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Overview

Brian L. Day is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and medicine. Their academic work spans a range of fields, prominently including neurology and cognitive neuroscience, along with physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physiology.

Their research covers major topics such as vestibular and auditory disorders, balance, gait and falls prevention, motor control and adaptation, neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

Many of their recent publications have appeared in venues such as The Journal of Physiology, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Stimulation, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and Brain and Spine. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Brain stimulation
  • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Brain and Spine

Brian L. Day has collaborated regularly with several co-authors including:

  • Amy Peters
  • Matthew J. Bancroft
  • Sebastian J. Crutch
  • Keir Yong
  • Diego Kaski

Their recent papers include:

  • Bilateral nucleus basalis of Meynert deep brain stimulation for dementia with Lewy bodies: A randomised clinical trial, 2020, Brain stimulation
  • Pedunculopontine Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinsonian Disorders: A Case Series, 2020, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Variance based weighting of multisensory head rotation signals for verticality perception, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Ambulatory intracranial pressure in humans: ICP increases during movement between body positions, 2024, Brain and Spine
  • Bed rest impairs the vestibular control of balance, 2024, The Journal of Physiology

The scientist's research integrates clinical and physiological perspectives addressing motor control, balance, and neurological treatment approaches. Their work includes both experimental and clinical trial methodologies, reflecting a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to neurological and vestibular system disorders.

Best Publications

  • Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex.

    T Kujirai;M D Caramia;J C Rothwell;B L Day

  • Theories of developmental dyslexia: insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults

    Franck Ramus;Stuart Rosen;Steven C. Dakin;Brian L. Day

  • Interhemispheric inhibition of the human motor cortex.

    A Ferbert;J C Rothwell;B L Day

  • Electric and magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex: surface EMG and single motor unit responses.

    B L Day;D Dressler;A Maertens de Noordhout;C D Marsden

  • MANUAL MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN A DEAFFERENTED MAN

    J. C. Rothwell;M. M. Traub;B. L. Day;J. A. Obeso

  • Probing the human vestibular system with galvanic stimulation

    Richard C. Fitzpatrick;Brian L. Day

  • Stimulation of the human motor cortex through the scalp.

    JC Rothwell;PD Thompson;BL Day;S Boyd

  • DISTURBANCE OF SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE

    R. Benecke;J. C. Rothwell;J. P. R. Dick;B. L. Day

  • Effect of vision and stance width on human body motion when standing: implications for afferent control of lateral sway.

    B L Day;M J Steiger;P D Thompson;C D Marsden

  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BLEPHAROSPASM AND OROMANDIBULAR DYSTONIA

    A. Berardelli;J. C. Rothwell;B. L. Day;C. D. Marsden

  • New observations on the normal auditory startle reflex in man.

    P. Brown;J. C. Rothwell;P. D. Thompson;T. C. Britton

  • Performance of simultaneous movements in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    R. Benecke;J. C. Rothwell;J. P. R. Dick;B. L. Day

  • Motor cortex stimulation in intact man. 2. Multiple descending volleys.

    B. L. Day;J. C. Rothwell;P. D. Thompson;J. P R Dick

  • MOTOR CORTEX STIMULATION IN INTACT MAN .1. GENERAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF EMG RESPONSES IN DIFFERENT MUSCLES

    J. C. Rothwell;P. D. Thompson;B. L. Day;J. P. R. Dick

  • Reciprocal inhibition between the muscles of the human forearm.

    B L Day;C D Marsden;J A Obeso;J C Rothwell

  • Voluntary modification of automatic arm movements evoked by motion of a visual target.

    B. L. Day;I. N. Lyon

  • HUMAN BODY-SEGMENT TILTS INDUCED BY GALVANIC STIMULATION : A VESTIBULARLY DRIVEN BALANCE PROTECTION MECHANISM

    B L Day;A Séverac Cauquil;L Bartolomei;M A Pastor

  • POSTURAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC RESPONSES IN THE ARM AND LEG FOLLOWING GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION IN MAN

    T C Britton;B L Day;P Brown;J C Rothwell

  • Reciprocal inhibition between forearm muscles in patients with writer's cramp and other occupational cramps, symptomatic hemidystonia and hemiparesis due to stroke.

    K. Nakashima;J. C. Rothwell;B. L. Day;P. D. Thompson

  • The effect of magnetic coil orientation on the latency of surface EMG and single motor unit responses in the first dorsal interosseous muscle

    K.J. Werhahn;J.K.Y. Fong;B.-U. Meyer

  • Delay in the execution of voluntary movement by electrical or magnetic brain stimulation in intact man: evidence for the storage of motor programs in the brain

    B. L. Day;J. C. Rothwell;P. D. Thompson;A. Maertens De Noordhout

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles David Marsden
Charles David Marsden King's College London
Pd Thompson
Pd Thompson University of Cambridge
John C. Rothwell
John C. Rothwell University College London
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford
Alfredo Berardelli
Alfredo Berardelli Sapienza University of Rome
Patricia Limousin
Patricia Limousin University College London
Marwan Hariz
Marwan Hariz Umeå University
Ludvic Zrinzo
Ludvic Zrinzo University College London
Thomas Foltynie
Thomas Foltynie University College London
Sebastian J. Crutch
Sebastian J. Crutch University College London

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