John C. Rothwell

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Best Publications

• Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex

  Ying-Zu Huang;Ying-Zu Huang;Mark J. Edwards;Elisabeth Rounis;Kailash P. Bhatia

  4484
  Citations

• Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex.

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

  3548
  Citations

• Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord and roots: basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application. Report of an IFCN committee

  P.M. Rossini;A.T. Barker;A. Berardelli;M.D. Caramia

  3535
  Citations

• 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

  3256
  Citations

• Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

  Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Nathalie André-Obadia;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache

  2404
  Citations

• Interhemispheric inhibition of the human motor cortex.

  A Ferbert;J C Rothwell;B L Day

  1761
  Citations

• Grafts of fetal dopamine neurons survive and improve motor function in Parkinson's disease

  O Lindvall;Patrik Brundin;H Widner;S Rehncrona

  1391
  Citations

• Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

  Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  1333
  Citations

• Interaction between intracortical inhibition and facilitation in human motor cortex.

  U Ziemann;J C Rothwell;M C Ridding

  1322
  Citations

• Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines

  A. Antal;Ivan Alekseichuk;M. Bikson;J. Brockmöller

  1314
  Citations

• Pathophysiology of bradykinesia in parkinson's disease

  Alfredo Berardelli;J. C. Rothwell;P. D. Thompson;M. Hallett

  1208
  Citations

• 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

  1157
  Citations

• MANUAL MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN A DEAFFERENTED MAN

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

  1127
  Citations

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation in cognitive neuroscience--virtual lesion, chronometry, and functional connectivity.

  Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Vincent Walsh;John Rothwell

  1109
  Citations

• How does transcranial DC stimulation of the primary motor cortex alter regional neuronal activity in the human brain

  Nicolas Lang;Hartwig R. Siebner;Hartwig R. Siebner;Nick S. Ward;Lucy Lee

  1070
  Citations

• Modulation of brain plasticity in stroke: a novel model for neurorehabilitation

  Giovanni Di Pino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Assenza;Fioravante Capone

  991
  Citations

• The pathophysiology of primary dystonia.

  A Berardelli;J C Rothwell;M Hallett;P D Thompson

  980
  Citations

• Level of action of cathodal DC polarisation induced inhibition of the human motor cortex

  Michael A. Nitsche;Maren S. Nitsche;Maren S. Nitsche;Cornelia C. Klein;Cornelia C. Klein;Frithjof Tergau

  945
  Citations

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation: new insights into representational cortical plasticity

  Hartwig Roman Siebner;John Rothwell

  912
  Citations

• Is there a future for therapeutic use of transcranial magnetic stimulation

  Michael C. Ridding;John C. Rothwell

  896
  Citations

• Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

  J.A. Obeso;M. Stamelou;M. Stamelou;C.G. Goetz;W. Poewe

  890
  Citations

• Variability in Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Motor Cortex

  Sarah Wiethoff;Masashi Hamada;Masashi Hamada;John C. Rothwell

  851
  Citations

• A common polymorphism in the brain‐derived neurotrophic factor gene (BDNF) modulates human cortical plasticity and the response to rTMS

  Binith Cheeran;Penelope Talelli;Francesco Mori;Francesco Mori;Giacomo Koch;Giacomo Koch

  840
  Citations

• The Role of Interneuron Networks in Driving Human Motor Cortical Plasticity

  Masashi Hamada;Nagako Murase;Alkomiet Hasan;Alkomiet Hasan;Michelle Balaratnam

  827
  Citations

• Short latency inhibition of human hand motor cortex by somatosensory input from the hand

  H Tokimura;V Di Lazzaro;Y Tokimura;A Oliviero

  817
  Citations