Roberto M. de Freitas, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Neurological Surgery. He received his PhD of Engineering from Osaka University (Japan) in 2022. During his doctoral studies, Dr. de Freitas investigated the neural targets activated during transcutaneous electrical stimulation applied to the cervical level of the spinal cord. Specifically, he used both experimental approaches and computational simulations to estimate the activation of different types of nerve fibers during transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. His current research work involves the application of spinal cord stimulation for motor function recovery in stroke survivors.
Research Interest Summary
Motor control, spinal neural circuits, electrical stimulation, translational neuroscience, rehabilitation
Research Interests
Dr. de Freitas interests primarly involves undestanding neural mechanims underlying motor control in humans using the combination of experiments and computational simulations. Moreover, he is also interested in the development of new technologies for treatment of neurological disorders.