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Vinicius Rosa Cota

Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow
Researcher
Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Research center
CCT@Morego
Interests
Neuroengineering
Electrophysiology
Neuromodulation
Stroke
Epilepsy
Neural circuits
About
Education

Title: Ph.D. in Bioinformatics / Neurosciences
Institute: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Location: Belo Horizonte
Country: Brazil
From: 2002 To: 2007

Title: Electrical Engineer, BSc
Institute: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Location: Belo Horizonte
Country: Brazil
From: 1997 To: 2002

Experience External

Title: Associate Professor
Institute: Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei
Location: São João Del-Rei
Country: Brazil
From: 2009 To: 2022

Title: Postdoc
Institute: International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal - Edmond & Lily Safra (IINN-ELS)
Location: Natal
Country: Brazil
From: 2007 To: 2009

Skills

Neural electrophysiology

Local field potentials and multi-unit recordings

Electrical stimulation

Temporal spatially complex stimulus patterns

Neurophysiological signal analysis

Computational neuroscience

Biomedical instrumentation

Animals models of neurological disorders

Behavioral assessment

Top Publications
2022
Reboli L.A., Maciel R.M., de Oliveira J.C., Moraes M.F.D., Tilelli C.Q., Cota V.R.
Persistence of neural function in animals submitted to seizure-suppressing scale-free nonperiodic electrical stimulation applied to the amygdala
Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 426
DOI 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113843
2021
Cota V.R., de Oliveira J.C., Damazio L.C.M., Moraes M.F.D.
Nonperiodic stimulation for the treatment of refractory epilepsy: Applications, mechanisms, and novel insights
Epilepsy and Behavior, vol. 121
DOI 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106609
2018
de Oliveira J.C., Maciel R.M., Moraes M.F.D., Rosa Cota V.
Asynchronous, bilateral, and biphasic temporally unstructured electrical stimulation of amygdalae enhances the suppression of pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats
Epilepsy Research, vol. 146, pp. 1-8
DOI 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2018.07.009
2016
Cota V.R., Drabowski B.M.B., de Oliveira J.C., Moraes M.F.D.
The epileptic amygdala: Toward the development of a neural prosthesis by temporally coded electrical stimulation
Journal of Neuroscience Research, vol. 94, (no. 6), pp. 463-485
DOI 10.1002/jnr.23741
Review Journal
2015
Blanco W., Pereira C.M., Cota V.R., Souza A.C., Renno-Costa C., Santos S., Dias G., Guerreiro A.M.G., Tort A.B.L., Neto A.aD., Ribeiro S.
Synaptic Homeostasis and Restructuring across the Sleep-Wake Cycle
PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 11, (no. 5)
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004241
All Publications
2022
Santos M.L., Nolasco J.D., Cota V.R.
A Multiplatform Output Stage for the Development of Current-Fixed Electrical Stimulators Applied to Neural Electrophysiology
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1519 CCIS, pp. 170-185
DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-08443-0_11
Conference Paper Book Series
2022
Cota V.R., Moraes M.F.D.
Editorial: Engineered neuromodulation approaches to treat neurological disorders
Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 16
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2022.1038215
Editorial Journal
2022
Terra H.C.B., Borges F.S., Moraes M.F.D., Cota V.R.
Implementation of Intra and Extracellular Nonperiodic Scale-Free Stimulation in silico for the NEURON Simulator
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1519 CCIS, pp. 119-131
DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-08443-0_8
Conference Paper Book Series
2022
Oliveira J.P.S., Discacciati V.R.P., Medeiros D.C., Moraes M.F.D., Pereira G.S., Franca K.L.A., Cota V.R.
In silico Investigation of the Effects of Distinct Temporal Patterns of Electrical Stimulation to the Amygdala Using a Network of Izhikevich Neurons
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1519 CCIS, pp. 132-152
DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-08443-0_9
Conference Paper Book Series
2022
Santos M.L., Zacharias L.R., Cota V.R.
Open-source hardware to face COVID-19 pandemic: the need to do more and better
Research on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 38, (no. 1), pp. 127-138
DOI 10.1007/s42600-020-00123-2
Article Journal
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Scientific Talks
2022
Cota V.R.
Temporally coded neuromodulation for the treatment of epilepsy
Università degli Studi di Genova - Bioengineering Program
School (Summer school, ...)
2021
Cota V.R.
Nonperiodic electrical stimulation as a neuroprosthesis to treat refractory epilepsy
NeuroNexus Webinar Series
Workshop/Symposium
2019
Cota V.R.
Neurostimularion and Epilepsy
BRAINN VR Symposium - Virtual Reality for Neurofunctional Recovery
Workshop/Symposium
2018
Cota V.R.
Periodic and Non-Periodic Deep Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy Models: Effects on Network Synchronization
NEWroscience International Symposium 2018
Conference
2017
Cota V.R.
Toward a neural prosthesis to the epileptic brain by tackling neural hypersynchronism
I Latin American Workshop on Computational Neuroscience
Conference
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Editorships
2021-2022
Cota V.R.
Frontiers in Neuroscience
2021
Cota V.R.
Journal of Open Hardware
2019
Cota V.R.
Computational Neuroscience: Second Latin American Workshop, LAWCN 2019, São João Del-Rei, Brazil, September 18–20, 2019, Proceedings
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Organized Events
2021
Cota V.R.
General Co-Chair LAWCN'21
2019
Cota V.R.
General Chair LAWCN'19
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Colleagues of Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Dario Di Domenico PhD Student Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Riccardo Vaccaro Technician Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Sabrina Lui Administrative Assistant Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Andrea Cherubini Technician Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Giacinto Barresi Researcher Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
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