Dr. Rob talks about the state of the art in brain-computer interfaces, calls out overused tropes and false "brain truths" in popular media, and answers audience questions about the brain.
FantaSci Science Fiction Convention, March 26, 2023, Raleigh, NC.
Hampson RE, Song D, Robinson, BS, Fetterhoff D, Dakos AS, Roeder BM, She X, Wicks RT, Witcher MR, Couture DE, Laxton AW, Munger Clary H, Popli G, Sollman M, Whitlow CT, Marmarelis VZ, Berger TW, Deadwyler SA. Development of a hippocampal neural prosthetic for restoration of human memory function. Journal of Neural Engineering 2018.
Deadwyler SA, Hampson RE, Song D, Opris I, Gerhardt GA, Marmarelis VZ, Berger TW. A cognitive prosthesis for memory facilitation by closed-loop functional ensemble stimulation of hippocampal neurons in primate brain. Exp.Neurol. 2017;287;452-460.
Deadwyler SA, Berger TW, Opris I, Song D, Hampson RE. Neurons and networks organizing and sequencing memories. Brain Res. 2015;10.
Hampson RE, Song D, Opris I, Santos LM, Shin DC, Gerhardt GA, Marmarelis VZ, Berger TW, Deadwyler SA. Facilitation of memory encoding in primate hippocampus by a neuroprosthesis that promotes task-specific neural firing. J Neural Eng. 2013; 10:066013.
Deadwyler SA, Berger TW, Sweatt AJ, Song D, Chan RH, Opris I, Gerhardt GA, Marmarelis VZ, Hampson RE. Donor/recipient enhancement of memory in rat hippocampus. Front Syst. Neurosci 2013; 7:120.
Hampson RE, Song D, Chan RHM, Sweatt AJ, Riley MR, Goonawardena AV, Marmarelis VZ, Gerhardt GA, Berger TW, Deadwyler SA. "Closing the Loop" for memory prostheses: detecting the role of hippocampal neural ensembles using nonlinear models. Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012; 20:510-525.
Hampson RE, Song D, Chan RHM, Sweatt AJ, Fuqua J, Gerhardt GA, Shin D, Marmarelis VZ, Berger TW, Deadwyler SA. A nonlinear model for hippocampal cognitive prostheses: Memory facilitation by hippocampal ensemble stimulation. Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012; 20:184-197[IEEE EMBS 2013 "Outstanding Paper Award"]
Hampson RE, Gerhardt GA, Marmarelis VZ, Song D, Opris I, Santos L, Berger TW, Deadwyler SA. Facilitation and restoration of cognitive function in primate prefrontal cortex by a neuroprosthesis that utilizes minicolumn-specific neural firing. J Neural Eng. 2012; 9:056012.
Berger TW, Hampson RE, Song D, Goonawardena A, Marmarelis VZ, Deadwyler SA. A cortical neural prosthesis for restoring and enhancing memory. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2011; 8:046017.
Selected Other Publications:
Andrews RN, Metheny-Barlow LJ, Peiffer AM, Hanbury DB, Tooze JA, Bourland JD, Hampson RE, Deadwyler SA, Cline JM. Cerebrovascular remodeling and neuroinflammation is a late effect of radiation-induced brain injury in nonhuman primates. Radiat Res. 2017 May;187(5):599-611.
Meier SR, Lancaster JL, Fetterhoff D*, Kraft RA, Hampson RE, Starobin JM. The relationship between Nernst equilibrium variability and the multifractality of interspike intervals in the hippocampus. J.Comput.Neurosci. 2016
Fetterhoff D, Kraft RA, Sandler RA, Opris I, Sexton CA, Marmarelis VZ, Hampson RE, Deadwyler SA. Distinguishing cognitive state with multifractal complexity of hippocampal interspike interval sequences. Front Syst.Neurosci. 2015;9:130.
Opris I, Gerhardt GA, Hampson RE, Deadwyler SA. Disruption of columnar and laminar cognitive processing in primate prefrontal cortex following cocaine exposure. Front Syst.Neurosci. 2015;9;79.
Goonawardena AV, Plano A, Robinson L, Ross R, Greig I, Pertwee RG, Hampson RE, Platt B, Riedel G. Modulation of food consumption and sleep-wake cycle in mice by the neutral CB1 antagonist ABD459. Behav.Pharmacol. 2015;26;289-303.
Fetterhoff D, Opris I, Simpson SL, Deadwyler SA, Hampson RE, Kraft RA. Multifractal analysis of information processing in hippocampal neural ensembles during working memory under Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol administration. J.Neurosci.Methods. 2015;244;136-153.
Goonawardena AV, Robinson L, Riedel G, Hampson RE. Recruitment of hippocampal neurons to encode behavioral events in the rat: Alterations in cognitive demand and cannabinoid exposure. Hippocampus 2010; 20:1083-1094.
Full bibliography available at the NCBI site here.