Tharan Suresh
Kinesiology
M.S. in Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, 2021B.S. in Clincal Neurophysiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 2017
Email: tharan.suresh@utexas.edu
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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.
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.
Advisory Board Member, Cellular to clinically Applied Research and Engineering (CARE) Initiative(2022 - Present)
Suresh, T., Iwane, F., McElmurry, M., Freedberg, M. & Hussain, S. (2024). Motor sequence learning-induced corticospinal plasticity is biased towards sensorimotor mu rhythm peak phases.. bioRxiv. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.31.606022.
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.
Appaswamy Thirumal, P., Suresh, T., Susan Kurian, D., Mathew, V., Shaik, A T., Aron, S., Sivadasan, A., Benjamin, R. & Alexander, M. (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. https://ruralneuropractice.com/timed-vibration-sense-and-joint-position-sense-testing-in-the-diagnosis-of-distal-sensory-polyneuropathy/. doi:10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_241_18.
Reimagining Professional Development Award, Texas Career Engagement, University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Graduate School Continuing Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Texas New Scholar, The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
ReproRehab Fellow, 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)
