Assistant Professor
Rutgers
Dr Saleh's main research interests include studying neural networks involved in motor learning and control, and neuroplasticity after acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury (SCI) and the neuromuscular system’s responses to rehabilitation interventions. I have over 15 years’ experience in neuroimaging, and have attended technical workshops in Neural Connectivity Inference Methods and in using SPM and AFNI for fMRI data analysis, and EEGLAB for EEG data processing and analysis. In my predoctoral and postdoctoral training, I studied neural networks involved in motor learning and control, and reorganization after stroke and in response to rehabilitation interventions, and the effect of feedback discordance in virtual reality on brain excitability. I am currently a research scientist at the Human Performance and Engineering Research Program (HPER) at Kessler Foundation (KF). I lead several studies as the principal investigator studying 1) bimanual coordination and effect of mental practice training on attention and sensorimotor brain networks in TBI population, 2) cortical control of walking and neuroplasticity in spinal cord injury survivors, and 3) the role of premotor and parietal cortices in dual-tasking and obstacle avoidance during walking in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) population. In this application, Dr. Nolan and I will study the functional and neurophysiological benefits of exoskeleton assist-as-needed gait training when administered in high dosage, early post stroke. I will contribute to studying the neurophysiological effect of this intervention, by investigating the neural correlates of motor deficits in stroke survivors, and the re-organization in within connectivity with connectivity with peripheral muscles during static and dynamic tasks like walking.
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