07/01/22 to 07/01/25, Enhancing rehabilitation via kinematic-based closed-loop neuromodulation after spinal cord injuries., Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Neilsen Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant 22 #890467, Principal Investigator, $159,000.00
01/01/22 to 01/01/24, Cerebellar contribution to corticospinal excitability and skilled movement following human spinal cord injury., Paralyzed Veterans of America, PVA Research Fellowship, #3188, Principal Investigator, $99,742.00
2015, College of Health and Science Student Research Grant Award., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Principal Investigator, $1,200.00
Conferenceabstractsposters
Bao, S., Soroushi, H., Lei, Y., Noninvasive Stimulation of the Sensory Thalamus Changes Sensorimotor Adaptation., PSTR406.19, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2024
Lin, H., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Deciphering single motor unit activities during motor skill learning., PSTR406.11, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2024
Hossein, S., Ashwini S., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Exploring subcortical neuromodulation with transcranial ultrasound stimulation using EEG source estimation., PSTR432.11, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2024
Abbasikamazani, S., Lin, H., Hossein, S., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Ultrasound stimulation of the spinal cord modulates corticospinal excitability., PSTR469.05, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2024
Bao, S., Kim, H., Lei, Y., The Effect of Continuous and Intermittent Theta-Burst Ultrasound Stimulation Over Multiple Depths of Human Motor Cortex., Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 1-F-37, Victoria, Canada, 2023
Lei, Y., Bao, S., Modulating the Discharge Pattern of Motor Units through M1 and S1 Stimulation., Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 2-F-38, Victoria, Canada, 2023
Kim, H., Rhee, J., Bao, S., Huynh, A., Lei, Y., Buchanan, J., Wright, D., Connectivity between the supplementary motor area and primary motor cortex: paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (ppTMS) study., Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 2-F-38, Victoria, Canada, 2023
Lin, B., Wang, Y., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Cortical and Subcortical Stimulation Affect Memory Consolidation and Acquisition of Sequence Learning and Motor Adaptation., Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 1-F-44, Victoria, Canada, 2023
Huynh, A., Escalante, Y., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Wright, D., Hyperstabilization of motor memory in adaptation., Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 1-F-43, Victoria, Canada, 2023
Bao, S., Srikanth, A., Smith, E., Lei, Y., Memory preservation and generalization following distinct processes of motor learning., North American Society for Psychology of Sport, Aloha, Hawaii, 2022
Wang, Y., Huynh, A. T., Richardson, E. B., Bao, S., Wright, D. L., Lei, Y., The consolidation mechanisms of implicit motor adaptation and sequence learning., North American Society for Psychology of Sport, Aloha, Hawaii, 2022
Wang, Y., Weinrich, M., Bao, S., Lei, Y., Wright, D., Keenedy, D., Buchanan, J., The investigation of bilateral M1 excitability after training with a bimanual skill., Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Washington, DC, 2022
Javidi, M., Tays, G., Bao, S., Wang, J., Consolidation of motor memory induced by instance-reliant learning., 492.17, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2019
James, R., Bao, S., Wang, J., The nature of savings associated with a visuomotor adaptation task that involves either one arm or both arms., 492.17, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2019
Bao, S., Morgan, A., Lei, Y., Wang, J., Lack of interlimb transfer following visuomotor adaptation in a person with congenital mirror movements., 492.08, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, San Diego, CA, 2018
Bao, S., Tays, G., Wang, J., The extent of overlap between explicit and implicit visuomotor learning., 694.13, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Washington, DC, 2017
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Wang, J., Augmenting motor generalization by inducing instance-reliant plasticity., 332.11, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, San Diego, CA, 2016
Bao, S., Wang, J., Persistence of a neural representation following repeated adaptations to and repeated deadaptations from a novel visuomotor rotation., 806.21, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL, 2015
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Wang, J., Performing a reaching task with one arm passively while learning the same task with the other leads to substantial transfer of visuomotor adaptation across the arms., 70.07, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Washington, DC, 2014
Researchskills
B and C programming languages
Assembly language
MATLAB with GUI
SIMULINK (MathWorks, Natick, MA)
Movement data acquisition using the robotic exoskeleton KINARM (BKIN Technologies, Canada)
MotionMonitor xGEN (Innovative Sports Training, IL)
Presentation (Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, CA)
Electrophysiological and imaging techniques, including electroencephalograms (EEG) and electromyography (EMG)
Noninvasive brain stimulation through transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (tFUS), and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Publications
Bao, S., Wang, Y., Escalante Y. R., Li, Y., Lei, Y., Modulation of motor cortical inhibition and facilitation by touch sensation from the glabrous skin of the human hand., Eneuro, 11, 3, https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0410-23.2024, 2024
Bao, S., Kim, H., Shettigar, N. B., Li, Y., Lei, Y., Personalized depth-specific neuromodulation of the human primary motor cortex via ultrasound., The Journal of physiology, https://doi.org/10.1113/JP285613, 2024
Wang, Y., Huynh, A. T., Bao, S., Buchanan, J. J., Wright, D. L., Lei, Y., Memory consolidation of sequence learning and dynamic adaptation during wakefulness., Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 34, 2, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad507, 2024
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Motor unit activity and synaptic inputs to motoneurons in the caudal part of the injured spinal cord., Journal of neurophysiology, 131, 2, 187–197, https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00178.2023, 2024
Rizvi, A., Bell, K., Yang, D., Montenegro, M. P., Kim, H., Bao, S., Wright, D. L., Buchanan, J. J., Lei, Y., Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over human motor cortex on cognitive-motor and sensory-motor functions., Scientific reports, 13, 1, 20968, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48070-z, 2023
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Memory decay and generalization following distinct motor learning mechanisms., Journal of Neurophysiology, 128, 6, 1534-45, https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00105.2022, 2022
Bao, S., Wang, J., Wright, D. L., Buchanan, J. J., Lei, Y., The decay and consolidation of effector-independent motor memories., Scientific reports, 12, 1, 3131, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07032-7, 2022
Bao, S., Wang, Y., Wright, D. L., Buchanan, J. J., Lei, Y., Differences in motor unit recruitment patterns and low frequency oscillation of discharge rates between unilateral and bilateral isometric muscle contractions., Human movement science, 83, 102952, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2022.102952, 2022
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Keenan, K. G., Wang, J., Generalization of visuomotor adaptation associated with use-dependent learning across different movement workspaces and limb postures., Human Movement Science, 86, 103017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2022.103017, 2022
Davis, M., Wang, Y., Bao, S., Buchanan, J. J., Wright, D. L., Lei, Y., The interactions between primary somatosensory and motor cortex during human grasping behaviors., Neuroscience, 485, 1–11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.11.039, 2022
James, R., Bao, S., D'Amato, A., Wang, J., The nature of savings associated with a visuomotor adaptation task that involves one arm or both arms., Human movement science, 81, 102896, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2021.102896, 2022
Li, K., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Zhang, M., Li, J., Bao, S., A review of the key technologies for sEMG-based human-robot interaction systems., Biomedical signal processing and control, 62, 102074, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102074, 2020
Tays, G., Bao, S., Javidialsaadi, M., Wang, J., Consolidation of use-dependent motor memories induced by passive movement training., Neuroscience letters, 732, 135080, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135080, 2020
Bao, S., Morgan, A. M., Lei, Y., Wang, J., Lack of interlimb transfer following visuomotor adaptation in a person with congenital mirror movements., Neuropsychologia, 136, 107265, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107265, 2020
Wang, J., Bao, S., Tays, G. D., Lack of generalization between explicit and implicit visuomotor learning., PloS one, 14, 10, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224099, 2019
Lei, Y., Bao, S., Perez, M. A., Wang, J., Enhancing Generalization of Visuomotor Adaptation by Inducing Use-dependent Learning., Neuroscience, 366, 184–195, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.10.004, 2017
Bao, S., Lei, Y., Wang, J., Experiencing a reaching task passively with one arm while adapting to a visuomotor rotation with the other can lead to substantial transfer of motor learning across the arms., Neuroscience letters, 638, 109–113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2016.12.028, 2017
Lei, Y., Bao, S., Wang, J., The combined effects of action observation and passive proprioceptive training on adaptive motor learning., Neuroscience, 331, 91–98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.011, 2016
Research
Research Scientist, 04/01/24, Current, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Research Specialist II, 10/01/22, 03/01/24, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 01/01/20, 09/01/22, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
Research Assistant (Doctorate), 09/01/13, 12/01/19, Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research Assistant (Master’s), Supra-Spinal Contributions to Upper and Lower Limb Motor Control and Recovery after Stroke - An fMRI Study., 07/01/10, 08/01/13, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
Research Assistant, 01/01/10, 12/01/11, Rehabilitation Robotic Research Design Lab, Marquette University and Clement J. Zablocki Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Timeline
Research Scientist
Texas A&M University
04.2024 - Current
Research Specialist II
Texas A&M University
10.2022 - 03.2024
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M University
01.2020 - 09.2022
Research Assistant (Doctorate)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
09.2013 - 12.2019
Research Assistant (Master’s)
Marquette University
07.2010 - 08.2013
Research Assistant in Rehabilitation Robotic Research Design Lab
Marquette University and Clement J. Zablocki Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
01.2010 - 12.2011
MS - Department of Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University
BE - Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China