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Rick C. Helmich publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rick C. Helmich sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 149 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rick C. Helmich D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rick C. Helmich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rick C. Helmich is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research mainly focuses on neurological disorders, particularly Parkinson's Disease, with an emphasis on mechanisms and treatments associated with the condition. Helmich's work spans across medicine and neuroscience with a substantial contribution to neurology and various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology.

The scientist has published extensively in topics related to neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, functional brain connectivity studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and traumatic brain injury research.

Helmich has contributed papers to several frequent publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Movement Disorders, Clinical Neurophysiology, npj Parkinson's Disease, and Brain.

Notable recent papers authored by Rick C. Helmich include:

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parkinson's Disease: Hidden Sorrows and Emerging Opportunities (2020, Journal of Parkinson s Disease)
  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychological Distress, Physical Activity, and Symptom Severity in Parkinson's Disease (2020, Journal of Parkinson s Disease)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Helmich are:

  • Bastiaan R. Bloem
  • Michiel F. Dirkx
  • Anouk van der Heide
  • Petra Schwingenschuh
  • Martin E. Johansson

The scientist's research has been published in high-impact journals and addresses various clinical and neurophysiological aspects of Parkinson's Disease, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients. Their work also involves studying brain function and structure alterations in Parkinson's Disease through various interventional and observational studies.

Helmich's research engages multidisciplinary approaches covering neurology, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology, contributing to the understanding of disease mechanisms and potential therapeutic interventions.

Best Publications

  • Graph theoretical analysis of magnetoencephalographic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's disease.

    C. J. Stam;W. de Haan;A. Daffertshofer;B. F. Jones

  • Cerebral causes and consequences of parkinsonian resting tremor: a tale of two circuits?

    Rick C. Helmich;Rick C. Helmich;Mark Hallett;Günther Deuschl;Ivan Toni

  • Spatial Remapping of Cortico-striatal Connectivity in Parkinson's Disease

    Rick C. Helmich;Loes C. Derikx;Maaike Bakker;Maaike Bakker;René Scheeringa

  • Consensus Paper: Towards a Systems-Level View of Cerebellar Function: the Interplay Between Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia, and Cortex.

    Daniele Caligiore;Giovanni Pezzulo;Gianluca Baldassarre;Andreea C. Bostan

  • Pallidal dysfunction drives a cerebellothalamic circuit into Parkinson tremor.

    Rick C. Helmich;Marcel J. R. Janssen;Wim J. G. Oyen;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Gait-related cerebral alterations in patients with Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait.

    Anke H. Snijders;Inge Leunissen;Inge Leunissen;Maaike Bakker;Maaike Bakker;Sebastiaan Overeem

  • Posture influences motor imagery: an fMRI study.

    Floris P. de Lange;Rick C. Helmich;Rick C. Helmich;Ivan Toni;Ivan Toni

  • Aerobic Exercise Alters Brain Function and Structure in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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  • The Pathophysiology of Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Tremor

    Rick C. Helmich;Ivan Toni;Günther Deuschl;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parkinson's Disease: Hidden Sorrows and Emerging Opportunities.

    Rick C. Helmich;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Cerebral correlates of motor imagery of normal and precision gait.

    M. Bakker;M. Bakker;F. P. De Lange;Rick C. Helmich;Rick C. Helmich;René Scheeringa

  • Cerebral compensation during motor imagery in Parkinson's disease

    Rick C. Helmich;Floris P. de Lange;Bastiaan R. Bloem;Ivan Toni;Ivan Toni

  • Striatal Dopamine Mediates the Interface between Motivational and Cognitive Control in Humans: Evidence from Genetic Imaging

    Esther Aarts;Ardi Roelofs;Barbara Franke;Barbara Franke;Mark Rijpkema

  • Parkinson's disease as a system-level disorder

    Daniele Caligiore;Rick C Helmich;Mark Hallett;Ahmed A Moustafa

  • Dopamine and performance in a reinforcement learning task: evidence from Parkinson's disease.

    Tamara Shiner;Ben Seymour;Klaus Wunderlich;Ciaran Hill

  • Dopamine controls Parkinson's tremor by inhibiting the cerebellar thalamus.

    Michiel F. Dirkx;Hanneke E. M. den Ouden;Esther Aarts;Monique H. M. Timmer

  • The cerebral basis of Parkinsonian tremor: A network perspective.

    Rick C. Helmich

  • The Cerebral Network of Parkinson's Tremor: An Effective Connectivity fMRI Study

    Michiel F. Dirkx;Hanneke den Ouden;Esther Aarts;Monique Timmer

  • Unmasking levodopa resistance in Parkinson's disease

    Jorik Nonnekes;Monique H.M. Timmer;Nienke M. de Vries;Olivier Rascol;Olivier Rascol

  • The nature of postural tremor in Parkinson disease

    Michiel F. Dirkx;Heidemarie Zach;Bastiaan R. Bloem;Mark Hallett

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychological Distress, Physical Activity, and Symptom Severity in Parkinson's Disease.

    Anouk van der Heide;Marjan J. Meinders;Bastiaan R. Bloem;Rick C. Helmich

Frequent Co-Authors

Bastiaan R. Bloem
Bastiaan R. Bloem Radboud University
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
Nir Giladi
Nir Giladi Tel Aviv University
Avi Orr-Urtreger
Avi Orr-Urtreger Tel Aviv University
Esther Aarts
Esther Aarts Radboud University
Talma Hendler
Talma Hendler Tel Aviv University
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Alexander Münchau
Alexander Münchau University of Lübeck
Tobias Bäumer
Tobias Bäumer University of Lübeck

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