Michael P. Kilgard – Curriculum Vitae
University of
Cognition
and Neuroscience Program
School of Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, GR41
Richardson, TX 75083
(972)883-2339 - Office
(972)883-2376 - Lab
(972)883-2491 - FAX
kilgard@utdallas.edu
http://www.utdallas.edu/~kilgard/
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Program, 1998 (download dissertation)
University of
California, San Francisco
B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology
(Biochemistry), Honors Program, 1993
University of California, Berkeley
AWARDS: $5.1M in
total research funding
NIDCD R01 Research Grant ($1,683,000), Animal Model of Speech Sound Processing in Autism, 2010
NIDCD R44 Research Grant ($1,991,904),
Targeted Neural Plasticity for the Treatment of Tinnitus (co-PI with Navzer
Engineer), 2010
UT
Dallas’ nominee for the Chancellor’s
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award, 2010
University of Texas Regents’
Outstanding Teaching Award ($30,000), 2009
NIDCD R43 Research Grant ($360,000), Targeted
Neural Plasticity For The Treatment Of Tinnitus
(co-PI with Navzer Engineer), 2009
Chancellor’s Council
Outstanding Teaching Award ($5,000), 2008
Texas Advanced
Research Program Award ($150,000), Guiding Brain Plasticity via Vagus Nerve
Stimulation, 2007
Honorary
Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2006
NIDCD Academic Research Enhancement Award
($224,000), Cortical
Plasticity and Processing of Speech Sounds, 2004
John
Merck Scholar Finalist ($10,000), 2003
James S. McDonnell Foundation Bridging Brain, Mind, and
Behavior Research Award, Brain Plasticity
and Neuro-Rehabilitation ($446,000), 2002
Teaching
Award, UTD School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2002
Cure Autism Now Foundation: Sensory Experience,
Behavioral Therapy and Neural Plasticity: Implications for Autism
Remediation ($80,000), 2002
Callier Scholar Award ($5,000), 2002
NIDCD Research Grant ($104,000), Cortical
Plasticity and Processing of Complex Stimuli, 1999
NIDCD National Research Service Award
($70,000), 1998
Krevans Distinguished Dissertation Award ($500), UC San
Francisco, 1998
National
Science Foundation Fellowship ($50,000), 1994
Outstanding
Geneticist of the Year, UC Berkeley, 1993
National
Merit Scholar
Eagle
Scout - BSA
RESEARCH:
2011-Present: Full Professor - UT Dallas
- Directing cortical plasticity to understand and treat
neurological disease
2004-2011: Associate Professor - UT Dallas
- Cortical plasticity and the neural basis of speech sound
processing
1999-2004: Assistant Professor - UT Dallas
- Investigation of the principles of cortical plasticity
1998: Post-doctoral Fellow - UC
- Michael Merzenich,
Sooy Professor
- Cortical
Representation of Spectrotemporal Stimuli
1994-1998: Doctoral Research - UC San Francisco
- Michael Merzenich, Sooy Professor
- Induction of
large-scale reorganization of primary auditory cortex
by
cholinergic forebrain stimulation
- Psychophysics
of directed attention in tactile perception
1992-1993: Undergraduate Thesis - UC Berkeley
- Barbara Meyer,
Howard Hughes Professor of Genetics
-
Characterization of mutations in the synaptic vesicle protein, Rab-3 in C. elegans
- Cloning of cDNA of the C. elegans
sex-determination gene, SDC-2
1991: Research Assistant - Baylor College
of Medicine
- Ron Davis
- Enhancer trap
screen for genes expressed in drosophila mushroom bodies
1990: Research Assistant - Baylor College
of Medicine
- Ajay Rege
- Cloning of a cysteine protease from Schistosomiasis
mansoni
1988-1989: Technician - Genosys,
Inc. -
- Polynucleotide
synthesis
PUBLICATIONS:
Book Chapters:
Experience-Dependent
Plasticity and the Auditory Cortex. KN Shepard, MP Kilgard, RC
Liu, in Neural Correlates of Auditory
Cognition, Springer (Eds. A. Popper, R. Fay, and Y. Cohen), (in press).
Auditory Environment, Stress,
and Brain Plasticity. Nichols JA, Bose M, Jakkamsetti VP,
Kilgard MP, Atzori M. in The Neurobiology of
Stress: an Evolutionary Approach, Research Signpost, (Eds. F Aboitiz and A Dagnino-Subiabre), 2007.
Cortical Plasticity and
Rehabilitation. Moucha R, Kilgard MP, in Reprogramming
the Brain, Progress in Brain Research,
Elsevier, (Ed. A. Moller), 157:111-122, 2006 (download file).
How Sensory Experience Shapes Cortical
Representations, MP Kilgard, in Neuropsychology
of Memory, Guilford Press (Eds. L.R. Squire and D.L. Schacter), 2002. (download
file)
Articles: (Search PubMed or Google Scholar)
Inverted-U Function Relating
Cortical Plasticity and Task Difficulty. Engineer ND, Engineer
CT, Reed AC, Pandya PK, Jakkamsetti V, Moucha R,
Kilgard MP, Neuroscience (in press).
Reorganization in Processing of
Spectral and Temporal Input in the Rat Posterior Auditory Field induced by
Environmental Enrichment. Jakkamsetti
V, Chang KQ, Kilgard MP, Journal of
Neurophysiology (in press).
Pairing
tone trains with vagus nerve stimulation induces temporal plasticity in
auditory cortex. Shetake J, Engineer ND, Vrana WA, Wolf JT, Kilgard MP, Experimental Neurology (in press).
Repeatedly
pairing vagus nerve stimulation with a movement reorganizes primary motor
cortex. Porter BA, Khodaparast N, Fayyaz T,
Cheung RJ, Ahmed SS, Vrana WA, Rennaker RL 2nd, Kilgard MP, Cerebral Cortex (in press).
Cortical
activity patterns predict robust speech discrimination ability in noise.
Shetake JA, Wolf JT, Cheung RJ, Engineer
CT, Ram SK, Kilgard MP, European Journal
of Neuroscience, 34:1823-38, 21011.
Vagus
nerve stimulation modulates cortical synchrony and excitability through the
activation of muscarinic receptors. Nichols J, Nichols AR, Smirnakis S, Engineer ND, Kilgard MP, Atzori M, Neuroscience, 189:207-14, 2011.
Cortical
map plasticity improves learning but is not necessary for improved performance,
Reed A, Riley J, Carraway R, Carrasco A, Perez C, Jakkamsetti
V, Kilgard MP, Neuron, 14;70:121-31, 2011. (download file) (supplementary
information) (Press
Coverage)
Reversing pathological neural activity using targeted plasticity, Engineer ND, Riley JR, Seale JD, Vrana WA, Shetake JA, Sudanagunta
SP, Borland MS, Kilgard MP, Nature,
470:101-4, 2011. (download file) (supplementary information) (Press Coverage)
Discrimination of brief speech sounds is impaired in rats with
auditory cortex lesions, Porter BA, Rosenthal TR,
Ranasinghe KG, Kilgard MP. Behavioural Brain
Research, 219:68-74, 2011. (download file)
Effects of damage to auditory cortex on the discrimination of
speech sounds by rats. Floody OR, Ouda L,
Porter BA, Kilgard MP. Physiology and
Behavior, 101:260-268, 2010. (download
file)
Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory
cortex. Bose M, Roychowdhury
S, Muñoz P, Nichols J, Jakkamsetti V, Porter B,
Salgado H, Kilgard MP, Aboitiz F, Dagnino-Subiabre A,
Atzori M. Synapse, 64:97-110, 2010.
Chronic
Stress Induces Dendritic Atrophy in the Rat Medial Geniculate
Nucleus: Effects on Auditory Conditioning,
Dagnino-Subiabre A, Muñoz-Llancao P, Terreros G, Wyneken U, Díaz-Véliz G, Porter B, Kilgard MP, Atzori M, Aboitiz F, Behavioral
Brain Research, 203:88-96, 2009.
Cortical
Activity Patterns Predict Speech Discrimination Ability, Engineer CT, Perez
CA, Chen YH, Carraway
RS, Reed AC, Shetake JA, Jakkamsetti V, Chang KQ, Kilgard MP. Nature Neuroscience, 11: 603-608,
2008 (download file, supplemental data,
and video).
Sensory
Experience Determines Enrichment-Induced Plasticity in Rat Auditory Cortex,
Percaccio CR, Pruette AL, Mistry
ST, Chen YH, Kilgard MP. Brain Research,
1174:76-91, 2007 (download file).
Differential
Reductions in Acoustic Startle Document the Discrimination of Speech Sounds in
Rats. Floody OR, Kilgard MP. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
122:1884-7, 2007 (download file).
Spectral and Temporal Processing in Rat Posterior Auditory Cortex. PK
Pandya, DL Rathbun, R
Plasticity
in the Rat Posterior Auditory Field following Nucleus Basalis Stimulation.
Puckett AC, Pandya PK, Moucha R, Dai W, Kilgard MP. Journal of Neurophysiology.
98:253-65, 2007. (download
file)
Experience
Dependent Plasticity Alters Cortical Synchronization. Kilgard
MP, Vazquez JL, Engineer ND, Pandya PK. Hearing
Research. 229:171-179,
2007. (download file)
Environmental Enrichment Selectively Increases Glutamatergic
Responses in Layer II/III of the Auditory Cortex of the Rat. Nichols JA, Jakkamsetti V, Dinh L, Kilgard MP, Atzori M. Neuroscience, 145: 832-840, 2007. (download file)
Anesthesia
suppresses nonsynchronous responses to repetitive
broadband stimuli. Rennaker RL, Carey HL, Anderson SE, Sloan AM, Kilgard MP. Neuroscience, 145:357-69, 2007. (download file)
Neuroscientific
Principles Underlying Reorganization After Brain
Injury. Percaccio CR, Kilgard MP, Brain
Injury Professional, 3: 26-29, 2006. (download file)
Response to Broadband Repetitive Stimuli in Auditory Cortex of the Unanesthetized Rat.
Cortical
Map Reorganization Without Cholinergic Modulation.
Kilgard MP. Neuron.
48:529-30, 2005.
Environmental
Enrichment Increases Paired Pulse Depression in Rat Auditory Cortex. CR
Percaccio, ND Engineer, AL Pruette, PK Pandya, R Moucha, DL Rathbun, MP Kilgard, Journal of
Neurophysiology, 94:3590-600,
2005 (download file).
Asynchronous Inputs Alter Excitability, Spike Timing, &
Topography in Primary Auditory Cortex. PK
Pandya, R
Background
Sounds Contribute to Spectrotemporal Plasticity In
Primary Auditory Cortex. R Moucha,
PK
Environmental
Enrichment Improves Response Strength, Threshold, Selectivity, and Latency of
Auditory Cortex Neurons. Engineer ND, Percaccio CR, Pandya PK, Moucha R, Rathbun DL, Kilgard MP. Journal
of Neurophysiology,
92(1):73-82, 2004 (download
file).
Cholinergic Modulation of Skill Learning and Plasticity, M.P. Kilgard, Neuron, 38(678-680),
2003.
Cortical
Network Reorganization Guided by Sensory Input Features, M.P. Kilgard, P.K.
Pandya, N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha, Biological Cybernetics, 87(5-6):333-43,
2002 (download file).
Order Sensitive Plasticity in Adult Primary Auditory Cortex, M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99: 3205-3209, 2002 (download file).
Dynamic categories, M.P. Kilgard, Nature, 412:693-694, 2001. (download file)
Spatial
Features Control Temporal Plasticity in Auditory Cortex, M.P. Kilgard, P.K.
Pandya, J.L. Vazquez, D. Rathbun, N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha,
Audiology and Neuro-otology, 6:196-202, 2001.
(download file)
Sensory
Input Directs Spatial and Temporal Plasticity in Primary Auditory Cortex,
M.P. Kilgard, P.K. Pandya, J.L. Vazquez, Gehi, A.,
C.E. Schreiner, M.M. Merzenich, Journal of Neurophysiology, 86: 339-353,
2001. (download
file)
Distributed
Representation of Spectral and Temporal Information in Rat Auditory Cortex,
M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, Hearing Research, 134(1-2): 16-28, 1999. (download file)
Plasticity
of Temporal Information Processing in the Primary Auditory Cortex, M.P.
Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, Nature Neuroscience, 1(8): 727-731, 1998. (download file)
Nucleus
Basalis Activity Enables Cortical Map Reorganization, M.P. Kilgard, M.M.
Merzenich, Science 279(5357): 1714-1718, 1998.
(download file)
Representations in Natural and Artificial Systems, P. Konig,
E. Bizzi, N. Burgess, N. Franceschini,
M.P. Kilgard, M. Oram, G, Sagerer,
C. Scheier, Zeitschrift
für Naturforschung,
53(7-8):738-51, 1998. (download file)
Sound-Induced
Seizures in Serotonin 5-HT2c Receptor Mutant Mice, T.J. Brennan, W.W.
Seeley, M.P. Kilgard, C.E. Schreiner and L.H. Tecott,
Nature Genetics, 16(4): 387-390, 1997. (download file)
Caenorhabditis elegans
rab-3 Mutant Synapses Exhibit Impaired Function and Are Partially Depleted of
Vesicles, M.L. Nonet, J.E. Staunton, M.P.
Kilgard, T. Fergestad, E. Jorgestad,
E. Hartwig, H.R. Horvitz, B.J. Meyer, J.
Neuroscience, Nov 1;17(21):8061-8073, 1997. (download file)
Anticipated Stimuli Across the Skin, M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, Nature,
V373, Feb 23, p663, 1995.
Recessive Rab3
Mutations, M.P. Kilgard, M.L. Nonet, B.J. Meyer, Worm
Breeders Gazette, 13(1), p39, 1993.
Patents:
System for stimulating brain plasticity. M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, United States Patent
6,221,908, 1998.
Computer-Implemented Methods and Apparatus for Alleviating Abnormal
Behaviors. M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, S. Bao, United
States Patent 7,024,398, 2006.
Systems,
Methods and Devices for Treating Tinnitus, M.P. Kilgard, L.C. Cauller, N.D.
Engineer, C. McIntyre, W. Rosellini, United States Patent Application
20,100,004,705.
Systems,
Methods And Devices For Paired Plasticity, M.P. Kilgard, L.C. Cauller, N.D.
Engineer, C. McIntyre, W. Rosellini, United States Patent Application
20,100,003,656.
Timing
Control for Paired Plasticity, M.P. Kilgard, L.C. Cauller, N.D. Engineer,
C. McIntyre, W. Rosellini, United States Patent Application 20,100,004,717.
Dissertations
Supervised:
Environmental and training-induced plasticity in primary auditory
cortex, Navzer D Engineer, 2004. (download file) (Fall 1999 - Fall 2004)
Speech sound representation and experience-dependent plasticity in
the rat auditory system, Pritesh K Pandya, 2005 (NIH
predoctoral funding). (download file) (Fall 1999 – Spring 2005)
Long-Term
and Short-Term Plasticity Induced by Experience with Spectrotemporally
Complex Sounds in Rat Auditory Cortex, Raluca Moucha, 2006. (download file) (Spring 2001 - Spring 2006)
Environmental
Enrichment Increases Response Strength and Paired Pulse Depression of Auditory
Cortex Neurons, Cherie R Percaccio, 2006. (download file) (Fall 2001 - Spring 2006)
Plasticity in the Auditory Cortex and Changes in Perceptual
Discrimination after Nucleus Basalis Stimulation in Rats, Amanda Reed, 2008. (download file) (Fall 2002 - Summer 2008)
Speech
Sound Coding and Training-Induced Plasticity in Primary Auditory Cortex,
Crystal Engineer, 2008. (download file) (Fall 2003 - Fall
2008)
Pharmacological and Sensory Stimulation of Auditory Cortex
Plasticity in Adult Rats, Vikram Jakkamsetti,
2008. (download file) (Fall 2003 - Fall
2008)
Changes Caused by Cortical Damage and Event Paired
Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Ben Porter, 2011. (Summer 2006 -
Spring 2011)
Cortical Processing of Speech
Sounds in Adverse Conditions, Jai Shetake, 2011. (Fall 2006 - Spring
2011)
INVITED SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:
2012 - University of
North Texas Health Science Center Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
seminar series, “Directing Cortical Plasticity to Understand and Treat
Neurological Disease”
2011 - Mahoney
Institute for Neurological Sciences seminar series at the University of
Pennsylvania, “Directing Cortical Plasticity to Understand and Treat
Neurological Disease”
2011 - Redwood Center for Theoretical
Neuroscience seminar series at the University of California at Berkeley,
“Directing Cortical Plasticity to Understand and Treat Neurological Disease”
2011 - Learning to Hear: The Influence of Experience
and Training on Auditory Skill Conference at the Hugh
Knowles Center of Northwestern University, “Directing
Neural Plasticity to Understand and Treat Speech and Hearing Disorders”
2011 - Entertainment
Software applied to Cognitive Neurotherapeutics
Society Meeting, University of California at San Francisco, “Directing
Cortical Plasticity to Understand and Treat Neurological Disease”
2011 - Tinnitus
Research Initiative Meeting, Buffalo, New York, “Directing Cortical
Plasticity to Understand and Treat Tinnitus”
2011 - Center
for Neuroscience Seminar Series at the University of Pittsburgh, “Directing
Cortical Plasticity to Understand and Treat Neurological Disease”
2011 - Winter
Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Park City, Utah,
“Cortical map plasticity improves learning but is not necessary for improved
performance”
2010 – Crystal
Charity Ball Autism Project, Dallas, Texas, “Speech
Sound Processing in Autism”
2010 – University
of Texas at Arlington Seminar in Bioengineering, Arlington, Texas, “New
Tools to Rewire the Human Brain and Treat Neurological Disease”
2010 - Tinnitus
Research Initiative Meeting, Dallas, Texas, “Reversing Pathological Neural
Plasticity to Treat Tinnitus”
2009 – NIDCD Workshop:
Brain Stimulation for Treatment of Tinnitus, Bethesda, Maryland, “Using
vagus nerve stimulation to direct plasticity for the treatment of tinnitus”.
2009 – International
Conference on Auditory Cortex, Magdeburg, Germany, “Neural
Coding and Plasticity in the Auditory System: From Tones to Speech”.
2009 – University of California at San Francisco
Neuroscience Seminar, “Neural Coding and Plasticity in the
Auditory System: From Tones to Speech”.
2009 – University of Michigan, Biology and
Experience as Mediators of Neurodevelopmental Health
Seminar Series, “Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity”.
2009 – University of California at
Los Angeles Neuroscience Seminar, “Neural Coding and
Plasticity in the Auditory System: From Tones to Speech”.
2008 – Advances
and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology, Washington D.C., “Speech
Sound Categorization and Plasticity in the Central Auditory
System”.
2008 – University
of Texas at Austin Neurobiology Seminar, Austin, Texas, “Neural
Coding and Plasticity in the Auditory System: From Tones to Speech”.
2008 – Pediatric
Academic Societies Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, “Neural Plasticity in Animal
Models”.
2008 – Healthy Minds Conference, Sarasota, Florida,
“Neural Processing of Speech Sounds”.
2008 – Linking
Auditory Neurophysiology to Perception Workshop, Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Snow
Bird, Utah, “Cortical Activity Patterns Predict Speech Discrimination Ability”.
2008 – Real-Time
Processing and the Processing of Time Workshop, Computational
and Systems Neuroscience, Snow Bird, Utah, “Effect of Neural Correlations
on Speech Discrimination”.
2007 – University
of Texas at Houston Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Houston, Texas,
“Neural Coding and Plasticity in the
Auditory System: From Tones to Speech”
2007 – Advances
and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology, San Diego, California, “Activity
Patterns in Awake Auditory Cortex Predict Speech Discrimination Ability in
Rats”
2007 – International
Dyslexia Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, “How Practice Changes
the Brain’s Response to Speech Sounds”
2007 – Behavioral Neuroscience
Seminar, University of Connecticut. “Coding
and Plasticity in Auditory Cortex: From Tones to Speech”
2006 – International
Conference on the Auditory Cortex: The Listening Brain,
2005 – Summer
Institute In Cognitive Neuroscience at
2005 –
2005 – Center for BrainHealth
Symposia Reprogramming the Human
Brain,
2005 – Krieger Mind/Brain Institute at
2004 – Federation for European Neuroscience
conference- “Plasticity in Central Auditory Processing: From Neural Mechanisms
to Behavioral Significance”,
2004 – 21st Century Science Initiative,
2003 – Neural Representation and Processing of
Temporal Patterns, Banbury Conference, Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, New York, “Sensory Experience and Temporal Plasticity”
2003 – International
Conference on Auditory Cortex: towards a synthesis of human and animal research,
2003 – McDonnell
Project in Philosophy and the Neurosciences,
2003 – Association for Research in
Otolaryngology,
2003 –
2003 – 21st Century Science Initiative,
2003 – UTD/UTSW Reprogramming the Human Brain
Symposium, Dallas, Texas, “Targeted Manipulation of Neural Plasticity”
2002 - University of Pennsylvania Johnson Foundation for Molecular Biophysics,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Department of Neuroscience,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, “Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity”
2001 - UT
Southwestern Department of Psychiatry and Center for Basic Neuroscience Seminar
Series,
2001 - Auditory
Function and Dysfunction:Molecular
and Physiological Mechanisms,
2001 - American Association for the Advancement of
Science, San Francisco, "How Experience Rewires the Brain"
2000 - Summer Brain Institute, Doubletreee
Hotel Dallas, "How is the Brain like a Child? - a Neuroscience Perspective
on Learning"
2000 - NICE2000: Neural Plasticity and Learning,
1998 - Weizmann Institute, Rehovot,
Israel, "Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Enables Plasticity of Spatial
and Temporal Representations in Primary Auditory Cortex"
1998 - Max Planck Institute for Brain Research,
1998 -
1997 - Ear Club, Department of Psychology,University
of California, Berkeley, "Cholinergic
Basal Forebrain Stimulation Guides Large-Scale Reorganization of Adult Primary
Auditory Cortex"
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
2001-present – Faculty Advisor for the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program.
1999-present – UTD Graduate Courses - Cellular
Neuroscience, Developmental
Neuroscience, Information
Processing in the Auditory Cortex, Cortical Plasticity,
Neural Basis of
Speech Sound Processing, and Matlab for Brain
Sciences.
1999-present – UTD Undergraduate Courses - Cellular
Neuroscience, Developmental
Neuroscience, Behavioral
Neuroscience, Auditory
Neuroscience, and Cortical Plasticity
2000 – UT Southwestern Medical Center, Psychiatric Genetics guest lecture
“Toward a General Theory of Cortical Plasticity”.
1996-1998 – Invited lecturer on cortical plasticity,
City College of San Francisco.
1994 – Teaching assistant, Neuroscience for Pharmacists, UC San
Francisco.
1994-1998 – Volunteer neuroscience instruction for high school, middle
school, and elementary schools throughout the San Francisco Unified School
District.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
2011 – Texas Instruments Alumni Association and UT
Dallas Retiree Association, Richardson, Texas, “Helping the Brain Heal Itself”
2010 – Bodies
the Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, “The Brain: An Owner’s Guide”
2009 – The Brain: An Owner’s Guide, Center for BrainHealth,
Dallas, Texas, “New Tools for Brain Repair”
2006 – Center for BrainHealth
lecture series,
2003 – The Brain: An Owner’s Guide, Center for BrainHealth
Lecture Series, Dallas ,
Texas
2003 – Brain Health, Glen
Mitchell Show, Public Radio Station KERA Dallas , Texas
2003 – Discoveries & Hope for Brain Health, The McCuistion Program, Public Television, Dallas , Texas
2001 - Learning Brain Expo (keynote speaker),
1999 -
Conference Abstracts:
Evaluating neural correlates of compressed speech discrimination
in the adult rat, T. M. Rosen, A. M. Sloan, R. R. Rennaker, M. P. Kilgard,
Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2011.
The effects of VNS paired with rehabilitative motor
training on the behavioral recovery following ischemic brain damage, N.
Khodaparast, T. Fayyaz, S. Ahmed, R. Cheung, C. May,
F. Naqvi, D. Ratra, M. Javidnia, A. Ruiz, D. Cao, R. Rennaker, M. P. Kilgard,
Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2011.
Animal model of the effects of early auditory
experience on speech sound processing, K. Ranasinghe, R. Carraway,
M. Borland, N. Moreno, C. Rohloff, D. Gunter, E. Hanacik, M. P. Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience,
Washington D.C., 2011.
Animal Model of Speech Sound Processing in Autism,
C.T. Engineer, T.M. Rosen, W.A. Vrana, J.R. Riley, J.A. Shetake, K.G.
Ranasinghe, J.D. Seale, M.P. Kilgard, Brain Research Meeting: The Emerging
Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders, San Diego, 2010.
Effects of inter-stimulus interval and presentation
rate on speech discrimination in the adult rat, T. M. Rosen, A. M. Sloan, C. T.
Engineer, R. J. Cheung, C. L. Mains, R. L. Rennaker, II, M. P. Kilgard, Society
for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, 2010.
Stimulation of the vagus nerve paired with a skilled
reaching task induces plasticity in rat motor cortex, N. Khodaparast, B. A.
Porter, W. Vrana, H. Shepard, R. Cheung, M. Fayyaz,
C. Rohloff, M. P. Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience,
San Diego, California, 2010 .
Discrimination of Degraded Speech Sounds by Rats:
Behavior and Physiology, K Ranasinghe, W Vrana, C Matney, G Mettalach,
T Rosenthal, E Renfroe, T Jasti,
M Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, California,
2010.
Effect of Background White Noise and Speech Shaped
Noise on Speech Discrimination Performance in Primary Auditory Cortex of Rats,
Jai Shetake, Jordan Wolf, Ryan Cheung, Kinsey Ram, Will Vrana, Tara Rosenthal,
Michael Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim,
California, 2010.
Tinnitus percept in rats is associated with
pathological auditory cortex plasticity, N. D. Engineer, J. R. Riley, J. D.
Seale, J. A. Shetake, D. Vuppala, H. Rasul, M. Fink, M. P. Kilgard, Society For
Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, 2009.
Bilateral auditory cortex lesions impair
discrimination of brief speech sounds, B. A. Porter, T. R. Rosenthal, J. Wolf,
A. C. Reed, W. A. Vrana, E. M. Renfroe, S. K. Ram, M.
P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, Chicago,
Illinois, 2009.
Targeted Neuroplasticity
to Treat TBI, Tinnitus, and PTSD, Michael Kilgard, Navzer Engineer, Will
Rosellini, Crystal Engineer, Advanced
Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care, St. Pete Beach, Florida,
2009.
Cortical Responses to Spatio-Temporal
Patterns Encode the Preceding Stimuli D.V. Buonomano, P.K. Pandya, N.D.
Engineer, M. P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2008.
M1 Agonist Cevimeline
(AF102B) Induces Input Specific Frequency Map Plasticity In Rat Primary
Auditory Cortex. V Jakkamsetti, JA Shetake, KQ Chang, K Krishnan, RO Torres, KM
Jordan, MP Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2008.
Effect of White noise on Speech Discrimination
Ability in Primary Auditory Cortex of Rats J. A. Shetake, K. G. Ranasinghe, B.
A. Porter, H. Mumtaz, E. Tran, J. Wolf, M. P.
Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2008.
Speech sound discrimination in rats with primary
auditory cortex lesions, B. A. Porter, T. K. Jasti,
D. Kavikova, R. C. Frazier, M. P. Kilgard, Society
for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2008.
Environmentally induced modification of the long
term consolidation process of contextual fear memory, D. F. Pena, V. C.
Roberts, K. Chang, M. P. Kilgard, C. K. McIntyre; Society for Neuroscience,
Washington D.C., 2008.
Environmental Enrichment Increases Response Strength
And Paired-Pulse Depression Of Auditory Cortex
Neurons. C.R. Percaccio, A.L. Pruette, S.T. Mistry, Y.H. Chen, D.L. Rathbun, M.P. Kilgard, Acoustical
Society of America, Paris, France, 2008.
Impaired Speech Discrimination in
Rats in the Presence of White Noise, B Porter, J Alaniz,
C Engineer, M Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2008.
Acetycholine Increases
Time-Locking Without Increasing S/N Ratio in In Vivo
Recordings from the Primary Auditory Cortex of the Anesthetized Rat J Nichols,
B Roof, H Salgado, V Jakkamsetti, M Kilgard, M Atzori, Association for Research
in Otolaryngology, 2008.
Speech Training Enhances Responses in Rat Primary Auditory
Cortex. C. T. Engineer, C. A. Perez, R.
S. Carraway, A. C. Puckett, K. Q. Chang, Y. H. Chen,
M. P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
Behavioral Correlates of NB-Stimulation Induced
Frequency Map Plasticity Iin Primary Auditory Cortex
Of Rats A. C. Puckett, R. S. Carraway, C. A. Perez,
C. T. Engineer, V. Jakkamsetti, J. R. Riley, H. A. Fenus,
V. Badhiwala, J. L. Choi,
M. P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, San Diego,
2007.
Unimpaired Speech Discrimination in Rats Following
Bilateral Auditory Cortex Lesions B. A. Porter, O. R. Floody, L. Ouda, C. Skillern, T. Sharma, M.
P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
Rolipram Causes
Frequency-Specific Map Reorganization in the Primary Auditory Cortex V.
Jakkamsetti, K. Q. Chang, J. A. Shetake, G. L. Mettlach,
M. G. Ditzler, J. G. Kalangara,
M. P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
Effect of Sensory Stimulation on the Neuronal
Morphology in the Auditory Cortex M. Bose, V. P. Jakkamsetti, J. A. Nichols, R.
Byrapureddy, B. A. Porter, M. P. Kilgard, M. Atzori,
Society For Neuroscience, San Diego, 2007.
Activity Patterns in Awake
Auditory Cortex Predict Speech Discrimination Ability in Rats. J. A. Shetake,
C. T. Engineer, C. A. Perez, R. S. Carraway, G. L. Mettlach, R. L. Rennaker, M. P. Kilgard, Advances and
Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology, San Diego, 2007.
Rolipram Enhances Cortical
Plasticity in Primary Auditory Cortex (A1) of Rats, V. Jakkamsetti, R. Jain, K.
Q. Chang, R. J. Nance, J. G. Kalangara, M. P.
Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, Atlanta, 2006.
Perceptual Consequences of Frequency Map Plasticity
in Auditory Cortex, A. C. Puckett, C. T. Novitski, R.
S. Carraway, C. L. Heydrick,
A. L. McMenamy, C. A. Perez, M. P. Kilgard, Society For
Neuroscience, Atlanta, 2006.
Neural Coding of Speech Sounds in Naïve And Trained
Rat Primary Auditory Cortex,
C. T. Novitski, C. A. Perez, A. C. Puckett, Y.
H. Chen, V. Jakkamsetti, M. S. Perry, R. S. Carraway,
M. P. Kilgard, Society For Neuroscience, Atlanta, 2006.
Discrimination Training of Speech Sounds in Rats, C. A. Perez, C. T. Novitski, A. C. Puckett, Y. H. Chen, M. S. Perry, R. S. Carraway, O. R. Floody, M. P. Kilgard, Society For
Neuroscience, Atlanta, 2006.
The Effects of Long Term Auditory Experience on
Surface Vasculature in Rat Auditory Cortex, D. M. A. E. Listhrop, K.
J. Dominguez, P. Kan, R. Carrasco, T. Sharma, A. R. Moller, M. P. Kilgard,
Society For Neuroscience, Atlanta, 2006.
Environmental Enrichment Selectively Increases
Excitatory Synaptic Currents in Auditory Cortex Layers II/III vs. Layer V, J. A. Nichols, V. Jakkamsetti, L.
Dinh, M. Kilgard, M. Atzori, Society For Neuroscience,
Atlanta, 2006.
In Vivo Cortical Responses Compared with the
Responses of Ensembles of Spectro-Temporal Fragments
and a Simple Thalamo-Cortical Model, M. Coath, S.L. Denham, M.P. Kilgard, International Conference on
the Auditory Cortex: The Listening Brain, England, 2006.
Discrimination
Training and Neural Coding of Speech Sounds in Rat Primary Auditory Cortex, C.T. Novitski, A.C.
Puckett., Y.H. Chen., C.A.Perez, V. Jakkamessetti, M.S. Perry, R.S. Carraway,
M.P. Kilgard, COSYNE: Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting, Salt Lake
City, Utah, 2006.
Effect of Enriched Environment on
Synaptic Transmission in the Rat Auditory Cortex. J. Nichols, V.
Jakkamsetti, R. Byrapureddy, B. Roof, H. Bui, T.
Thompson, M.P. Kilgard, M. Atzori,
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, 2006.
Complex
Sound Discrimination Abilities of Rats and the Effects of Multiple Training
Manipulations. A.C.Puckett, C.T.Novitski,
N.D.Engineer, A.L.McMenamy,
M.S.Perry, C.A.Perez, P.Kan, Y.H.Chen, V.Jakkamsetti, C.L.Heydrick, M.P.Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.,
2005.
Pharmacological
modulation of Training-Induced Plasticity in Rat Auditory Cortex, R.Carrasco, R.Jain,
V.Jakkamsetti, J.Record, M.Noorizadeh, M.P.Kilgard,
Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 2005.
A Comparison of Neural Response Dynamics to
Broadband Repetitive Stimuli in Auditory Cortex of the Unanesthetized
and Ketamine-Anesthetized Rat A.Ruyle, H.Mc Clenathan, M.P.Kilgard, R.L.Rennaker,
Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C. 2005.
Modulatory
Influence of the Auditory Cortex on the Activity of Medial Geniculate
Body Neurons in Rat,
R.Moucha, J.Popelar,
D.Suta, M.P.Kilgard, J.Syka, Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.
Environmental Influence in Cortical Map
Reorganization Generated by Basal Forebrain Activation, R. Carrasco, A.
Puckett, P. Pandya, R. Jain, A. McMenamy, J. Gibbons,
R. Moucha, C. Heydrick,
M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, 2005.
Frequency Map Reorganization in Rat Primary Auditory
Cortex Enabled by Basal Forebrain Activation Endures for at Least 20 Days R.A.Carrasco,
A.Puckett, P.K.Pandya, A.McMenamy, J.Gibbons, C.Heydrick, R.Moucha, R.Jain, M.P.Kilgard, Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego
Cortical Plasticity Directed by Complex
Stimuli, M.P. Kilgard, C.R. Percaccio, N.D. Engineer, P.K. Pandya, R. Moucha, A.C. Puckett, C.T. Novitski,
McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science, Palisades, New York, 2004.
Contributions of
Experience and Acetylcholine to Environmental Plasticity in Auditory Cortex C.R. Percaccio, A.L. Pruette,
S.T. Mistry, E.J. Kildebeck,
Y.H. Chen, M.P. Kilgard Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Florida,
2004.
Progressive Decay of
Cortical Map Reorganization Induced by Basal Forebrain Activation in Rat A1 R.A. Carrasco, A. Puckett, P.K. Pandya, A. McMenamy, J. Gibbons, R. Moucha,
R. Jain, M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Florida,
2004.
Representation of Frequency Modulation: Comparison
Between Thalamic, Primary and Posterior Auditory Field, R. Moucha,
D.L. Rathbun, P.K. Pandya, N.D. Engineer, and M.P. Kilgard International Conference on Auditory
Cortex, Magdeburg, Germany, 2003.
Nucleus Basalis Induced Plasticity in Primary and
Posterior Auditory Fields, A. Puckett, P.K. Pandya, W. Dai, N. Engineer, R.Moucha, D.L. Rathbun, and M.P. Kilgard, International Conference on Auditory
Cortex, Magdeburg ,
Germany
Background Stimuli Control Cortical Map Expansion in
Primary Auditory Cortex, P.K. Pandya, N. Engineer, R. Moucha,
D.L. Rathbun, J. Vazquez, and M.P. Kilgard, International Conference on Auditory
Cortex, Magdeburg, Germany, 2003.
Representation
of Complex Sounds in Auditory Thalamus, Primary and Non-Primary Cortex, P.
K Pandya, D. L Rathbun, N. D Engineer, R. Moucha,
R.L. Rennaker, M. P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
Florida, 2003.
Cholinergic Modulation
of Auditory Evoked Potentials, C. R. Percaccio, S. T. Mistry,
L. J.Cauller, M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research
in Otolaryngology, Florida, 2003.
Dynamic Filtering in Rat
Auditory Cortex, R.L. Rennaker, H.H., P. Kilambi,
M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Florida, 2003.
Representational Remodelling
Induced by Distributed Spatial Inputs in Auditory Cortex. P.K. Pandya, R. Moucha, D.L.
Rathbun, N.D. Engineer, J.L. Vazquez, M.P. Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience. Orlando
Representational
Plasticity of Marmoset and Human Vocalizations in Rat Auditory Cortex. P.K. Pandya, N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha, W. Dai, D. L. Rathbun, A. Puckett, J.
L. Vazquez, Cherie R. Percaccio, M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
Florida, 2002.
Auditory Enrichment
Enhances Evoked Potential Amplitude in Rat Auditory Cortex C. R. Percaccio, N.D. Engineer, N. C. Dempsey, P.K. Pandya, M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, Florida, 2002.
Characterization of
Response Properties in Rat Posterior Auditory Cortex D. L. Rathbun, N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha, P.K. Pandya, M.P. Kilgard, Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
Florida, 2002.
Auditory
experience improves response characteristics in rat primary auditory cortex neurons,
N.D. Engineer, J. Vasquez, P.K. Pandya, R. Moucha, D.
Rathbun, M.P. Kilgard, Society
for Neuroscience.
Cortical
Synchronization changed by Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Rat A1, J.L.
Vazquez, P.K. Pandya, N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha, D.
Rathbun, M.P. Kilgard, Society for Neuroscience.
Background
Stimuli Contribute to Cortical Plasticity in Rat Primary Auditory Cortex, Moucha R,
Enriched auditory
experience increases selectivity, threshold and response strength of rat
primary auditory cortex neurons, N.D. Engineer, J. L. Vazquez, P.K.
Pandya, R. Moucha, D. Rathbun, M.P. Kilgard,
Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
Parametric changes in the
cross correlation strength in rat primary auditory cortex as a function of
experience, J. L. Vazquez, P.K. Pandya, D. Rathbun, R. Moucha, N.D. Engineer, M.P. Kilgard, Association for
Research in Otolaryngology, Florida, 2001.
Plasticity of spectrotemporal coding in primary auditory cortex enabled
by cholinergic modulation, R. Moucha, P.K.
Pandya, J.L. Vazquez, D. Rathbun, N.D. Engineer, M.P. Kilgard, Association for
Research in Otolaryngology, Florida, 2001.
Frequency tuning plasticity
in rat primary auditory cortex, P.K. Pandya, J. Vazquez, D. Rathbun,
N.D. Engineer, R. Moucha, M.P. Kilgard, Association
for Research in Otolaryngology, Florida, 2000.
Order Selective Plasticity in
Primary Auditory Cortex, M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich, Association for
Research in Otolaryngology, Florida, 1999.
Plasticity of
Temporal Information Processing in the Primary Auditory Cortex, M.P. Kilgard,
M.M. Merzenich, Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 1998.
Cholinergic Forebrain Mechanism in Cortical
Map Reorganization, M.P. Kilgard, M.M. Merzenich,
Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 1996.
Audiogenic
Seizures in 5-HT2c Receptor Mutant Mice, T.J. Brennan, M. Kilgard and L.H. Tecott, Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., 1996.
Rab3a and Synaptic Release in C. elegans. M.P. Kilgard, M.L. Nonet, B.J. Meyer, International C. elegans
Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993.