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Discipline of Paediatrics
Women's and Children's Hospital
Level 2, Clarence Reiger Building
72 King William Road
North Adelaide, South Australia 5006

Research enquiries:
Professor Jennifer Couper
Telephone: +618 8161 6242
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Media enquiries:
Jane Clayton
Telephone: +61 8 8313 1411
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Recent papers published by our neuroscience researchers

2011

Doeltgen SH, Ridding MC (2011). ‘Low-intensity, short-interval theta burst stimulation modulates excitatory but not inhibitory motor networks', Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 122, issue 7, pp. 1,411-6.

Doeltgen SH, Ridding MC (2011). ‘Modulation of cortical motor networks following primed theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 215, issue 3-4, pp. 199-206.

Goldsworthy MR, Pitcher JB, Ridding MC (2011). ‘The application of spaced theta burst protocols induces long-lasting neuroplastic changes in the human motor cortex', European Journal of Neuroscience, published online in advance of print, 25 November 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07924.x.

McAllister SM, Rothwell JC, Ridding MC (2011). ‘Cortical oscillatory activity and the induction of plasticity in the human motor cortex', European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 33, issue 10, pp. 1,916-24.

Pitcher JB, Schneider LA, Drysdale JL, Ridding MC, Owens JA (2011). ‘Motor system development of the preterm and low birthweight infant', Clinics in Perinatology, vol. 38, issue 4, pp. 605-25.

Smith AE, Ridding MC, Higgins RD, Wittert GA, Pitcher JB (2011). ‘Cutaneous afferent input does not modulate motor intracortical inhibition in ageing men', European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 34, issue 9, pp. 1,461-9.

Smith AE, Sale MV, Higgins RD, Wittert GA & Pitcher JB (2011). ‘Male human motor cortex stimulus-response characteristics are not altered by aging', Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 110, issue 1, pp. 206-12.


Meet our kids

Anaesthesia mask

Members of the Neuromotor Development Stream are currently researching the impact of general anaesthesia on brain responsiveness, to determine whether commonly-used anaesthetics have a long-term effect on the development of motor skills in children.