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Overview

Robert Chen is affiliated with the University Health Network in Canada. Their research spans extensive areas within medicine and neuroscience, with particular focus on neurology and cognitive neuroscience. Their scholarly output includes 264 publications in medicine and 218 in neuroscience, reflecting a blend of clinical and theoretical approaches.

Their primary subfields of study include:

  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Chen's work extensively covers topics related to neurological function and disorders, with a significant emphasis on neuromodulation techniques. Their main research topics include:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

They have contributed notably to research published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • Neurology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? - A consensus and critical position paper, 2022, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation for neuromodulation, 2021, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation in neurological disorders. Updated report of an IFCN committee, 2023, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Human Studies of Transcranial Ultrasound neuromodulation: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety, 2022, Brain Stimulation

Frequent collaborators involved in their research include:

  • Ghazaleh Darmani
  • Andrés M. Lozano
  • Talyta Grippe
  • Jean-François Nankoo
  • Can Sarica

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Depression of motor cortex excitability by low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    R. Chen;J. Classen;C. Gerloff;P. Celnik

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • 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

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

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

  • Water diffusion changes in Wallerian degeneration and their dependence on white matter architecture.

    Carlo Pierpaoli;Alan Barnett;Sinisa Pajevic;Robert Chen

  • Nervous system reorganization following injury.

    R. Chen;L.G. Cohen;M. Hallett

  • The clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee.

    Robert Chen;Didier Cros;Antonio Curra;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Outcomes and Prediction of Submucosal Cancer From Advanced Colonic Mucosal Neoplasia

    Alan Moss;Michael J. Bourke;Stephen J. Williams;Luke F. Hourigan

  • Interactions between two different inhibitory systems in the human motor cortex.

    Terence D. Sanger;Rami R. Garg;Robert Chen

  • Intracortical inhibition and facilitation in different representations of the human motor cortex.

    Robert Chen;Alda Tam;Cathrin Bütefisch;Brian Corwell

  • Multimodal imaging of brain reorganization in motor areas of the contralesional hemisphere of well recovered patients after capsular stroke

    Christian Gerloff;Khalaf Bushara;Alexandra Sailer;Eric M. Wassermann

  • Interactions between inhibitory and excitatory circuits in the human motor cortex.

    Robert Chen;Robert Chen

  • Definition and classification of hyperkinetic movements in childhood

    Terence D. Sanger;Daofen Chen;Darcy L. Fehlings;Mark Hallett

  • The mechanisms of interhemispheric inhibition in the human motor cortex

    Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis;Bruce K Christensen;Paul B Fitzgerald;Lailoma Roshan

  • Time course of corticospinal excitability in reaction time and self‐paced movements

    Robert Chen;Zaneb Yaseen;Leonardo G. Cohen;Mark Hallett

  • A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Recommendations for Patients With Mild, Moderate, and Severe Disease and Nonmyelopathic Patients With Evidence of Cord Compression

    Michael G. Fehlings;Michael G. Fehlings;Lindsay A. Tetreault;Lindsay A. Tetreault;K. Daniel Riew;James W. Middleton

  • Dextromethorphan decreases the excitability of the human motor cortex

    Ulf Ziemann;Robert Chen;Leonardo G. Cohen;Mark Hallett

  • Mechanism of the silent period following transcranial magnetic stimulation. Evidence from epidural recordings.

    R. Chen;Andres M. Lozano;Peter Ashby

  • Bayesian inference analyses of the polygenic architecture of rheumatoid arthritis

    Eli A Stahl;Daniel Wegmann;Gosia Trynka;Javier Gutierrez-Achury

  • Mechanisms of Cortical Reorganization in Lower-Limb Amputees

    Robert Chen;Brian Corwell;Zaneb Yaseen;Mark Hallett

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony E. Lang
Anthony E. Lang University of Toronto
Carolyn Gunraj
Carolyn Gunraj University of Toronto
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Zafiris J. Daskalakis
Zafiris J. Daskalakis University of California - San Diego School of Medicine
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University
Mera S. Barr
Mera S. Barr University of Toronto
Tarek K. Rajji
Tarek K. Rajji Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Elena Moro
Elena Moro Grenoble Alpes University
Faranak Farzan
Faranak Farzan Simon Fraser University

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