Randolph J. Nudo is an American neuroscientist and academic known for his contributions to

rehabilitation medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, and outside the United States as physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM), is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life ...

and

neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity or just plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through neurogenesis, growth and reorganization. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganize and rewir ...

. 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.

Education

Nudo completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Statistics at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

and continued his studies at

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

, 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 The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system and is dedic ...

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. He serves as editor-in-chief for ''Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair'' (journal) and deputy editor for ''Brain Stimulation'' (journal). 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. Nudo and his partner, Pedram Mohseni, had co-owned the trademark and the company ''NeuraLink'' since 2015. The trademark was acquired by

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in 2017 and rebranded to

Neuralink Neuralink Corp. is an American transhumanist neurotechnology company that has developed, as of 2024, implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), also known as brain implants. It was founded by Elon Musk and a team of eight scientists and ...

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.

Selected publications

* "Stimulation-evoked effective connectivity (SEEC): An in-vivo approach for defining mesoscale corticocortical connectivity" (2023) * "Methods and associated neural prosthetic devices for bridging brain areas to improve function" (2017) * "Restoration of function after brain damage using a neural prosthesis" (2013) * "Brain repair after stroke" (2010) * "Cortical brain stimulation: a potential therapeutic agent for upper limb motor recovery following stroke" (2007) * "Dissociation of sensorimotor deficits after rostral versus caudal lesions in the primary motor cortex hand representation" (2005) * "Extensive cortical rewiring after brain injury" (2005) * "Motor learning-dependent synaptogenesis is localized to functionally reorganized motor cortex" (2002) * "Role of sensory deficits in motor impairments after injury to primary motor cortex" (2000) * "Effects of repetitive motor training on movement representations in adult squirrel monkeys: role of use versus learning" (2000) * "Functional reorganization of the rat motor cortex following motor skill learning" (1998) * "Reorganization of movement representations in primary motor cortex following focal ischemic infarcts in adult squirrel monkeys" (1996) * "Use-dependent alterations of movement representations in primary motor cortex of adult squirrel monkeys" (1996) * "Neural substrates for the effects of rehabilitative training on motor recovery after ischemic infarct" (1996) * "Descending pathways to the spinal cord: a comparative study of 22 mammals" (1988)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nudo, Randolph Living people American neuroscientists University of Kansas faculty Pennsylvania State University alumni Florida State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Neuralink people