ReviewExperimental brain research2020
Plasticity and dystonia: a hypothesis shrouded in variability.
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- Temporal interference stimulation for deep brain neuromodulation in humans.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Review
- Structure-function association of the cerebellar motor network is altered in isolated cervical dystonia.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Clinical neurophysiology in the treatment of movement disorders: IFCN handbook chapter.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
- Neuromodulation in Dystonia - Harnessing the Network.Advances in neurobiology · 2023Article
- Elucidation of the mechanism underlying impaired sensorimotor gating in patients with primary blepharospasm using prepulse inhibition.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Consensus Paper: Novel Directions and Next Steps of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Health and Disease.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
- A Critical Investigation of Cerebellar Associative Learning in Isolated Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2022Article
- Dystonia.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Article
- Dystonia Management: What to Expect From the Future? The Perspectives of Patients and Clinicians Within DystoniaNet Europe.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Neurodegeneration and Sensorimotor Function.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Clinical manifestation of regional abnormal cortical plasticity: do dystonia and chronic pain have more in common than meets the eye?Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
Studying plasticity mechanisms with Professor John Rothwell was a shared highlight of our careers. In this article, we discuss non-invasive brain stimulation techniques which aim to induce and quantify plasticity, the mechanisms and nature of their inherent variability and use such observations to review the idea that excessive and abnormal plasticity is a pathophysiological substrate of dystonia. We have tried to define the tone of our review by a couple of Professor John Rothwell's many inspiring characteristics; his endless curiosity to refine knowledge and disease models by scientific exploration and his wise yet humble readiness to revise scientific doctrines when the evidence is supportive. We conclude that high variability of response to non-invasive brain stimulation plasticity protocols significantly clouds the interpretation of historical findings in dystonia research. There is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean of assumptions and armed with an informative literature in health, re-evaluate whether excessive plasticity has a causal role in the pathophysiology of dystonia.
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