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Thomas Nyffeler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with extensive work in subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Psychiatry and Mental health.

The scientist's main research topics cover Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms, as well as Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism.

Nyffeler has published papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • Cortex
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Stroke
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Some recent publications include:

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018), 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Corrigendum to "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)" [Clin. Neurophysiol. 131 (2020) 474-528], 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Eyetracking during free visual exploration detects neglect more reliably than paper-pencil tests, 2020, Cortex
  • Immersive 3D Virtual Reality Cancellation Task for Visual Neglect Assessment: A Pilot Study, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Getting into a "Flow" state: a systematic review of flow experience in neurological diseases, 2021, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Frequent collaborators of Nyffeler include:

  • Dario Cazzoli
  • Brigitte Charlotte Kaufmann
  • Tobias Nef
  • Tim Vanbellingen
  • René M. Müri

Best Publications

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

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

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H. Benninger

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

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

  • The role of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in ocular motor behavior.

    Ch Pierrot-Deseilligny;R M Müri;T Nyffeler;D Milea

  • One Session of Repeated Parietal Theta Burst Stimulation Trains Induces Long-Lasting Improvement of Visual Neglect

    Thomas Nyffeler;Dario Cazzoli;Christian W. Hess;René M. Müri

  • Hypervigilance-avoidance pattern in spider phobia

    Tobias Pflugshaupt;Urs P. Mosimann;Roman von Wartburg;Wolfgang Schmitt

  • Theta burst stimulation reduces disability during the activities of daily living in spatial neglect

    Dario Cazzoli;Dario Cazzoli;René Martin Müri;Rahel Schumacher;Sebastian von Arx

  • Repetitive TMS over the human oculomotor cortex: comparison of 1-Hz and theta burst stimulation.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Pascal Wurtz;Hans-Rudolf Lüscher;Christian W. Hess

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

    Tamara Shiner;Ben Seymour;Klaus Wunderlich;Ciaran Hill

  • Extending lifetime of plastic changes in the human brain.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Pascal Wurtz;Hans‐Rudolf Lüscher;Christian W. Hess

  • Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of reflexive and volitional saccades as revealed by lesion studies with neurological patients and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

    René M. Müri;Thomas Nyffeler

  • Corrigendum to "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)" [Clin. Neurophysiol. 131 (2020) 474-528].

    Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H Benninger

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) inhibits cortical dendrites

    Sean C Murphy;Sean C Murphy;Sean C Murphy;Lucy Palmer;Thomas Nyffeler;René Martin Müri

  • Examining the gateway to the limbic system with diffusion tensor imaging: the perforant pathway in dementia.

    Peter Kalus;Johannes Slotboom;Jürgen Gallinat;Richard Mahlberg

  • Street crossing behavior in younger and older pedestrians: an eye- and head-tracking study

    Giuseppe Angelo Zito;Dario Cazzoli;Loreen Scheffler;Michael Jäger

  • Neglect-like visual exploration behaviour after theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right posterior parietal cortex.

    Thomas Nyffeler;Dario Cazzoli;Pascal Wurtz;Mathias Lüthi

  • About the role of visual field defects in pure alexia.

    Tobias Pflugshaupt;Klemens Gutbrod;Pascal Wurtz;Roman von Wartburg

  • Time course of blood oxygenation level-dependent signal response after theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the frontal eye field.

    D. Hubl;T. Nyffeler;P. Wurtz;S. Chaves

  • Theta burst stimulation in neglect after stroke: functional outcome and response variability origins

    Thomas Nyffeler;Tim Vanbellingen;Brigitte C Kaufmann;Tobias Pflugshaupt

  • Interhemispheric balance of overt attention: a theta burst stimulation study.

    Dario Cazzoli;Pascal Wurtz;René M. Müri;Christian W. Hess

  • Theta Burst Stimulation Over the Right Broca's Homologue Induces Improvement of Naming in Aphasic Patients

    Jochen Kindler;Rahel Schumacher;Dario Cazzoli;Klemens Gutbrod

Frequent Co-Authors

René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Stephan Bohlhalter
Stephan Bohlhalter University of Bern
Christian W. Hess
Christian W. Hess University of Bern
Jean-Marie Annoni
Jean-Marie Annoni University of Fribourg
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Andreas Luft
Andreas Luft University of Zurich
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny University of Montpellier
Adrian G. Guggisberg
Adrian G. Guggisberg University of Geneva
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Matthew E. Larkum
Matthew E. Larkum Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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