Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University Motor Performance Laboratory
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John Krakauer, MD
John Krakauer, MDAssociate Professor of Neurology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Lab Co-director

Education:
B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge University, England (Natural Sciences)
M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency:
Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
Fellowship:
Cerebrovascular Disease, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
Board Certification:
American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (Neurology)

Research Interests:

  1. Brain mechanisms responsible for control of limb movements, specifically visuomotor coordination, and motor learning.
  2. Effects of stroke on visuomotor coordination and motor learning.
  3. Brain mechanisms for recovery of motor function after stroke.

Clinical Interests:

Stroke, including ischemic cerebrovascular disease, subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage, arteriovenous malformation, cerebral vasculitis, cerebral aneurysm, venous sinus thrombosis.

Selected Publications:

Why don't we move faster? Parkinson's disease, movement vigor, and implicit motivation (2007). Mazzoni P, Hristova A, Krakauer JW. Journal of Neuroscience. July; 27(27):7105-16.

Generalization of Motor Learning Depends on the History of Prior Action (2006). Krakauer JW, Mazzoni P, Ghazizadeh, A., Ravindran, R., Shadmehr, R. PLoS Biology. October; 4(10): e316.

An Implicit Plan Overrides an Explicit Strategy during Visuomotor Adaptation (2006). Mazzoni P, Krakauer JW. Journal of Neuroscience. April 5; 26(14): 3642-5.

An Optimization Principle for Determining Movement Duration (2006). Tanaka H, Krakauer JW, Qian N. Journal Neurophysiology. June; 95(6): 3875-86.

Impaired Anticipatory Control of Fingertip Forces in Patients with a Pure Motor or Sensorimotor Lacunar Syndrome (2006). Raghavan P, Krakauer JW, Gordon AM. Brain. June; 129(Pt 6): 1415-25.

Hemodynamic Impairment as a Stimulus for Functional Brain Reorganization (2006). Marshall RS, Krakauer JW, Matejovsky T, Zaharn E, Barnes A, Lazar RM, Hirsch J. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. Jan 18; 1-7.

Patterns of Impairment in Digit Independence after Subcortical Stroke (2006). Raghavan P, Petra E, Krakauer JW, Gordon AM. Journal of Neurophysiology. January; 95(1): 369-78.

Adaptation to Visuomotor Transformations: Consolidation, Interference, and Forgetting (2005). Krakauer JW, Ghez C, Ghilardi MF. Journal of Neuroscience. January 12; 25(2): 473-8.

Hypoperfusion without Stroke Alters Motor Activation in the Opposite Hemisphere (2004). Krakauer JW, Radoeva BA, Zarahn E, Wydra J, Lazar RM, Hirsch J, Marshall RS. Annals of Neurology. December; 56(6): 796-802.


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