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75
Citations
18227
World Ranking
2034
National Ranking
215

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1940 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

Hugh Bostock is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on neurology and biomedical engineering as key subfields. The work also covers molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and rehabilitation.

Their research topics include:

  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

Hugh Bostock has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Hatice Tankişi
  • James Howells
  • Bülent Çengiz
  • Gintautė Samušytė
  • Martin Koltzenburg

They have published extensively, with a strong presence in the following venues:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurophysiologie Clinique
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
  • Brain Stimulation

Recent papers authored include:

  • "Short-interval intracortical inhibition as a function of inter-stimulus interval: Three methods compared," 2020, Brain Stimulation
  • "Early diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by threshold tracking and conventional transcranial magnetic stimulation," 2021, European Journal of Neurology
  • "Three different short-interval intracortical inhibition methods in early diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2022, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • "Development and early diagnosis of critical illness myopathy in COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome," 2022, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • "Estimating motor unit numbers from a CMAP scan: Repeatability study on three muscles at 15 centres," 2023, Clinical Neurophysiology

Hugh Bostock has been recognized by election to two prestigious fellowships:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2001)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1940)

Best Publications

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

    Hugh Bostock;Katia Cikurel;David Burke

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

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

  • Excitability of human axons

    D Burke;MC Kiernan;H Bostock

  • Two phases of intracortical inhibition revealed by transcranial magnetic threshold tracking

    R. J. Fisher;Y. Nakamura;S. Bestmann;J. C. Rothwell

  • The effects of 4-aminopyridine and tetraethylammonium ions on normal and demyelinated mammalian nerve fibres.

    H Bostock;T A Sears;R M Sherratt

  • Function and distribution of three types of rectifying channel in rat spinal root myelinated axons.

    M. Baker;Hugh Bostock;Peter Grafe;P. Martius

  • The internodal axon membrane: electrical excitability and continuous conduction in segmental demyelination.

    H Bostock;T A Sears

  • Effects of 4-aminopyridine on normal and demyelinated mammalian nerve fibres.

    R. M. Sherratt;H. Bostock;T. A. Sears

  • LATENT ADDITION IN MOTOR AND SENSORY FIBRES OF HUMAN PERIPHERAL NERVE

    H Bostock;J C Rothwell

  • Effects of membrane polarization and ischaemia on the excitability properties of human motor axons

    Matthew C. Kiernan;Hugh Bostock

  • Activity-dependent excitability changes in normal and demyelinated rat spinal root axons.

    Hugh Bostock;Peter Grafe

  • Action potentials and membrane currents in the human node of Ranvier

    Jiirgen R. Schwarz;Gordon Reid;Hugh Bostock

  • Altered axonal excitability properties in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: impaired potassium channel function related to disease stage

    Kazuaki Kanai;Satoshi Kuwabara;Sonoko Misawa;Noriko Tamura

  • Hyperexcitable C nociceptors in fibromyalgia

    Jordi Serra;Antonio Collado;Romà Solà;Francesca Antonelli

  • The strength-duration relationship for excitation of myelinated nerve: computed dependence on membrane parameters.

    H Bostock

  • Axonal ion channel dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    H. Bostock;M. K. Sharief;G. Reid;N. M. F. Murray

  • KCNQ channels mediate IKs, a slow K+ current regulating excitability in the rat node of Ranvier.

    J. R. Schwarz;G. Glassmeier;E. C. Cooper;T.‐C Kao

  • Slowly conducting afferents activated by innocuous low temperature in human skin.

    M. Campero;J. Serra;H. Bostock;J. L. Ochoa

  • Activity-dependent slowing of conduction differentiates functional subtypes of C fibres innervating human skin.

    Jordi Serra;Mario Campero;José Ochoa;Hugh Bostock

  • Microneurographic identification of spontaneous activity in C-nociceptors in neuropathic pain states in humans and rats.

    Jordi Serra;Hugh Bostock;Romà Solà;Jordi Aleu

  • Acute tetrodotoxin-induced neurotoxicity after ingestion of puffer fish.

    Matthew C. Kiernan;Geoffrey K. Isbister;Cindy S.-Y. Lin;David Burke

  • Effects of temperature on the excitability properties of human motor axons

    Matthew C. Kiernan;Katia Cikurel;Hugh Bostock

  • Nerve excitability changes in critical illness polyneuropathy

    W. J. Z'Graggen;C. S. Y. Lin;R. S. Howard;R. J. Beale

  • Physiology and pathobiology of axons By S. G. Waxman (ed.), xiv + 448 pages, 249 illustrations, 8 tables, Raven Press, New York, NY, 1978, US$ 42.25

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Frequent Co-Authors

David Burke
David Burke University of Sydney
Peter Grafe
Peter Grafe Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
José L. Ochoa
José L. Ochoa Oregon Health & Science University
Dimitri M. Kullmann
Dimitri M. Kullmann University College London
Sonoko Misawa
Sonoko Misawa Chiba University
Nanna B. Finnerup
Nanna B. Finnerup Aarhus University
Hiroshi Shibasaki
Hiroshi Shibasaki Kyoto University
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne

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