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Australia
2023

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Neuroscience

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106
Citations
36182
World Ranking
639
National Ranking
13

Medicine

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106
Citations
36267
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6602
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Australia Leader Award

Overview

David Burke is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research spans across neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and genetics. The scientist's work is reflected through 23 publications in medicine and 17 in neuroscience.

Burke's frequent areas of study include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, muscle activation and electromyography, neurogenetic and muscular disorders, motor control and adaptation, neurological disorders and treatments, and peripheral neuropathies and disorders.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Occasional essay: Upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020) in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Central nervous system physiology (2021) in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Do Muscle Changes Contribute to the Neurological Disorder in Spastic Paresis? (2022) in Frontiers in Neurology
  • Cortical inexcitability defines an adverse clinical profile in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020) in European Journal of Neurology
  • Interrogating interneurone function using threshold tracking of the H reflex in healthy subjects and patients with motor neurone disease (2020) in Clinical Neurophysiology

Burke has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Matthew C. Kiernan
  • James Howells
  • José Manuel Matamala
  • G. Michael Halmágyi
  • Chao Wang

The primary publication venues for their work are Clinical Neurophysiology, with four papers, The Journal of Physiology with three papers, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry and Clinical Neurophysiology Practice each with two, and Frontiers in Neurology with one.

Best Publications

  • Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord, roots and peripheral nerves: Basic principles and procedures for routine clinical and research application: An updated report from an I.F.C.N. Committee

    P.M. Rossini;D. Burke;R. Chen;L.G. Cohen

  • The responses of human muscle spindle endings to vibration of non‐contracting muscles.

    D Burke;K E Hagbarth;L Löfstedt;B G Wallin

  • The responses of human muscle spindle endings to vibration during isometric contraction.

    D Burke;K E Hagbarth;L Löfstedt;B G Wallin

  • The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord : Its Role in Motor Control and Movement Disorders

    Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny;David Burke

  • Threshold tracking techniques in the study of human peripheral nerve.

    Hugh Bostock;Katia Cikurel;David Burke

  • A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS

    Jeremy M. Shefner;Ammar Al-Chalabi;Mark R. Baker;Li-Ying Cui

  • Does the nervous system depend on kinesthetic information to control natural limb movements

    S. C. Gandevia;David Burke

  • Kinaesthetic signals and muscle contraction

    S.C. Gandevia;D.I. McCloskey;D. Burke

  • Multiple measures of axonal excitability: A new approach in clinical testing

    Matthew C. Kiernan;David Burke;Kjeld V. Andersen;Hugh Bostock

  • Monosynaptic and oligosynaptic contributions to human ankle jerk and H-reflex

    D. Burke;S. C. Gandevia;B. McKeon

  • Excitability of human axons

    D Burke;MC Kiernan;H Bostock

  • Responses to passive movement of receptors in joint, skin and muscle of the human hand.

    D Burke;S C Gandevia;G Macefield

  • Muscle spindle activity in man during shortening and lengthening contractions.

    D Burke;K E Hagbarth;L Löfstedt

  • Task-dependent reflex responses and movement illusions evoked by galvanic vestibular stimulation in standing humans.

    R Fitzpatrick;D Burke;S C Gandevia

  • Spasticity as an adaptation to pyramidal tract injury.

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  • Strength-duration properties of human peripheral nerve

    Ilona Mogyoros;Matthew C. Kiernan;David Burke

  • The afferent volleys responsible for spinal proprioceptive reflexes in man

    David Burke;Simon C. Gandevia;Brian McKeon

  • Perceptual responses to microstimulation of single afferents innervating joints, muscles and skin of the human hand.

    G Macefield;S C Gandevia;D Burke

  • Decline in spindle support to alpha-motoneurones during sustained voluntary contractions.

    G Macefield;K E Hagbarth;R Gorman;S C Gandevia

  • Voluntary activation of human motor axons in the absence of muscle afferent feedback. The control of the deafferented hand.

    S. C. Gandevia;Gary Macefield;David Burke;D. K. Mckenzie

  • The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord

    Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny;David Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew C. Kiernan
Matthew C. Kiernan Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Simon C. Gandevia
Simon C. Gandevia Neuroscience Research Australia
Hugh Bostock
Hugh Bostock University College London
Satoshi Kuwabara
Satoshi Kuwabara Chiba University
Michael G. Hanna
Michael G. Hanna University College London
Carolyn M. Sue
Carolyn M. Sue Royal North Shore Hospital
E. Pierrot-Deseilligny
E. Pierrot-Deseilligny Université Paris Cité
Julian Grosskreutz
Julian Grosskreutz University of Lübeck
Dimitri M. Kullmann
Dimitri M. Kullmann University College London
Peter Ashby
Peter Ashby Toronto Western Hospital

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