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Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
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Last Modified: 03/25/09

Robert J. Morecraft, Ph.D. (University of Iowa)    Professor    Human Anatomy / Neuroscience    (605) 677-5138   rmorecra@usd.edu    Web Page (Opens a new window)

Areas of research include motor recovery following brain injury, neuroanatomical organization of the cerebral cortex, subcortical organization of motor pathways, cortical innervation of cranial nerve motor nuclei, functional imaging of the brain, and structural circuits underlying head and neck dystonias.

• Morecraft RJ, Ugollini G, Lanciego JL, Wouterlood FG, Pandya DN. Classic and Contemporary Neural Tract Tracing Techniques. In Johansen-Berg H and Behrens T (Eds), Imaging Brain Pathways - Diffusion MRI: From Quantitative Measurement to In-Vivo Neuroanatomy. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 273-308, 2009.
  
• Morecraft RJ, McNeal D, Stilwell-Morecraft KS, Gedney M, Ge J, Schroeder CM and Van Hoesen GW. Amygdala Interconnections with the Cingulate Motor Cortex in the Rhesus Monkey. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 500:134-165, 2007.
  
• Pizzimenti MA., Darling WG, Rotella D, McNeal DW, Herrick JL, Ge J, Stilwell-Morecraft KS, Morecraft RJ. Measurement of Reaching Kinematics and Prehensile Dexterity in Non-human Primates,  Journal of Neurophysiology, 98:1015-1029, 2007.
  
• Morecraft RJ, Stilwell-Morecraft KS and Rossing W. The Motor Cortex and Facial Expression: New Insights from Neuroscience. The Neurologist, 10:235-249, 2004.
  
• Morecraft RJ, Cipolloni PB, Stilwell-Morecraft KS, Gedney MT, Pandya DN. Cytoarchitecture and Cortical Connections of the Posterior Cingulate and Adjacent Somatosensory Fields in the Rhesus Monkey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 469:37-69, 2004.
  
• Morecraft RJ, Herrick JL, Stilwell-Morecraft KS, Louie JL, Schroeder CM, Ottenbacher JG, Schoolfield MW. Localization of arm representation in the corona radiata and internal capsule in the non-human primate. Brain 125(Pt 1):176-98, 2002.
  
• Morecraft RJ, Louie JL, Herrick JL, Stilwell-Morecraft KS. Cortical innervation of the facial nucleus in the non-human primate: a new interpretation of the effects of stroke and related subtotal brain trauma on the muscles of facial expression. Brain 124(Pt 1):176-208, 2001.