2026 Ned Jenkinson: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	38	8483	7841	625	578	88	7729

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Overview

Ned Jenkinson is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with substantial contributions to several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, biomedical engineering, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

Motor Control and Adaptation
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Vestibular and auditory disorders
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neurological disorders and treatments
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their research. These include:

"Targeted tDCS selectively improves motor adaptation with the proximal and distal upper limb," 2020, published in Brain Stimulation
"Pedunculopontine Nucleus Microstructure Predicts Postural and Gait Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease," 2020, published in Movement Disorders
"The role of interhemispheric communication during complete and partial cancellation of bimanual responses," 2021, published in Journal of Neurophysiology
"Direct and indirect effects of cathodal cerebellar TDCS on visuomotor adaptation of hand and arm movements," 2021, published in Scientific Reports
"Age-Related Differences in Corticospinal Excitability and Anticipatory Postural Adjustments of the Trunk," 2021, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

The frequent coauthors with whom Ned Jenkinson has collaborated extensively include:

Matthew Weightman
Raphaël Hamel
R. Chris Miall
Alison Hall
John-Stuart Brittain

Ned Jenkinson has published often in notable venues, with repeated contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Brain Stimulation
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Neurophysiology
Experimental Brain Research

Best Publications

Translational principles of deep brain stimulation

Morten L Kringelbach;Morten L Kringelbach;Ned Jenkinson;Ned Jenkinson;Sarah L F Owen;Tipu Z Aziz;Tipu Z Aziz

1042
Citations
New insights into the relationship between dopamine, beta oscillations and motor function

Ned Jenkinson;Peter Brown

752
Citations
Local field potential beta activity in the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson's disease is associated with improvements in bradykinesia after dopamine and deep brain stimulation.

Nicola Ray;N Jenkinson;S Wang;P Holland

488
Citations
Driving Oscillatory Activity in the Human Cortex Enhances Motor Performance

Raed A. Joundi;Ned Jenkinson;John-Stuart Brittain;Tipu Z. Aziz;Tipu Z. Aziz

416
Citations
Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD+ Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures.

Yasir S. Elhassan;Yasir S. Elhassan;Katarina Kluckova;Rachel S. Fletcher;Mark S. Schmidt

399
Citations
Diffusion imaging of whole, post-mortem human brains on a clinical MRI scanner.

Karla L. Miller;Charlotte J. Stagg;Gwenaëlle Douaud;Saâd Jbabdi

311
Citations
Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the pedunculopontine nucleus

Ned Jenkinson;Dipanker Nandi;Kalai Muthusamy;Nicola J. Ray

228
Citations
Pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation improves akinesia in a Parkinsonian monkey.

N Jenkinson;D Nandi;R C Miall;J F Stein

220
Citations
Dynamic neural correlates of motor error monitoring and adaptation during trial-to-trial learning.

Huiling Tan;Ned Jenkinson;Peter Brown

212
Citations
Pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation improves gait freezing in Parkinson disease

Wesley Thevathasan;Terry J. Coyne;Jonathan A. Hyam;Graham Kerr

197
Citations
Alpha oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus correlate with gait performance in parkinsonism

Wesley Thevathasan;Alek Pogosyan;Jonathan A. Hyam;Ned Jenkinson

190
Citations
A Role for the Subthalamic Nucleus in Response Inhibition during Conflict

John-Stuart Brittain;Kate E. Watkins;Raed A. Joundi;Nicola J. Ray

184
Citations
The role of the subthalamic nucleus in response inhibition: evidence from local field potential recordings in the human subthalamic nucleus.

Nicola J. Ray;John-Stuart Brittain;Peter Holland;Raed A. Joundi

183
Citations
A spatiotemporal analysis of gait freezing and the impact of pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation

Wesley Thevathasan;Wesley Thevathasan;Michael H. Cole;Michael H. Cole;Cara L. Graepel;Jonathan A. Hyam

182
Citations
Adaptation to rotated visual feedback: a re-examination of motor interference

R. Christopher Miall;Ned Jenkinson;Kunal Kulkarni

174
Citations
The role of the subthalamic nucleus in response inhibition: evidence from deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

Nicola Ray;N Jenkinson;J Brittain;P Holland

166
Citations
Surprise disrupts cognition via a fronto-basal ganglia suppressive mechanism

Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Jan R. Wessel;Ned Jenkinson;Ned Jenkinson;John Stuart Brittain;Sarah H E M Voets

142
Citations
Gamma oscillations in the human basal ganglia

Ned Jenkinson;Andrea A. Kühn;Peter Brown

140
Citations
Subthalamic Nucleus Local Field Potential Activity during the Eriksen Flanker Task Reveals a Novel Role for Theta Phase during Conflict Monitoring

Baltazar Zavala;John-Stuart Brittain;Ned Jenkinson;Keyoumars Ashkan

132
Citations
Connectivity of the human pedunculopontine nucleus region and diffusion tensor imaging in surgical targeting.

Kalai A. Muthusamy;Bhooma R. Aravamuthan;Morten L. Kringelbach;Ned Jenkinson

128
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