ERIK E. STOUT
Interests:
Mechanisms of control of locomotion and
posture, visuomotor integration, synaptic plasticity & brain-machine
interfacing.
Education:
2008
– Arizona State University, senior
School of Life Sciences (BS Biochemistry),
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (BS
Economics, Statistics (minor))
2008-2010 Flinn
Scholar
2011 – Goldwater Scholar
2004
- 2008 - Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZ. National Merit Scholar
Relevant Coursework:
Calculus
I-III*
Differential
Equations*
Linear
Algebra
Organic
Chemistry (in progress)
Physics:
Mechanics
Neurobiology
Developmental
Neurobiology (in progress)**
*
Completed in High School; ** Graduate Coursework
Research experience:
2007
– present Research Assistant (paid,
part-time), laboratory of Dr. Beloozerova
Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI), Phoenix, AZ
2005 -
2007 High school student volunteer
in the laboratory of Dr. Beloozerova, BNI
Science
Outreach:
Sponsor/Mentor
Desert Vista Science Club, 2008 –
Chaperone,
Desert Vista HOSA Club, 2008-
High
School Student Mentor, BNI (SEPS) 2008 –
Professional
societies:
Student member of: Society for Neuroscience
Publications:
1.
Stout EE, Beloozerova IN. The role of slow-conducting
pyramidal tract neurons in precision stepping. (in preparation)
2.
Stout EE, Beloozerova IN. Pyramidal tract neurons
receptive to different forelimb joints act differently during locomotion Accepted
at J. Neurophysiol., Jan 11. 2012 [Epub ahead of print]. link
3.
Zelenin PV,
Deliagina TG, Orlovsky GN, Karayannidou A, Stout EE, Sirota MG,
Beloozerova IN. Activity of motor cortex neurons during backward locomotion. J.
Neurophysiol., 105(6):2698-2714, 2011. link
4.
Karayannidou
A, Beloozerova IN, Zelenin PV, Stout EE, Sirota MG, Orlovsky GN,
Deliagina TG. Activity of pyramidal tract neurons in the cat during standing
and walking on an inclined plane. J. Physiol. (L.), 587(Pt 15):
3795-3811, 2009. PDF (wait a little, give the system
time to load the full text of the article with figures)
Poster
presentations:
1.
Stout EE, Beloozerova IN. The role of slow-conducting pyramidal tract neurons
in precision stepping. Soc.
Neurosci. Meeting, 2010.
2.
Zelenin PV,
Deliagina TG, Orlovsky GN, Karayannidou A, Stout EE, Sirota MG,
Beloozerova IN. Activity of corticospinal neurons in the cat during different forms
of locomotion. 7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience. 053.12, 2010.
3.
Stout EE, Beloozerova IN. Do Pyramidal Tract Neurons
(PTNs) with different somato-sensory receptive fields have distinct firing
properties during locomotion? Soc. Neurosci. Meeting, 565.16, 2009.
4.
B.J. Farrell,
E.E. Stout, M.G. Sirota, I.N. Beloozerova, B.I. Prilutsky. Accurate
target stepping in the cat: the full-body mechanics and activity of limb
muscles. Soc. Neurosci. Meeting, 860.7, 2008.
5.
A.
Karayannidou, I.N. Beloozerova, P.V. Zelenin, E.E. Stout, M.G. Sirota,
G.N. Orlovsky, and T. G. Deliagina. Participation of pyramidal tract neurons in
control of standing and walking on inclined surface. Soc. Neurosci. Meeting,
860.3, 2008. link
6.
E.E.
Stout. Mechanisms of
balance during walking. Arizona Science and Engineering fair, 2008.
