Overview
Dr. Butler is a neuroscientist and physical therapist with a special interest in motor control, neuro-rehabilitation, functional neuroimaging, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. He is the co-director of TMS laboratory within the Center for Rehabilitation medicine. He is the Emory co-PI of the Functional Imaging in Constraint Induced Therapy (FICIT) study (R01 HD40984, George Wittenberg M.D.Ph.D, Wake Forest, PI) which evaluates the effect of constraint-induced movement therapy on cortical reorganization following stroke using TMS and fMRI co-registration among EXCITE participants.
Dr. Butler is currently the PI of a project investigating the use of mental imagery to improve motor deficits in patients with stroke National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM 5R21AT002138-02)
Education
| 1998 |
M.S. |
Physical Therapy |
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Denton, TX, USA |
| 1995 |
Ph.D. |
Motor Control |
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Iowa City, IA, USA |
| 1987 |
B.S. |
Biology, Chemistry |
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Dubuque, IA, USA |
Awards & Honors
| 01/2007 |
Appointed as Fellow to the Council |
American Heart and Stroke Association |
| 01/2007 |
Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers (LRP-CR) |
National Institutes of Health |
| 02/2003 |
Outstanding Research Proposal |
University of Virginia. NIH-NCMRR |
| 04/2002 |
Young Investigator Award, International Stroke Symposium |
Center on Aging, University of Kansas Medical Center |
| 06/2001 |
NIH Human Brain Project Travel Award of $500 |
Organization for Human Brain Mapping |
| 06/2000 |
NIH Human Brain Project Travel Award of $500 |
Organization for Human Brain Mapping |
| 01/1998 |
Neuroplasticity: Interface of basic and applied Sciences in Clinical Practice Retreat- $350 |
American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Research |
| 01/1996 |
Travel award to attend 20th Annual Neural Control of Spatial Behavior Symposium-$350 |
University of Rochester Center for Visual Science |
| 04/1995 |
Graduate Student Travel Funds Award-$250 |
University of Iowa |
| 03/1995 |
Scholarly Presentation Travel Funds Award-$200 |
University of Iowa |
| 02/1995 |
Travel endowment gift of $200 |
University of Iowa Graduate College Isabel Demple Estate |
| 01/1995 |
Travel award to attend Multisegmental Motor Control Retreat-$250 |
American Physical Therapy Association |
| 02/1994 |
Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award-$200 |
University of Iowa |
| 01/1994 |
Scholarly Presentation Funds Award-$225 |
University of Iowa |
| 04/1993 |
Sims- Riddle Fund Tavel Award-$200 |
University of Iowa |
| 03/1993 |
Scholarly Presentation Travel Funds Award--$200 |
University of Iowa |
| 02/1993 |
Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award-$200 |
University of Iowa |
| 01/1993 |
Student Association Research Grant Committee Award-$150 |
University of Iowa |
| 01/1991 |
Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award-$200 |
University of Iowa |
Publications
- Darling WG, Rizzo M, Butler AJ.
Disordered sensorimotor transformations for reaching following posterior cortical lesions.
Neuropsychologia. 2001;39(3):237-54.
PMID: 11163603
- Darling WG, Butler AJ, Williams TE.
Visual perceptions of head-fixed and trunk-fixed anterior/posterior axes.
Exp Brain Res. 1996 Nov;112(1):127-34.
PMID: 8951415
- Butler AJ, Yue G, Darling WG.
Variations in soleus H-reflexes as a function of plantarflexion torque in man.
Brain Res. 1993 Dec 31;632(1-2):95-104.
PMID: 8149249
- Darling WG, Seitz RJ, Peltier S, Tellmann L, Butler AJ.
Visual cortex activation in kinesthetic guidance of reaching.
Exp Brain Res. 2006 Dec 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17171536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
- Butler AJ, Page SJ.
Mental practice with motor imagery: evidence for motor recovery and cortical reorganization after stroke.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 Dec;87(12 Suppl 2):S2-11.
PMID: 17140874 [PubMed - in process]
- Corneal SF, Butler AJ, Wolf SL.
Intra- and intersubject reliability of abductor pollicis brevis muscle motor map characteristics with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Aug;86(8):1670-5.
PMID: 16084825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Niyazov DM, Butler AJ, Kadah YM, Epstein CM, Hu XP.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation: effects of motor imagery, movement and coil orientation.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2005 Jul;116(7):1601-10.
PMID: 15953559 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Butler AJ, Kahn S, Wolf SL, Weiss P.
Finger extensor variability in TMS parameters among chronic stroke patients.
J Neuroengineering Rehabil. 2005 May 31;2:10.
PMID: 15927075 [PubMed]
- Wolf SL, Butler AJ, Alberts JL, Kim MW.
Contemporary linkages between EMG, kinetics and stroke rehabilitation.
J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2005 Jun;15(3):229-39. Review.
PMID: 15763670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Alberts JL, Butler AJ, Wolf SL.
The effects of constraint-induced therapy on precision grip: a preliminary study.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2004 Dec;18(4):250-8.
PMID: 15537995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Wolf SL, Butler AJ, Campana GI, Parris TA, Struys DM, Weinstein SR, Weiss P.
Intra-subject reliability of parameters contributing to maps generated by transcranial magnetic stimulation in able-bodied adults.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2004 Aug;115(8):1740-7.
PMID: 15261852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Park SW, Butler AJ, Cavalheiro V, Alberts JL, Wolf SL.
Changes in serial optical topography and TMS during task performance after constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke: a case study.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2004 Jun;18(2):95-105.
PMID: 15228805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Butler AJ, Fink GR, Dohle C, Wunderlich G, Tellmann L, Seitz RJ, Zilles K, Freund HJ.
Neural mechanisms underlying reaching for remembered targets cued kinesthetically or visually in left or right hemispace.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2004 Mar;21(3):165-77.
PMID: 14755836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Butler AJ, Wolf SL.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation to assess cortical plasticity: a critical perspective for stroke rehabilitation.
J Rehabil Med. 2003 May;(41 Suppl):20-6. Review.
PMID: 12817653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Wolf SL, Blanton S, Baer H, Breshears J, Butler AJ.
Repetitive task practice: a critical review of constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke.
Neurologist. 2002 Nov;8(6):325-38.
PMID: 12801434 [PubMed]
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