Today we had the honor to host the President of Germany in our lab. We demonstrated how Matthias, our SCI hero suffering from motor complete hand paralysis, can move again the hand with a new orthosis that is driven by spared motor unit activity. #GraspAgainIsAClinicalReality

Well done Tyler Henderson ! Very challenging study to provide further insight to motoneurone activation. Tricky CMEP measurements and a drug intervention on top. Congratulations! Jacob Thorstensen European Journal of Neuroscience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

In this research, Emily Joy Brotherton et al. use #TranscranialMagneticStimulation to demonstrate that people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) have a reduced ability to activate muscles following maximal effort-fatiguing contractions. ow.ly/ykWg50Qe8uT Surendran Sabapathy

👀 Check out Experimental Physiology latest #EPicks with Daniel J. McKeown of Griffith University discusses their latest research on The severity of acute hypoxaemia determines distinct changes in intracortical and spinal neural circuits: buff.ly/49jxroU 📽️ buff.ly/3SXrfgv

New motor unit data from our lab! Amazing work by Benjamin Goodlich who evaluated self-sustained firing in humans. Congratulations! Greg Pearcey Alessandro Del Vecchio Journal of Physiology physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The final experimental chapter of my PhD is now published in Journal of Physiology. Special thanks to coauthors Greg Pearcey Alessandro Del Vecchio Sean Horan and Justin Kavanagh. An awesome result to round out the thesis, which has been submitted for examination 🎉

Congratulations and welcome to Jacob Thorstensen of Bond University, who joins us as one of our 2024 Editorial Board Fellows!

Benjamin Goodlich, Sean Horan, Justin Kavanagh (@MenziesHealth), Gregory E. P. Pearcey (Memorial HKR) and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Department AIBE (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)) explore how 5-HT2 receptor antagonism attenuates self-sustained firing of human motor units! 📜buff.ly/4biG4jQ

Neurophysiology #PhD #scholarships at Edith Cowan University (ECU) Anthony Blazevich Li-Ann Leow ➡ #Brain and #motoneuron changes with #ageing and associations with #neuromuscular function ➡ #dopamine in non-invasive brain stimulation and #neuroplasticity in older adults Message for info!

Bond University neuroscientist Jacob Thorstensen, PhD and Medical Program alumna Helena Franco have been named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024 List in the healthcare and science category. 👏🏼👏🏼 Read the full story here: brnw.ch/21wJRr2

Congrats to Benjamin Goodlich on his ISEK best oral presentation award! Ben has been leading an effort to understand how manipulation of serotonin signalling affects human motor output and underlying neurophysiology! The presentation was equally as impressive as the work 👏

Acute intermittent hypoxia increases maximal motor unit discharge rates in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury - Pearcey - 2024 - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

I was invited to provide a Perspective article on a new spinal cord injury study in Journal of Physiology. Brief bouts of intermittent hypoxia is capable of enhancing motor unit discharge and force generation in people with SCI. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

Does #immersion of a limb in cold water influence corticospinal #excitability and the level of afferent inhibition exerted on motor cortical circuits? Delahunty, Leanne Bisset and Justin Kavanagh (Griffith University) investigate in this #ShortCommunication! 📜buff.ly/498RRBr

James A. Beauchamp (Northwestern University - Biomedical Engineering) et al. observed that intrinsic properties of spinal #motoneurons degrade #ankle torque control in humans ⚙️🦶 📜 Read the #Research here: buff.ly/IESDnFt

Outstanding work by Marc Bruneau! Our new MS data reveals reduced MU discharge with and without motor fatigue Benjamin Goodlich Tyler Henderson Sean Horan MS Australia journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

Research Article by MC Bruneau et al. (Griffith University UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast Bond University Justin Kavanagh) #Motorunitdischarge and #torquesteadiness are reduced in people with #multiplesclerosis when performing voluntary #muscle contractions ow.ly/SyXu50WbyCO

Great work from Tyler Henderson who used CMEPs and MU discharge properties to improve our understanding of 5-HT effects on motoneurone excitability Jacob Thorstensen Journal of Physiology physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…