Sara J Hussain (Supervisor)Studies neural control of voluntary and skilled movements, development of brain stimulation interventions to promote motor function after stroke, motor learning, neuroplasticity, and brain oscillations.
Student Advisory Board Member, Cellular to clinically Applied Research and Engineering (CARE) Initiative(2022 - Present)
Suresh, T. & Hussain, S. (2023). Re-evaluating the contribution of sensorimotor mu rhythm phase and power to human corticospinal output: A replication study..
Brain Stimulation,
16(3), 936–938. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.022.
Suresh, T., Appaswamy Thirumal, P. & Susan Kurian, D. (2019). Timed Vibration Sense and Joint Position Sense Testing in the Diagnosis of Distal Sensory Polyneuropathy. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice(10), 273–277. doi:10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_241_18.
ReproRehab Fellowship, University of Southern California (2023 - 2024)
Travel Grant, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (2022)
Mechanisms of human motor learning and memory., 2nd ReproRehab Research Summit, University of Southern California, CA. (2023)
Practice-dependent corticospinal plasticity is sensorimotor mu phase dependent., EMBO: Non-invasive Brain Stimulation - Advances in Research and Clinical Practice, Gandhinagar, India (2022)
Learning-related corticospinal plasticity is sensorimotor mu phase-dependent., Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA (2022)
Task based reactivation makes visuomotor memories susceptible to interference., Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, IL (2021)