title=Restoration of function after brain damage using a neural prosthesis |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=110 |issue=52 |pages=21177–21182|doi=10.1073/pnas.1316885110 |doi-access=free |pmid=24324155 |bibcode=2013PNAS..11021177G |pmc=3876197 }}
  • "Brain repair after stroke" (2010){{Cite book |last1=Cramer |first1=Steven C. |last2=Nudo |first2=Randolph J. |year=2010 |title=Brain repair after stroke |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
  • "Cortical brain stimulation: a potential therapeutic agent for upper limb motor recovery following stroke" (2007){{Cite journal |last1=Harvey |first1=Richard L. |last2=Nudo |first2=Randolph J. |year=2007 |title=Cortical brain stimulation: a potential therapeutic agent for upper limb motor recovery following stroke |journal=Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=54–67|doi=10.1310/tsr1406-54 |pmid=18174116 }}
  • "Dissociation of sensorimotor deficits after rostral versus caudal lesions in the primary motor cortex hand representation" (2005){{Cite journal |last=Friel |first=Kathleen M. |year=2005 |title=Dissociation of sensorimotor deficits after rostral versus caudal lesions in the primary motor cortex hand representation |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=94 |issue=2 |pages=1312–1324|doi=10.1152/jn.01251.2004 |pmid=15872062 }}
  • "Extensive cortical rewiring after brain injury" (2005){{Cite journal |last=Dancause |first=Numa |year=2005 |title=Extensive cortical rewiring after brain injury |journal=Journal of Neuroscience |volume=25 |issue=44 |pages=10167–10179|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3256-05.2005 |pmid=16267224 |pmc=6725801 }}
  • "Motor learning-dependent synaptogenesis is localized to functionally reorganized motor cortex" (2002){{Cite journal |last=Kleim |first=Jeffrey A. |year=2002 |title=Motor learning-dependent synaptogenesis is localized to functionally reorganized motor cortex |journal=Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=63–77|doi=10.1006/nlme.2000.4004 |pmid=11749086 }}
  • "Role of sensory deficits in motor impairments after injury to primary motor cortex" (2000){{Cite journal |last1=Nudo |first1=Randolph J. |last2=Friel |first2=Kathleen M. |year=2000 |title=Role of sensory deficits in motor impairments after injury to primary motor cortex |journal=Neuropharmacology |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=733–742|doi=10.1016/S0028-3908(99)00254-3 |pmid=10699440 }}
  • "Effects of repetitive motor training on movement representations in adult squirrel monkeys: role of use versus learning" (2000){{Cite journal |last1=Plautz |first1=Erik J. |last2=Milliken |first2=Garrett W. |last3=Nudo |first3=Randolph J. |year=2000 |title=Effects of repetitive motor training on movement representations in adult squirrel monkeys: role of use versus learning |journal=Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=27–55|doi=10.1006/nlme.1999.3934 |pmid=10873519 }}
  • "Functional reorganization of the rat motor cortex following motor skill learning" (1998){{Cite journal |last1=Kleim |first1=Jeffrey A. |last2=Barbay |first2=Scott |last3=Nudo |first3=Randolph J. |year=1998 |title=Functional reorganization of the rat motor cortex following motor skill learning |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=80 |issue=6 |pages=3321–3325|doi=10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3321 |pmid=9862925 }}
  • "Reorganization of movement representations in primary motor cortex following focal ischemic infarcts in adult squirrel monkeys" (1996){{Cite journal |last1=Nudo |first1=Randolph J. |last2=Milliken |first2=Garrett W. |year=1996 |title=Reorganization of movement representations in primary motor cortex following focal ischemic infarcts in adult squirrel monkeys |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=75 |issue=5 |pages=2144–2149|doi=10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2144 |pmid=8734610 }}
  • "Use-dependent alterations of movement representations in primary motor cortex of adult squirrel monkeys" (1996){{Cite journal |last1=Nudo |first1=Randolph |last2=Milliken |first2=GW |last3=Jenkins |first3=WM |last4=Merzenich |first4=MM |year=1996 |title=Use-dependent alterations of movement representations in primary motor cortex of adult squirrel monkeys |journal=The Journal of Neuroscience |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=785–807|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-02-00785.1996 |pmid=8551360 |pmc=6578638 }}
  • "Neural substrates for the effects of rehabilitative training on motor recovery after ischemic infarct" (1996){{Cite journal |last=Nudo |first=Randolph J. |year=1996 |title=Neural substrates for the effects of rehabilitative training on motor recovery after ischemic infarct |journal=Science |volume=272 |issue=5269 |pages=1791–1794 |doi=10.1126/science.272.5269.1791|pmid=8650578 |bibcode=1996Sci...272.1791N }}
  • "Descending pathways to the spinal cord: a comparative study of 22 mammals" (1988){{Cite journal |last1=Nudo |first1=R. J. |last2=Masterton |first2=R. B. |year=1988 |title=Descending pathways to the spinal cord: a comparative study of 22 mammals |journal=Journal of Comparative Neurology |volume=277 |issue=1 |pages=53–79|doi=10.1002/cne.902770105 |pmid=3198796 }}

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