Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute

In a recently funded grant from the Albert Einstein Society, MRRI Associate Director Dr. Laurel Buxbaum will be studying the cognitive and neurophysiologic mechanisms of arm choice after stroke. MossRehab

If you missed our recent Institute Forum with cognitive neuropsychologist Dr. Brenda Rapp, her talk "From voxels to hemispheres: Understanding language recovery at multiple network scales" is available on our website! https://youtu.be/GpasBr-M8BE Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Sharon Antonucci was featured on the show "I Have Something to Say" with Paul Cummings. He is a stroke survivor with #aphasia who is doing wonderful work, including his programs on Facebook. Watch their conversation here: www.facebook.com/1495397447/videos/10218870148653495 MossRehab

We are excited to announce that MRRI Director Dr. Dylan Edwards will co-chair a Special Interest Group on Rehabilitation Robotics for the World Federation for Neurorehabilitation! https://wfnr.co.uk/special-interest-groups/ MossRehab

MRRI scientist Dr. Aaron L. Wong uses multidisciplinary approach to understand how the healthy motor system controls movements, with the goal of applying that understanding to rehabilitate individuals with movement disorders. https://mrri.org/people/aaron-l-wong-phd/

The Cognition and Action Lab led by Dr. Laurel Buxbaum studies the interface between cognitive representations of objects, tasks, & action planning to better understand conceptual representations and how object representations may be disrupted after stroke. https://mrri.org/cognition-and-action-laboratory/

MRRI scientist Dr. Umi Venkatesan investigates biopsychosocial factors and neural network changes that contribute to long-term health outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury #TBI. MossRehab https://mrri.org/people/umesh-umi-venkatesan-phd/

One challenge in #rehabilitation is the lack of a shared language to specify and measure rehabilitation treatments. Learn more about how Dr. John Whyte and colleagues developed the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System to remedy this issue. https://mrri.org/development-of-the-rehabilitation-treatme/

Dr. Shailesh Kantak and the Neuroplasticity & Motor Behavior Laboratory at MRRI characterize goal-directed motor behavior and underlying neurophysiology to advance rehabilitation for individuals with neuromuscular disorders. MossRehab https://mrri.org/neuroplasticity-and-motor-behavior-labora/

Dr. Erica Middleton’s research at MRRI focuses on understanding how words are mentally represented and produced, both in healthy speakers as well as in people who have experienced language impairment due to stroke (called aphasia). https://mrri.org/people/erica-l-middleton/

Want to learn more about the scientists at MRRI and get a behind-the scenes look at their research? Check out our YouTube channel, and subscribe to stay up to date on what's new at MRRI! https://www.youtube.com/user/MossRehabResearch MossRehab

If you missed our Lesion-Symptom Mapping Workshop sessions earlier this year, but you want to implement these techniques in your own research, check out the recordings posted on our website. https://mrri.org/in/lesion-symptom-mapping-workshop-series/