JefferyA . Boychuk


Advanced Concentration

Neuroscience

Mentor

Jeffrey Kleim, Ph.D.

Department

Neuroscience

Enrolled 

August 2005

Lab Room

L2-154

Lab Phone

(352) 392-7801

E-mail

boychuk@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Dissertation Research

Motor Cortex Stimulation to Enhance Motor Performance After Stroke

Publications

Kleim JA, Boychuk JA, Adkins DL. Rat models of upper extremity impairment in stroke. ILAR J. 2007;48(4):374-84. Review.  abstract

Adkins DL, Boychuk J, Remple MS, Kleim JA. Motor training induces experience-specific patterns of plasticity across motor cortex and spinal cord. J Appl Physiol. 2006 Dec;101(6):1776-82.  Review.  abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Boychuk, J. A., Roger, A., Silvera, G. A., Carpenter, H., Thomas, N. J., Kleim, J. A. Rehabilitation induces motor improvement in a rodent model of subcortical stroke that is not enhanced by cortical stimulation. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), October, 2009. Chicago, Illinois.

Boychuk, J. A., Silvera, G. A., Davis, M. M., Roger, A., O'Hara, B. K., Rodriguez, A., Thomas, N. J., Kleim, J. A. Cortical stimulation with rehabilitation can enhance behavioral recovery after early application of rehabilitation alone in a rodent model of ischemia. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), November. 15, 2008. Washington DC.

Boychuk, J. A., Davis, M. M.,  Silvera, G. A., Roger, A., O'Hara, B. K., Thomas, N. J., Kleim, J. A.Cortical stimulation enhanced motor recovery after stroke: effect of varying electrode contact configuration. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), November. 7, 2007. San Diego, California.

Boychuk, J., Adkins, D., Kleim, J., MacDonald, E., Mulrooney, R., Thomas, N., Bruneau, R. M., Pocock, D., &Vandenberg, P. Cortical Surface Stimulation After Focal Ischemia: Effects of Electrode Configuration on Motor Recovery and Motor Map Integrity. University of Florida: College of Medicine’s Celebration of  Research, March 20, 2007 Gainesville, Florida.

Honors & Awards

4th Annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium Graduate Excellence Award (UF; 2008)

Graduate Student Council Travel Award (UF; 2008)
Office of Research and Graduate Programs Travel Award (UF; 2008)
Graduate Student Council Travel Award (UF; 2007)
Grinter Fellowship International Travel Award (UF; 2005)

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