Sumner L. Norman

VARS-fUSI: Variable Sampling for Fast and Efficient Functional Ultrasound Imaging using Neural Operators

VARS-fUSI improves functional ultrasound imaging efficiency by reducing sampling time and rate while maintaining signal quality and enabling cross-species generalization.

Functional ultrasound neuroimaging reveals mesoscopic organization of saccades in the lateral intraparietal area of posterior parietal cortex

The paper uses functional ultrasound imaging to map directional tuning in the lateral intraparietal area, revealing mesoscopic organization of saccade directions across posterior parietal cortex.

A window to the brain: ultrasound imaging of human neural activity through a permanent acoustic window

This paper introduces a permanent acoustic window for high-resolution, non-invasive ultrasound imaging of human brain activity, demonstrating its use in mapping cortical responses to finger movement.

Decoding Motor Plans Using a Closed-Loop Ultrasonic Brain-Machine Interface

This study demonstrates a closed-loop ultrasonic brain-machine interface that enables nonhuman primates to control movements using real-time neurovascular activity predictions.

Computational neural network provides naturalistic solution for recovery of finger dexterity after stroke

The paper develops an artificial neural network to model finger dexterity recovery after stroke, revealing neural plasticity and pathway interactions that contribute to improved motor control.

Single Trial Decoding of Movement Intentions Using Functional Ultrasound Neuroimaging

This paper demonstrates the feasibility of using functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging to decode movement intentions for brain-machine interfaces in non-human primates.

Targeting Neuroplasticity to Improve Motor Recovery after Stroke

This paper develops a computational model to simulate neural networks and identify targeted neuroplasticity protocols that improve motor recovery after stroke.

Neural correlates of cognitive motor signals in primary somatosensory cortex.

The paper shows that single units in human primary somatosensory cortex encode imagined reaches related to limb positions during a cognitive motor task.