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:
2004-present: Associate Professor - UT Dallas
- Investigation of the principles of cortical plasticity
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:
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)
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 (in press) (download file).
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).
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, 2009. (in press).
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, 2009 (in press).
Representation
of Speech and Vocalization Sounds in the Thalamus, Primary Auditory Cortex, and
Posterior Auditory Field of Rat. Pandya PK, Moucha R, Rathbun DL, Engineer
ND, Chen YH, Kilgard MP. (submitted).
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.
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)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
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”2003 - Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, Florida, “Perceptual learning and cortical
self-organization”
2002 -
2001 - UT
Southwestern Department of Psychiatry and Center for Basic Neuroscience Seminar
Series,
2001 - Auditory
Function and Dysfunction:Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms,
2001 - Learning Brain Expo (keynote speaker),
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,
1999 -
1998 - Weizmann Institute,
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"
Conference Abstracts:
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.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2001-present – Faculty Advisor for the
Eugene McDermott Scholars Program.
1999-present – UTD Graduate Courses - Cellular
Neuroscience, Developmental
Neuroscience, and Information
Processing in the Auditory Cortex.
1999-present – UTD Undergraduate
Courses - Cellular
Neuroscience, Developmental
Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience
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
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
2009 – The Brain: An Owner’s Guide, Center for BrainHealth,
2006 – Center for BrainHealth lecture series,