Vikram Jakkamsetti-Curriculum Vitae
 
 

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D-Cognition & Neuroscience)

Aug 2008 The University of Texas at Dallas

Master of Science(Applied Cognition & Neuroscience)

July 2007 The University of Texas at Dallas

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) (Internal Medicine)

April 2002                                                               South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)

Aug 1998                                                                South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India

  
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Doctoral Student Dept. of Brain & Behavioral Sciences, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Aug 2003 – Aug 2008
Junior Registrar (Medicine)  Mahavir General Hospital, Surat, India.
Jan 2003 – July 2003 
Fourth Year Medicine Resident Dept. of Medicine, Government Medical College Surat, India.
Apr 2002 - Dec 2002
Internal Medicine Residency      Dept. of Medicine, Government Medical College Surat, India.
Jan 1999 - Mar 2002
Internship                  Government Medical College Surat, India.
Aug 1997 - July 1998
Medical School   Government Medical College Surat, India. 
Aug 1992 - July 1997 
 
MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED 
 
Book Chapter
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.
 
Articles
 
Cortical activity patterns predict speech discrimination ability. Engineer CT., Perez CA, Chen YH, Carraway RS, Amanda RC, Shetake JA, Jakkamsetti V, Chang KQ, Kilgard MP. 
Nature Neuroscience. 2008 May;11(5):603-8. (Pubmed link)
 

Environmental enrichment selectively increases glutamatergic responses in layer II/III of the auditory cortex of the rat. J.Nichols, V.Jakkamsetti, L.Dinh, M.P.Kilgard, M.Atzori. Neuroscience.

2007. Mar30;145(3):832-40. (Pubmed link)

Evaluation of cardiovascular status in severe leptospirosis. Trivedi SV, Bhattacharya A, Amichandwala K, Jakkamsetti V. J Assoc Physicians India. 2003 Oct;51:951-3

(Pubmed link)

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION / REVIEW
 
Inverted-U function relating plasticity and task difficulty. Navzer D. Engineer, Crystal T. Engineer, Amanda C. Puckett, Pritesh K. Pandya, Vikram Jakkamsetti, Raluca Moucha, Michael P. Kilgard
(Submitted) 

Effect of Sensory Stimulation on Neuronal Morphology in the Auditory Cortex. M. Bose, V. P. Jakkamsetti, J. A. Nichols, R. Byrapureddy, B. A. Porter, M. P. Kilgard, M. Atzori. (Submitted)

Rolipram induces input specific cortical map reorganization in primary auditory cortex of rats. Jakkamsetti V., Chang KQ, Shetake J., Kilgard MP. (in preparation)
 
Environmental enrichment improves spectral tuning and temporal processing speed in rat posterior auditory cortex. Jakkamsetti V., Chang K., Kilgard MP. (in preparation)
 
Input specific cortical map plasticity in primary auditory cortex of rats induced by an M1 agonist. Jakkamsetti V., Shetake J., Chang KQ., Krishnan K., Torres R.,Kilgard MP. (in preparation)
 

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pharmacological Modulation of training induced plasticity in rat A1. Carrasco R, Jain R, Jakkamsettti V, Record J, Noorizadeh M, Kilgard M, Poster at the Society for

Neuroscience, Washington D.C. 2005

Complex Sound Discrimination Abilities of Rats and the Effects of Multiple Training Manipulations. A.C Puckett, C.T.Novitski, N.D.Engineer, L. McMenamy, M.S.Perry,

C.A.Perez, P.Kan, Y.Chen, V.Jakkamsetti, Poster at the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C. 2005.

Expressing a relationship Between Adenosine Deaminase and Glucose of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Tuberculous Meningitis Using a Quadratic Equation.

Wadia PZ, Parikh JH, Jakkamsetti V, Noticewala N, Malhotra N,Vaidya C. Poster at the Conference of Association of Physicians of India, Hyderabad, 2004 

 Linear equations expressing correlations of levels of adenosine deaminase with protein and lymphocyte count in CSF of tuberculous meningitis. Wadia P.Z., Jakkamsetti V. 
 Platform presentation at the Conference of Association of Physicians of India, Benares Hindu University, Jan 2003 
 
Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase levels and mortality in patients of Tuberculous Meningitis. P.Z. Wadia, J.H.Parikh, Jakkamsetti V., 
Noticewala H, Malhotra N, Chirag V. Platform presentation at the conference of the Association of Physicians of Gujarat. Jan 2003.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Founder member of the Dallas Area Neuroscience Group- a chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

Student member of the Society for Neuroscience

Life Member of the Association of Physicians of Gujarat, India.

MEDICAL LICENSURES

Registered by the Gujarat Medical Council, India as possessing the qualification of MD (Doctor of Medicine)

Registered by the Gujarat Medical Council, India as possessing the qualification of MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)