*Note that Dr. Santacruz's last name changed from Summerson in 2016.

 

 JOURNAL PAPERS

*italic are current or former trainees (UT Austin students and/or postdocs)

Currently under review/revision

  1. Lu, H.-Y., Barnett, C.R. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) A generalizable framework for long-term neuron tracking. Under review at Cell Reports Methods.
  2. Zhao, Y., Santacruz,S.R.*, Varga, M.G.* (2025) A four-year longitudinal study on the acute and chronic DBS neuromodulation effects in Parkinson’s disease. Under review at npj Parkinson’s Diease. *joint senior/corresponding authors
  3. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Chang, Y.-J., Tobler, P., Lewis-Peacock, J.A., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Population-level constraints on single neuron tuning changes during behavioral adaptation. Under review at Nature Communications.
  4. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Chang, Y.-J., Tobler, P., Lewis-Peacock, J.A., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Neural population variance explains adaptation differences during learning. Under review at J. Neurosci.
  5. Lu, H.Y., Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Barnett, C.R., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Long-term neuron tracking reveals balance of stability and plasticity in functional properties. Under review at PLOS One.
  6. Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Chang, Y.-J., Tobler, P., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Distinct roles of neuronal phenotypes during neurofeedback adaptation. Under review at PLOS One.
  7. Wang, W., Pyatnitskiy, I., Shi, Y., Tang, K.W.K., Xie, Y., Wynn, T., Liu, X., Hsieh, J.-C., Jeong, J., He, W., Artman, B., Romero Lozano, A., Shi, X., Sangani, A., Fenno, L., Santacruz, S.R., Chen, B., Wang, H. (2025) Hydrogen-bonded organic framework nanotransducers enabled sono-optogenetics for Parkinsonian rats. Under review at PNAS.

 

Published

  1. Jeanpierre, G., Omodon, S., Goldberg, S., Gonzalez, J., Lu, H.-Y., Han, S., Baker, M., Madariaga, A., Rausch, M., Jung, Y., Akinwande, D., Kireev, D., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Flexible microelectrode arrays with enhance electrochemical properties using platinum ditelluride. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 7(21), 9778-9791. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.5c01581.
  2. Jeanpierre, G.M., Rausch, M.K., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Mechanical properties of fresh rhesus monkey brain tissue. Acta Biomaterialia 196, 233 - 243. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.02.049
  3. Lu, H.-Y., Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Barnett, C.R., Tobler, P.N., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Volitional regulation and transferable patterns of midbrain oscillations. Neuroscience, e1808242025. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1808-24.2025.
  4. Osuna Orozco, R., Castillo, E., Harris, K.D., Santacruz, S.R. (2025) Identification of Recurrent Dynamics in Distributed Neural Populations. PLOS Comput. Biol. 21(2), e1012816. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012816.
  5. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.-I., Stealey, H. M., Zhao, Y., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Baker, M.N., Castillo, E., Yeh, H.-C., Santacruz, S.R. (2024) Multiscale effective connectivity analysis of brain activity using neural ordinary differential equations. PLoS ONE 19(12), e0314268. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314268
  6. Osuna-Orozco, R., Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras, E., Santacruz, S.R. (2024) Adaptation and learning as strategies to maximize reward in neurofeedback tasks. Frontiers of Human Neuroscience 18, 1368115. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1368115
  7. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.I., Yeh, H.-C., Santacruz, S.R. (2024) Neurobiologically realistic neural network enables cross-scale modeling of neural dynamics. Scientific Reports 14, 5145. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54593-w
  8. Chen, Y.-I., Chang, Y.-J., Sun, Y., Liao, S.-C., Santacruz, S.R., Yeh, H.-C. (2023) Spatial resolution enhancement in photon-starved STED imaging using deep learning-based fluorescence lifetime analysis. Nanoscale 15, 9449-9456. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00305A
  9. Lu, H.-Y., Jeanpierre, G.M., Mitchell, J., Santacruz, S.R. (2022) Mind-reading machines. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:771696. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.771696
  10. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Chang, Y.-J., Santacruz, S.R. (2022) How Your Sense of Touch Can Change Your Brain. Frontier for Young Minds 10:772919. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.772919
  11. Chen, Y.-I., Chang, Y.-J., Liao, S.-C., Nguyen, T.D., Yang, J., Kuo, Y.-A., Hong, S., Liu, Y.-L., Rylander, H.G., Santacruz, S.R., Yankeelov, T.E., Yeh, H.-C. (2022) Generative adversarial network enables rapid and robust fluorescence lifetime image analysis in live cells. Communications Biology 5(1), 1 – 11. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02938-w
  12. Lu, H.-Y., Lorenc, E.S., Zhu, H., Kilmarx, J., Sulzer, J., Xie, C., Tobler, P.N., Watrous, A.J., Orsborn, A.L., Lewis-Peacock, J., Santacruz, S.R. (2021) Multi-scale neural decoding and analysis. J Neural Engineering 18, 045013. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac160f
  13. Bollimunta, A.*, Santacruz, S.R.*, Eaton, R.W., Xu, P.S., Morrison, J.H., Moxon, K.A., Carmena, J.M., and Nassi, J.J. (2021) Head-mounted microendoscopic calcium imaging in dorsal premotor cortex of behaving rhesus macaque. Cell Reports 35(11), 109239. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109239. *Indicates equal co-authorship
  14. Saez, I., Berry, A.S., Elie, J.E., and Santacruz, S.R. (2019) Making the jump: Expert guidance on transitioning to academic independence. European Journal for Neuroscience 00, 1 – 11. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14484
  15. Massey, T.L., Santacruz, S.R., Hou, J.F., Pister, K.S.J., Carmena, J.M., and Maharbiz, M.M. A high-density carbon fiber neural recording array technology. Journal of Neural Engineering 16(1), 016024, 2019. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aae8d9
  16. Zhou, A.J.†, Santacruz, S.R.†, Johnson, B.C.†, Alexandrov, G., Moin, A., Burghardt, F.L., Rabaey, J.‡, Carmena, J.M‡, and Muller, R. ‡ A wireless and artefact-free 128-channel neuromodulation device for closed-loop stimulation and recording in non-human primates. Nature Biomedical Engineering 3, 15 – 26, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0323-x. † = Indicates shared first-authorship
  17. Neely R.M., Piech D., Santacruz S.R., Maharbiz M.M.† and Carmena J.M.† Recent advances in Neural Dust: towards a neural interface platform. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 50, 64 – 71, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.12.010
  18. Santacruz, S.R., Rich, E., Wallis, J.D., and Carmena, J.M. Caudate microstimulation increases value of specific choices. Current Biology 27(21), 3375 – 3383, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.051
  19. Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B., and Kemere C. Investigating irregularly patterned deep brain stimulation signal design using biophysical models. Frontiers of Computational Neuroscience 9(78), 1 – 10, 2015. DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00078
  20. Vitale, F., Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B., Kemere, C. and Pasquali, M. (2015) Neural Stimulation and Recording with Bidirectional, Soft Carbon Nanotube Fiber Microelectrodes. ACS Nano 9(4), 4465 – 4474. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01060
  21. Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B. and Kemere, C.T. Characterizing Motor and Cognitive Effects Associated with Deep Brain Stimulation in the GPi of Hemi-Parkinsonian Rats. IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 22, 1218 - 1227, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2014.2330515 (cover)

 

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Osuna-Orozco, R., and Santacruz, S.R., "Identification of switching linear dynamics in distributed neural populations", 11th Int’l EMBS Conf. on Neural Engineering (NER), Baltimore, MD, April 25-27, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/NER52421.2023.10123868.
  2. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.-I., Yeh, H.-C., Santacruz, S.R., "Multi-scale dynamics modeling of spike and field potential activity via biologistically realistic neural ordinary differential equations", 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Oct 2022.
  3. Chen, Y.-I., Chang, Y.-J., Sun, Y., Liao, S.-C., Santacruz, S.R., Yeh, H.-C., "Generative adversarial network improves the resolution of pulsed STED microscopy", 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Oct 2022.
  4. Bretton-Granatoor, Z., Stealey, H., Santacruz, S.R., Lewis-Peacock, J.A., "Estimating intrinsic manifold dimensionality to classify task-related information in human and non-human primate data", IEEE BioCAS Oct 2022.
  5. Chen, Y.-I., Nguyen, T.D., Chang, Y.-J., Liao, S.-C., Sripati, M.P., Hong, S., Kuo, Y.-A., Rylander, G., Santacruz, S.R., Yeh, T. (2022) Rapid fluorescence lifetime imaging for live cells and retinal endogenous fluorophores. Biophysical Journal 121(3), 279a.
  6. Lu H.-Y., Bollimunta A., Eaton R.W., Morrison J.H., Moxon K.A., Carmena J.M., Nassi J.J., Santacruz S.R., “Short-training algorithm for online brain-machine interfaces using one-photon microendoscopic calcium imaging,” 43rd IEEE Int’l Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, October 2021.
  7. Santacruz S.R., Athalye V.R., Neely R.M. and Carmena J.M. “Brain-machine interface paradigms for neuroscience and clinical translation”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, East Hartford, CT, Sept. 25 – 27, 2017.
  8. Johnson, B.C., Gambini, S., Izyumin, I., Moin, A., Zhou, A., Alexandrov, G., Santacruz, S.R., Rabaey, J.M., Carmena, J.M., Muller, R., “An implantable 700 uW 64-channel neuromodulation IC for simultaneous recording and stimulation with rapid artifact recovery”, 2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, Kyoto, Japan, June 5 – 8, 2017.
  9. Summerson, S.R., Grealish, C., Aazhang, B. and Kemere, C.T., “Randomized Stimulation Signal Design to Create Partial Informational Lesions in Parkinsonian Neuronal Networks”, 2014 IEEE Int’l Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Florence, Italy, May 4 - 9, 2014.
  10. Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B., and Kemere, C.T., “Behavioral Effects of Disrupted Direct Pathway Signal Flow Caused by Dopamine Depletion,” Computational Neuroscience Symposium (CNS), Paris, France, July 2013.
  11. Summerson, S.R., Kemere, C.T., and Aazhang, B., “Current Amplitude-Dependent Modulation of Rotational Behavior with GPi Stimulation in the Rodent Model of Parkinson’s Disease,” 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Osaka, Japan, July 2013.
  12. Summerson, S.R. and Batra, A., “Convolutional Network Codes for Reliable Point-to-Point Wireless Communication,” Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2012.
  13. Summerson, S.R. and Aazhang, B., “Outage Analysis for Hybrid Relaying in the Parallel Relay Network,” Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2010.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations not archived as proceedings

  1. Barnett, C.R., Lu, H-Y., Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R., “Longitudinal assessment of cortical LFP in center-out BCI task”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2025, San Diego, CA, Nov 15 – 19, 2025.
  2. Varga, M.G., Zhao, Y., Santacruz, S.R., “Chronic DBS Stimulation’s Effects After 1-Hour Off Stimulation”, International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2025, Honolulu, HI, Oct 2025.
  3. Wang, Z.Z., Shu, Z., Laperle, A., Santacruz, S.R., Svendsen, C., Maidment, N.T., Seidlits, S., “A Hyaluronic Acid Based Hydrogel for Three-Dimensional iPSC-derived Midbrain Neuronal Culture”, Biomedical Engineering Society 2025 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct 2025.
  4. Osuna Orozco, R., Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R., “Leveraging adaptation and learning to optimize reward in neurofeedback tasks: insights from non-human primates and artificial neural networks”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2024, Chicago, IL, Oct 2024.
  5. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Chang, Y.-J., Tobler, P.N., Lewis-Peacock, J.A., Santacruz, S.R., “Neural variability during neurofeedback adaptation”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2024, Chicago, IL, Oct 2024.
  6. Pyatnitskiy, I., Wang, W., Tang, K., Fenno, L.E., Santacruz, S.R., Wang, H., “Hydrogen-bonded organic framework nanoparticles enabled sono-optogenetics for Parkinsonian rats”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2024, Chicago, IL, Oct 2024.
  7. Zhao, Y., Varga, M.G., Santacruz, S.R., “Longitudinal Studies of LFP Activities During Acute and Chronic DBS Stimulation in PD Patients”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2024, Chicago, IL, Oct 2024.
  8. Varga, M.G., Zhao, Y., Rayudu, V.R., Santacruz, S.R., “Longitudinal Studies of LFP Activities During Acute and Chronic DBS Stimulation in PD Patients," International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2024, Philadelphia, PA, Sept 2024
  9. Baker, M., Yorita, A., Ivanovskaya, A., Haque, R., Santacruz, S.R., “Electrochemical sensing of cytokines utilizing carbon nanotube fiber-based electrodes”, Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Meeting, Seattle, WA, Apr 2024.
  10. Baker, M., Yorita, A., Ivanovskaya, A., Santacruz, S.R., “Carbon nanotube fiber functionalization with aptamer attachment for use in real time quantification of cytokines in the brain”, Gordon Research Seminar: Neuroelectronic Interfaces, Galveston, TX, Mar 2024.
  11. Osuna-Orozco, R., and Santacruz, S.R., "Identification of Recurrent Dynamics in Distributed Neural Populations", Neuroscience (SfN) 2023, Washington, DC, Nov 2023
  12. Osuna-Orozco, R., Santacruz, S.R., "Identification of switching linear dynamics in distributed neural populations", NSF DARE Conference: Transformative Opportunities for Modeling in Neurorehabilitation, Los Angeles, CA, March 2023.
  13. Baker, M., Santacruz, S.R., "Probing the Deep Brain: Using Novel Carbon Fiber Electrode Arrays to Record and Stimulate Brain Regions in Order to Better Understand Neuropsychiatric Disorders", Neuroscience (SfN), San Deigo, CA, Nov 2022.
  14. Chang, Y.-J., Santacruz, S.R., “Multi-scale modeling of spike and field potential activity using neurobiologically driven ordinary differential equation model”, Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, Nov 2022.
  15. Zhao, Y., Stealey, H.M., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Lu, H.-Y., Baker, M., Chang, Y.-J., Santacruz, S.R., "Multiscale neural reassociation in BMI learning", Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, Nov 2022.
  16. Jeanpierre, G.M., Santacruz, S.R., Rausch, M.K., "Comparative mechanics of brain tissue and blood clot toward a next-generation brain phantom material", Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, Nov 2022.
  17. H.M., Zhao,Y. , Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R., "Predicting Amount of Brain-Machine Interface Learning Using Measures of Neural Variability," Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, Nov 2022.
  18. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Lu, H.-Y., Contreras-Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R., "Evidence for The Role of Neural Variability in Non-Biomimetic Brain-Machine Interface Learning," Biomedical Engineering Society 2022 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2022.
  19. Baker, M.N., Santacruz, S.R., "A novel carbon fiber electrode array for deep brain recording and stimulation", Biomedical Engineering Society 2022 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2022.
  20. Baker, M., Jeanpierre, G.M., Santacruz S.R., "Carbon Nanotube Fiber Electrode Arrays for Deep Brain Recording", 2022 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 2022.
    1. 3rd Place Best Poster
  21. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.-I., Yeh, H.-C., Santacruz, S.R., “Multi-scale dynamical modeling for spike and LFP activity using a NeuroBondGraph Network”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2021, Chicago, IL, November 2021.
  22. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Contreras Hernandez, E., Santacruz, S.R., “Temporal analysis of learning negative values in non-human primates”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2021, Chicago, IL, November 2021.
  23. Contreras Hernandez, E. Jeanpierre, G.M., Koukuntla, S.S., Stealey, H.M., Santacruz, S.R., “Neuronal computations associated with saccades in a widely distributed prefrontal cortex”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2021, Chicago, IL, November 2021.
  24. Lu, H.-Y., Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Contreras Hernandez, E., Kishida, K., Santacruz, S.R., “Measuring endogenous dopamine during approach-avoidance task”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2021, Chicago, IL, November 2021.
  25. Kireev, D., Jeanpierre, G.M., Jayanth, R.T., Sub Han, S., Jung, Y., Santacruz, S.R., Akinwande, D., “Atomically thing platinum ditelluride cortical neural probes”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2021, Chicago, IL, November 2021.
  26. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.-I., Yeh, H.-C., Carmena, J.M., and Santacruz, S.R., “Inferring forward and inverse dynamics using a NeuroBondGraph Network”, SfN Global Connectome, January 2021.
  27. Lu, H.-Y., Kumar, S., Carmena, J.M., and Santacruz, S.R., “Characterization of Neural Variability in Response to Electrical Stimulation”, Biomedical Engineering Society 2020 Annual Meeting, October 2020.
  28. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y.-I., Yeh, H.-C., Carmena, J.C., and Santacruz, S.R., “Bi-directional modeling between LFP and ICME”, Brain Computer Interface Society Annual Meeting 2021 (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19)
  29. Chang, Y.-J., Carmena, J.M., and Santacruz, S.R., “Forward and inverse modeling between local field potential and intracranial macroelectrodes for neuroprosthetic applications”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2019, Chicago, IL, October 2019.
  30. Santacruz, S.R., Zippi, E.L., and Carmena, J.M., “Modulation of value and error signals using caudate electrical stimulation”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2019, Chicago, IL, October 2019.
  31. Zippi, E.L., Santacruz, S.R., and Carmena, J.M., “Neurotherapeutic effects of closed-loop stimulation in an NHP model of anxiety”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2019, Chicago, IL, October 2019.
  32. Bollimunta, A., Santacruz, S.R., Eaton, R.W., Morrison, J.H., Moxon, K.A, Carmena, J.M., and Nassi, J.J., “Head-mounted microendoscopic calcium imaging in deep layer premotor cortex of behaving rhesus macaque”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2019, Chicago, IL, October 2019.
  33. Chang, Y.-J., Chen, Y., Buchanan, R.J., Bryant, M.D., Santacruz, S.R., and Fernandez, B.R., “Signal translation between EEG and ECoG to improve non-invasive based BCI performance”, Conference on Learning and Memory, Austin, TX, April 2019.
  34. Santacruz, S.R., Zippi, E.L., and Carmena, J.M., “Stimulation in primate caudate nucleus modulates striatal and cortical value signals”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2018, San Diego, CA, November 2018.
  35. Massey, T., Santacruz, S.R., Pister, K.S.J., Carmena, J.M., and Maharbiz, M.M., “A high-density carbon fiber neural recording array technology”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2018, San Diego, CA, November 2018.
  36. Santacruz, S.R., Zippi, E.L., and Carmena, J.M., “Modulation of brain-based value signals using electrical stimulation”, 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Hawaii, USA, July 2018.
  37. Zhou, A.J., Santacruz, S.R., Johnson, B., Alexandrov, G., Moin, A., Burghardt, F.L., Gambini, S., Izyumin, I., Alon, E., Rabaey, J., Carmena, J.M., and Muller, R., “WAND: A Wireless, 128-Channel Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Device”, Neural Interfaces Conference 2018, Minneapolis, MN, June 2018.
  38. Santacruz, S.R., de Tonnac, A., Wallis, J.D., and Carmena, J.M., “Neural and mood-state changes with closed-loop stimulation in prefrontal areas”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2017, Washington, DC, November 2017.
  39. Zhou, A.J., Santacruz, S.R., Johnson, B., Alexandrov, G., Moin, A., Burghardt, F.L., Gambini, S., Izyumin, I., Alon, E., Rabaey, J., Carmena, J.M., and Muller, R., “WAND: A Wireless, 128-Channel Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Device”, Neuroscience (SfN) 2017, Washington, DC, November 2017.
  40. Santacruz, S.R., and Carmena, J.M., “High-frequency caudate microstimulation biases decision-making in a multi-armed bandit task,” 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Jeju Island, Korea, July 2017.
  41. Santacruz, S.R., Rich, E.L., Wallis, J.D., and Carmena, J.M., “Stimulation in primate caudate nucleus mediates decision-making behavior in free-choice task,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2016, San Diego, CA 2016.
  42. Alexandrov, G., Santacruz, S.R., Moin, A., Zhou, A.J., Johnson, B.C., Alon, E., Rabaey, J., Carmena, J.M., and Muller, R., “OMNI: A Distributed and Modular Device for Wireless Neural Recording and Closed-loop Neuromodulation,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2016, San Diego, CA, November 2016.
  43. Summerson, S.R., Khanna, P., Rich, E.L., Wallis, J.D., and Carmena, J.M., “Stimulation in Primate Caudate Nucleus Modulates Action Selection in Probabilistic Reward Task,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2015, Chicago, IL, October 2015.
  44. Vitale, F., Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B., Kemere, C.T. and Pasquali, M., “Carbon nanotube fiber (CNTf) Implantable Neural Electrodes for Chronic Recording and Stimulation,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2014, Washington DC, November 2014.
  45. Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B. and Kemere, C.T., “Irregularly Patterned Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces Pathological Cortical Activity in Hemi-Parkinsonian Rats,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2014, Washington DC, November 2014.
  46. Vitale, F., Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B., Kemere, C., and Pasquali, M., “Stability and sub-chronic biocompatibility of carbon nanotube fiber microelectrodes,” Biomedical Engineering Society 2014 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 2014.
  47. Summerson, S.R., Aazhang, B. and Kemere, C.T., “Motor Behavior Tuning as a Function of Stimulation Frequency in the 6-OHDA Rat Model of GPi-Deep Brain Stimulation,” Neuroscience (SfN) 2013, San Diego, CA, November 2013.
  48. Vitale, F., Summerson, S.R., Kemere, C. and Pasquali, M., “Carbon Nanotube Fiber Microelectrodes for Neural Recording and Stimulation,” Biomedical Engineering Society 2013 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, September 2013.
  49. Summerson, S.R. and Kemere, C., “Investigating Cognitive Side Effects of GPi Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease,” 2012 Annual Symposium for the Center for NeuroEngineering, Rice University, TX, September 2012.
  50. Summerson, S.R. and Aazhang, B., “Parkinson’s Disease: Interference in the Neural Communication Channel,” IEEE Women’s Workshop on Communications and Signal Processing, Banff, Canada, July 2012.
  51. Summerson, S.R. and Aazhang, B., “Relay Selection in the Parallel Relay Network,” IEEE 2010 School of Information Theory, USC, August 5-8, 2010.
  52. Summerson, S.R. and Aazhang, B., “Hybrid Relaying for the Parallel Relay Network,” IEEE 2009 School of Information Theory, Northwestern University, August 10-13, 2009, and the Winedale Workshop, October 23, 2009.
  53. Summerson, S.R. and Aazhang, B., “Utilizing Network Information for Optimal Path Selection in Multi-hop Networks,” IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, US Virgin Islands, May 2008.
  54. Belinski, M.†, Martinez, A.†, Summerson, S.† and Chan, R., “Wavelet Algorithms for High-Resolution Image Reconstruction,” SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Costa Mesa, CA, February 19-23, 2007.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. R. Summerson and C. Kemere, “Multi-electrode Recording of Neural Activity in Awake Behaving Animals,” in Basic Electrophysiological Methods, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015, Ch.4, pp. 76 - 107.

 

REVIEWS

  1. Lu, H.-Y., Jeanpierre, G.M., Mitchell, J., Santacruz, S.R. (2022) Mind-reading machines. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10:771696. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.771696
  2. Stealey, H.M., Zhao, Y., Chang, Y.-J., Santacruz, S.R. (2022) How Your Sense of Touch Can Change Your Brain. Frontier for Young Minds 10:772919. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.772919
  3. Lu, H.-Y., Lorenc, E.S., Zhu, H., Kilmarx, J., Sulzer, J., Xie, C., Tobler, P.N., Watrous, A.J., Orsborn, A.L., Lewis-Peacock, J., Santacruz, S.R. (2021) Multi-scale neural decoding and analysis. J Neural Engineering 18, 045013. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac160f
  4. Neely R.M., Piech D., Santacruz S.R., Maharbiz M.M.† and Carmena J.M.† Recent advances in Neural Dust: towards a neural interface platform. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 50, 64 – 71, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.12.010