- Motor and Somatosensory Cortex
- Cortical Reorganization
- Intracortical and Thalamocortical Circuits
- Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation
- Dexterous Behavior
- Optogenetics and Chemogenetics
- Neuronal Tracing and Histology
Mohammed Poolantharakkal, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
My research interests include sensorimotor systems, their organization, connectivity, and plasticity after spinal cord injury. I have experience working on non-human primate, rat, and mouse models. I previously investigated the spontaneous and rehabilitation-dependent remodeling of intracortical circuits and motor recovery in rodents.
Expertise
We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.
In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.
We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.