Sara Conti
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105
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About
Sara Conti is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation and motor recovery, with a focus on developing robotic systems to restore function after stroke. Her work bridges engineering and neuroscience, creating adaptive platforms for animal models that translate to human therapy. Conti’s major contributions include demonstrating that combining robotic training with inactivation of the healthy hemisphere can restore pre-stroke motor patterns in mice—a breakthrough paper with 66 citations that highlights the role of transcallosal pathways in recovery. She also pioneered a versatile robotic platform for monkeys, enabling natural 3D reaching tasks (13 citations), and advanced serotonin-driven cortical plasticity to enhance post-stroke motor recovery (6 citations). Her M-Platform system for adaptive forelimb retraction in mice (18 citations) provides precise function assessment, setting a new standard for translational research. Conti’s work has profound impact, showing how robotics and plasticity-stimulating treatments can overcome persistent motor deficits, with her studies collectively cited over 100 times. Her innovative approach—merging robotic rehabilitation with neural modulation—positions her as a key figure in developing next-generation therapies for stroke survivors.
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