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Christy L. Ludlow is affiliated with James Madison University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work focuses on areas including Neurology, Speech and Hearing, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Ludlow's research include Dysphagia Assessment and Management, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Tracheal and Airway Disorders, Voice and Speech Disorders, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.

Ludlow's recent publications cover several aspects of neurological and speech-related disorders. Selected papers include:

  • Laryngeal Dystonia, 2021, Neurology
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Functional Magnet Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia During Phonation, 2020, Brain Stimulation
  • An Exploration of Lung Volume Effects on Swallowing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2021, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
  • Healthy Volunteers Immediately Adapt to Submental Stimulation During Swallowing, 2021, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • The Feasibility of Home-Based Treatment Using Vibratory Stimulation in Chronic Severe Dysphagia, 2022, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Common publication venues for Ludlow include:

  • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
  • Neurology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface

Frequent collaborators in Ludlow's research are Teresa J. Kimberley, Erin Kamarunas, Kristina Simonyan, Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, and Andrew Blitzer, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation across several projects.

Best Publications

  • Mutant dynactin in motor neuron disease.

    Imke Puls;Catherine Jonnakuty;Bernadette H. LaMonte;Erika L.F. Holzbaur

  • Assessment: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of movement disorders (an evidence-based review) Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    D. M. Simpson;A. Blitzer;A. Brashear;C. Comella

  • Dextroamphetamine: cognitive and behavioral effects in normal prepubertal boys.

    Judith L. Rapoport;Monte S. Buchsbaum;Theodore P. Zahn;Herbert Weingartner

  • Altered patterns of cerebral activity during speech and language production in developmental stuttering. An H2(15)O positron emission tomography study.

    A R Braun;M Varga;S Stager;G Schulz

  • Brain anatomy differences in childhood stuttering.

    Soo Eun Chang;Kirk I. Erickson;Nicoline G. Ambrose;Mark A. Hasegawa-Johnson

  • Effects of surface electrical stimulation both at rest and during swallowing in chronic pharyngeal Dysphagia.

    Christy L. Ludlow;Ianessa Humbert;Keith Saxon;Christopher Poletto

  • Mutations in TRPV4 cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C.

    Guida Landouré;Anselm A Zdebik;Tara L Martinez;Barrington G Burnett

  • Effects of botulinum toxin injections on speech in adductor spasmodic dysphonia

    C L Ludlow;R F Naunton;S E Sedory;G M Schulz

  • Qualitative analysis of scopolamine-induced amnesia.

    Eric D. Caine;Herbert Weingartner;Christy L. Ludlow;Edward A. Cudahy

  • Stuttering: a dynamic motor control disorder

    Christy L. Ludlow;Torrey Loucks

  • Distal spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy caused by dynactin mutation.

    Imke Puls;Shin J. Oh;Charlotte J. Sumner;Karen E. Wallace

  • Brain activation abnormalities during speech and non-speech in stuttering speakers.

    Soo Eun Chang;Mary Kay Kenney;Torrey M.J. Loucks;Christy L. Ludlow

  • The Focal Dystonias: Current Views and Challenges for Future Research

    Hyder A Jinnah;Alfredo Berardelli;Cynthia Comella;Giovanni Defazio

  • The effect of surface electrical stimulation on hyolaryngeal movement in normal individuals at rest and during swallowing

    Ianessa A. Humbert;Christopher J. Poletto;Keith G. Saxon;Pamela R. Kearney

  • Functional Neuroanatomy of Human Vocalization: An H215O PET Study

    G.M. Schulz;M. Varga;K. Jeffires;C.L. Ludlow

  • Evidence of Left Inferior Frontal–Premotor Structural and Functional Connectivity Deficits in Adults Who Stutter

    Soo Eun Chang;Barry Horwitz;John Ostuni;Richard Reynolds

  • Speech timing in Parkinson's and Huntington's disease

    Christy L. Ludlow;Nadine P. Connor;Celia J. Bassich

  • Laryngeal elevation achieved by neuromuscular stimulation at rest.

    Theresa A. Burnett;Eric A. Mann;Sonia A. Cornell;Christy L. Ludlow

  • Human brain activation during phonation and exhalation: common volitional control for two upper airway functions.

    Torrey M. J. Loucks;Christopher J. Poletto;Kristina Simonyan;Catherine L. Reynolds

  • Sensory stimulation activates both motor and sensory components of the swallowing system.

    Soren Y. Lowell;Christopher J. Poletto;Bethany R. Knorr-Chung;Richard C. Reynolds

  • The use of perceptual methods by new clinicians for assessing voice quality.

    Celia J. Bassich;Christy L. Ludlow

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristina Simonyan
Kristina Simonyan Harvard University
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Allen R. Braun
Allen R. Braun Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Barry Horwitz
Barry Horwitz National Institutes of Health
Kenneth H. Fischbeck
Kenneth H. Fischbeck National Institutes of Health
Herbert Weingartner
Herbert Weingartner National Institutes of Health
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Hyder A. Jinnah
Hyder A. Jinnah Emory University
Judith L. Rapoport
Judith L. Rapoport National Institutes of Health
Mary Kay Floeter
Mary Kay Floeter National Institutes of Health

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