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Overview

Michael C. Ridding is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of cognitive neuroscience, neurology, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work encompasses various main topics, including:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

They have published regularly in several academic venues, notably:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cortex
  • Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
  • Neurology

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael C. Ridding include:

  • "Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? - A consensus and critical position paper" (2022, Clinical Neurophysiology)
  • "Effects of rTMS on the brain: is there value in variability?" (2021, Cortex)
  • "Evidence for a Window of Enhanced Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex Following Ischemic Stroke" (2021, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair)
  • "Can Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhance Poststroke Motor Recovery?" (2021, Neurology)
  • "Age-related decline of neuroplasticity to intermittent theta burst stimulation of the lateral prefrontal cortex and its relationship with late-life memory performance" (2020, Clinical Neurophysiology)

Frequent collaborators in Michael C. Ridding's research include Mitchell R. Goldsworthy, Lynton Graetz, Brenton Hordacre, John C. Rothwell, and Nigel C. Rogasch. These coauthors have contributed variously across multiple studies alongside Ridding, supporting investigations into brain stimulation and neural plasticity.

Best Publications

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

    U Ziemann;J C Rothwell;M C Ridding

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

    Michael C. Ridding;John C. Rothwell

  • Determinants of the induction of cortical plasticity by non-invasive brain stimulation in healthy subjects.

    M. C. Ridding;U. Ziemann

  • Changes in excitability of motor cortical circuitry in patients with parkinson's disease

    Ridding Mc;Inzelberg R;Rothwell Jc

  • Changes in the balance between motor cortical excitation and inhibition in focal, task specific dystonia.

    M C Ridding;G Sheean;J C Rothwell;R Inzelberg

  • Relation between cerebral activity and force in the motor areas of the human brain.

    C. Dettmers;G. R. Fink;R. N. Lemon;K. M. Stephan

  • Ten Years of Theta Burst Stimulation in Humans: Established Knowledge, Unknowns and Prospects

    A. Suppa;Y.-Z. Huang;K. Funke;M.C. Ridding

  • Changes in muscle responses to stimulation of the motor cortex induced by peripheral nerve stimulation in human subjects.

    MC Ridding;B Brouwer;TS Miles;Julia B Pitcher

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? – A consensus and critical position paper

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  • The effect of voluntary contraction on cortico-cortical inhibition in human motor cortex.

    M C Ridding;J L Taylor;J C Rothwell

  • Stimulus/response curves as a method of measuring motor cortical excitability in man

    M.C. Ridding;J.C. Rothwell

  • Plasticity induced by non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation: A position paper.

    Ying Zu Huang;Ying Zu Huang;Ying Zu Huang;Ming Kue Lu;Andrea Antal;Joseph Classen

  • Cortisol inhibits neuroplasticity induction in human motor cortex.

    Martin V Sale;Michael C Ridding;Michael A Nordstrom

  • Factors influencing the magnitude and reproducibility of corticomotor excitability changes induced by paired associative stimulation

    Martin V. Sale;Michael C. Ridding;Michael A. Nordstrom

  • REORGANIZATION OF CORTICAL BLOOD-FLOW AND TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION MAPS IN HUMAN-SUBJECTS AFTER UPPER-LIMB AMPUTATION

    J. J. M. Kew;M. C. Ridding;J. C. Rothwell;R. E. Passingham

  • Short latency facilitation between pairs of threshold magnetic stimuli applied to human motor cortex

    H. Tokimura;M.C. Ridding;Y. Tokimura;V.E. Amassian

  • A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the motor system: an international consensus study.

    Lucinda S Chipchase;Siobhan M Schabrun;Leonardo Cohen;Paul W Hodges

  • Changes in corticomotor representations induced by prolonged peripheral nerve stimulation in humans.

    Michael C Ridding;Michael C Ridding;Darrin R McKay;Philip D Thompson;Timothy S Miles

  • The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on suppression of habitual counting during random number generation.

    Marjan Jahanshahi;Paolo Profice;Richard G. Brown;Mike C. Ridding

  • Motor cortex plasticity induced by paired associative stimulation is enhanced in physically active individuals

    John Cirillo;Andrew P. Lavender;Michael C. Ridding;John G. Semmler

  • Afferent input and cortical organisation: a study with magnetic stimulation.

    M. C. Ridding;J. C. Rothwell

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Semmler
John G. Semmler University of Adelaide
Timothy S. Miles
Timothy S. Miles University of Adelaide
John C. Rothwell
John C. Rothwell University College London
Siobhan M. Schabrun
Siobhan M. Schabrun Neuroscience Research Australia
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Nigel C. Rogasch
Nigel C. Rogasch University of Adelaide
Michael A. Nordstrom
Michael A. Nordstrom University of Adelaide
Ted Nettelbeck
Ted Nettelbeck University of Adelaide
Janet L. Taylor
Janet L. Taylor Edith Cowan University
Derek Abbott
Derek Abbott University of Adelaide

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