Progressing Parkinson’s Research: CBR’s Terry Ellis Receives $2M Grant to Study Wearable Device for Parkinson’s Gait
Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) faculty member Dr. Terry Ellis will be the Lead Investigator on a clinical research study awarded $2 million in grant funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. This study will assess the impact of MedRhythms’ MOVIVE (MR-005) on gait, mobility, and cognitive responses for people with Parkinson’s disease. The […]
Daniel Marcelo’s Stroke Story
In honor of National Stroke Awareness Month, we would like to highlight the story of Daniel Marcelo, a stroke survivor who started language therapy with the BU Center for Brain Recovery in 2022 as part of a randomized, controlled clinical trial entitled “Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes using Computational Modeling (PROCoM)”. If you would like to […]
Advancing Bilingual Aphasia Treatment With Boston University Researchers’ PROCoM Projects
Introduction Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia using Computation Modeling (PROCoM) is a concept pioneered by Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery, led by Swathi Kiran and in development by researchers Erin Carpenter, Manuel Marte, Marissa Russel, and Michael Scimeca and researcher collaborators at UT-Austin Risto Miikkulainen and Uli Grasemann. The project leverages computational modeling […]
Spotlight Research: Multiple Demand Study
BU Researchers Study: Functional Reorganization of the Language and Domain-general Multiple Demand Systems in Aphasia Introduction Our recent project on neuroplasticity and neurorecovery of aphasia examines how the brain adapts to recover language abilities in individuals with aphasia. It observes English speakers, whether they have a history of stroke or not, by studying the relationship […]