Alexandre R. Carter, MD, PhD

Dr. Carter is a board-certified neurologist who specializes in rehabilitation for traumatic brain injuries and stroke.

Common Diagnoses Treated

Brain injuries
Stroke

Common Services

Stroke rehabilitation
Secondary stroke prevention
Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
Neuroimaging
Brain-computer interface training
Non-invasive brain stimulation
Clinical trials identification and navigation
Community engagement management

Clinical Office Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine

4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis

4455 Duncan Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110

Hospital Affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis

Academic Office Mailing Address

Washington University School of Medicine

Campus Box 8233

660 Euclid Avenue

Saint Louis, MO 63110

Patient Education

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Patient Education

Patient Resources

Community Organizations focused on Stroke:

ABC Brigade

Community Organizations focused on Traumatic Brain Injuries:

Brain Injury Association of Missouri

Community Organizations focused on Disabilities:

Paraquad

Recommended Reading:

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, MD
Brain Hacks: Life-Changing Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning by Lara Honos-Webb

Clinical Trials

Have you exhausted what standard rehabilitation techniques have to offer? Are you looking for access to cutting edge therapies under development? Are you interested in helping to advance the field of neurorehabilitation? If so, then participating in a clinical trial might be right for you.

ClinicalTrials.gov Database and Search Engine

Patient Forms

Click here for patient forms

Tiu JB, Carter AR. Agraphia. 2021 Jul 18. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan–. PMID: 32809557.
Das S, Postman W, Haboubi MA, Akca O, Remmel K, Carter AR, Zazulia A. A case of aphemia following non-dominant sub-insular stroke: unveiling the Foix- Chavany-Marie phenomenon. Neurocase. 2021 Jun;27(3):281-286. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2021.1933541. Epub 2021 Jun 27. PMID: 34176440.
Barrett AM, Goedert KM, Carter AR, Chaudhari A. Spatial neglect treatment: The brain's spatial-motor Aiming systems. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2021 May 3:1-27. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2020.1862678. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33941021.
Newbold DJ, Gordon EM, Laumann TO, Seider NA, Montez DF, Gross SJ, Zheng A, Nielsen AN, Hoyt CR, Hampton JM, Ortega M, Adeyemo B, Miller DB, Van AN, Marek S, Schlaggar BL, Carter AR, Kay BP, Greene DJ, Raichle ME, Petersen SE, Snyder AZ, Dosenbach NUF. Cingulo-opercular control network and disused motor circuits joined in standby mode. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Mar 30;118(13):e2019128118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019128118. PMID: 33753484; PMCID: PMC8020791.
Mattos DJS, Rutlin J, Hong X, Zinn K, Shimony JS, Carter AR. White matter integrity of contralesional and transcallosal tracts may predict response to upper limb task-specific training in chronic stroke. Neuroimage Clin. 2021;31:102710. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102710. Epub 2021 May 31. PMID: 34126348; PMCID: PMC8209270.
Newbold DJ, Laumann TO, Hoyt CR, Hampton JM, Montez DF, Raut RV, Ortega M, Mitra A, Nielsen AN, Miller DB, Adeyemo B, Nguyen AL, Scheidter KM, Tanenbaum AB, Van AN, Marek S, Schlaggar BL, Carter AR, Greene DJ, Gordon EM, Raichle ME, Petersen SE, Snyder AZ, Dosenbach NUF. Plasticity and Spontaneous Activity Pulses in Disused Human Brain Circuits. Neuron. 2020 Aug 5;107(3):580-589.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID: 32778224; PMCID: PMC7419711.
Siddiqi SH, Trapp NT, Hacker CD, Laumann TO, Kandala S, Hong X, Trillo L, Shahim P, Leuthardt EC, Carter AR, Brody DL. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Resting-State Network Targeting for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blinded Pilot Study. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Apr 15;36(8):1361-1374. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5889. Epub 2019 Jan 7. PMID: 30381997; PMCID: PMC6909726.
Boyd LA, Hayward KS, Ward NS, Stinear CM, Rosso C, Fisher RJ, Carter AR, Leff AP, Copland DA, Carey LM, Cohen LG, Basso DM, Maguire JM, Cramer SC. Biomarkers of Stroke Recovery: Consensus-Based Core Recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2017 Oct- Nov;31(10-11):864-876. doi: 10.1177/1545968317732680. PMID: 29233071.
Carter AR, McAvoy MP, Siegel JS, Hong X, Astafiev SV, Rengachary J, Zinn K, Metcalf NV, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Differential white matter involvement associated with distinct visuospatial deficits after right hemisphere stroke. Cortex. 2017 Mar;88:81-97. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.12.009. Epub 2016 Dec 20. PMID: 28081452; PMCID: PMC5462627.
Corbetta M, Ramsey L, Callejas A, Baldassarre A, Hacker CD, Siegel JS, Astafiev SV, Rengachary J, Zinn K, Lang CE, Connor LT, Fucetola R, Strube M, Carter AR, Shulman GL. Common behavioral clusters and subcortical anatomy in stroke. Neuron. 2015 Mar 4;85(5):927-41. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.02.027. PMID: 25741721; PMCID: PMC4646844.
Baldassarre A, Ramsey L, Hacker CL, Callejas A, Astafiev SV, Metcalf NV, Zinn K, Rengachary J, Snyder AZ, Carter AR, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Large-scale changes in network interactions as a physiological signature of spatial neglect. Brain. 2014 Dec;137(Pt 12):3267-83. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu297. Epub 2014 Nov 2. PMID: 25367028; PMCID: PMC4240302.
Cristancho P, Akkineni K, Constantino JN, Carter AR, O'Reardon JP. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in a 15-year-old patient with autism and comorbid depression. J ECT. 2014 Dec;30(4):e46-7. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000156. PMID: 24979652; PMCID: PMC5462612.
Urbin MA, Hong X, Lang CE, Carter AR. Resting-state functional connectivity and its association with multiple domains of upper-extremity function in chronic stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2014 Oct;28(8):761-9. doi: 10.1177/1545968314522349. Epub 2014 Feb 18. PMID: 24553104; PMCID: PMC4136994.
Carter AR, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Why use a connectivity-based approach to study stroke and recovery of function? Neuroimage. 2012 Oct 1;62(4):2271-80. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.070. Epub 2012 Mar 5. PMID: 22414990; PMCID: PMC3733251.
Carter AR, Patel KR, Astafiev SV, Snyder AZ, Rengachary J, Strube MJ, Pope A, Shimony JS, Lang CE, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Upstream dysfunction of somatomotor functional connectivity after corticospinal damage in stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2012 Jan;26(1):7-19. doi: 10.1177/1545968311411054. Epub 2011 Jul 29. PMID: 21803932; PMCID: PMC3822763.
Carter AR, Connor LT, Dromerick AW. Rehabilitation after stroke: current state of the science. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2010 May;10(3):158-66. doi: 10.1007/s11910-010-0091-9. PMID: 20425030; PMCID: PMC2910093.
Carter AR, Astafiev SV, Lang CE, Connor LT, Rengachary J, Strube MJ, Pope DL, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Resting interhemispheric functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity predicts performance after stroke. Ann Neurol. 2010 Mar;67(3):365-75. doi: 10.1002/ana.21905. PMID: 20373348; PMCID: PMC2927671.

Research Interests

Dr. Carter's research interests include activity-dependent neuroplasticity, distributed brain networks, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, motor recovery, hemispatial neglect, prism adaptation therapy, neuroimaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, brain-computer interfaces, and music supported therapy.

Background

Dr. Carter earned a medical degree from Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, a residency in neurology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO and a fellowship in neurorehabilitation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO.

Board Certifications

Board-certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Medical Degree

Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

Residency

Neurology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Fellowship

Neurorehabilitation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Doctorate Degree

Neurobiology, Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

Professional Societies and Organizations

The American Society for Neurorehabilitation
The American Neurological Association

WashU Medicine Orthopedics