AARON Batista, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Education
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Research
My laboratory explores the neural mechanisms of sensory-motor integration. We study how visually-guided arm and eye movements are orchestrated by the cerebral cortex. We then apply new discoveries in neurophysiology to help improve neural prosthetics - devices that might restore motor control to paralyzed individuals.
Funding Sources
Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences
Selected Publications
- Batista AP, Yu BM, Santhanam G, Ryu SI, Afshar A, Shenoy KV. “Cortical Neural Prosthesis Performance Improves When Eye Position is Monitored”
In press, IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 16(1) February 2008.
- Chestek CA, Batista AP, Santhanam G, Yu BM, Afshar A, Cunningham JP, Gilja V, Ryu SI, Churchland M, Shenoy KV. "Single-neuron stability during repeated reaching in macaque premotor cortex". Journal of Neuroscience 27:40 (2007).
(*These authors contributed equally.)
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Batista AP, Yu BM, Santhanam G, Ryu SI, Afshar A, Shenoy KV. “Cortical Neural Prosthesis Performance Improves When Eye Position is Monitored”
IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
16(1):24-31 February 2008.
- Batista AP, Buneo CA, Snyder LH, Andersen RA. Reach plans in eye-centered coordinates Science 285: 257-260 (1999).
- Snyder LH, Batista AP, Andersen RA. Coding of intention in the posterior parietal cortex Nature 386: 167-170 (1997).
