Projects
Public Presentations
2018–2018 2009 - The Brain: An Owner's Guide, Center for BrainHealth, Dallas, Texas, "New Tools for Brain Repair"
2006 - Center for BrainHealth lecture series, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Texas. "Healing the Human Brain: The Next Medical Revolution"
2003 - The Brain: An Owner's Guide, Center for BrainHealth Lecture Series, Dallas, Texas, "How Your Brain Learns".
2003 - Brain Health, Glen Mitchell Show, Public Radio Station KERA Dallas, Texas.
2003 - Discoveries & Hope for Brain Health, The McCuistion Program, Public Television, Dallas, Texas.
Conference Abstracts
2018–2018 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. 2005.
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, 2004.
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, 2003.
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, 2002.
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. San Diego, 2001.
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. San Diego, 2001.
Background Stimuli Contribute to Cortical Plasticity in Rat Primary Auditory Cortex, Moucha R, Pandya PK, Vazquez J, Engineer ND, Rathbun D, Kilgard MP, Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, 2001.
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, Florida, 2001.
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.
Invited Presentations
2018–2018 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 Michigan, Biology and Experience as Mediators of Neurodevelopmental Health Seminar Series
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, Grantham, England. "Speech Processing and Plasticity"
2005 - Summer Institute In Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, "Cortical Plasticity: from Tones to Speech"
2005 - UCSF Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, San Francisco, California, "Cortical Plasticity: from Tones to Speech"
2005 - Center for BrainHealth Symposia Reprogramming the Human Brain, Dallas, Texas, "Translating Plasticity Research into Clinical Practice"
2005 - Krieger Mind/Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, "Perceptual Learning and Cortical Self-organization"
2004 - Federation for European Neuroscience conference- "Plasticity in Central Auditory Processing: From Neural Mechanisms to Behavioral Significance", Lisbon, Portugal, "Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity".
2004 - 21st Century Science Initiative, Palisades, New York, "Experience-Dependent Cortical Plasticity"
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, Magdeburg, Germany, "Auditory Experience and Cortical Plasticity"
2003 - McDonnell Project in Philosophy and the Neurosciences, Heron Island, Australia, "Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity"
2003 - Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, Florida, "Perceptual learning and cortical self-organization"
2003 - American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, Texas, Perceptual Learning & Plasticity Preconference (Co-presenter Beverly Wright, Northwestern University)
2003 - 21st Century Science Initiative, Tarrytown, New York, "Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity"
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 - University of Pennsylvania Johnson Foundation for Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Department of Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity"
2001 - UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry and Center for Basic Neuroscience Seminar Series, Dallas, Texas, "How Experience Shapes Brain Function"
2001 - Auditory Function and Dysfunction:Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms, Auckland, New Zealand, "Sensory Experience and Cortical Plasticity"
2001 - Learning Brain Expo (keynote speaker), San Antonio, Texas, "Learning and Brain Plasticity"
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, Grindelwald, Switzerland, "Toward a General Theory of Cortical Plasticity"
1999 - Alief Independent School District, Houston, "How is the Brain like a Child? - a Neuroscience Perspective on Learning"
1998 - Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, "Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Enables Plasticity of Spatial and Temporal Representations in Primary Auditory Cortex"
1998 - Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany, " Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Enables Plasticity of Spatial and Temporal Representations in Primary Auditory Cortex"
1998 - Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, " Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Enables Plasticity of Spatial and Temporal Representations in Primary Auditory Cortex"
1997 - Ear Club, Department of Psychology,University of California, Berkeley, "Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Stimulation Guides Large-Scale Reorganization of Adult Primary Auditory Cortex"