Research Interests
Associate Professor Winston Byblow is Director of the Movement Neuroscience Laboratory. His
research team examines the neural control of movement in health and disease, including ways to
enhance motor recovery after stroke, and improve movement abilities of people with
various movement disorders. Funding for this research has been provided by Health Research
Council of New Zealand, Australian Research Council, Neurological Foundation of New Zealand and New Zealand Lottery Health Grants.
See also the Movement Neuroscience web pages.
Selected Publications
- Stinear CM, Coxon JP, & Byblow WD. 2009. Primary motor cortex and movement prevention: Where Stop meets Go. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews 33, pp. 662-73. Impact factor: 8.2
- Schabrun SM, Stinear CM, Byblow WD & Ridding MC. 2009. Normalising motor cortex
representations in focal hand dystonia. Cerebral Cortex, 19,1968-77. Impact factor: 7.0. - Hummel FC, Celnik P, Pascual-Leone A, Fregni F, Byblow WD, Butefisch C, Rothwell JC, Cohen LG, Gerloff C. 2008. Controversy: Noninvasive and invasive cortical stimulation show efficacy in treating stroke patients. Brain Stimulation, 1, 4, 370-82. Impact factor: (new)
- Ziemann U, Paulus W, Nitsche MA, Pascual-Leone A, Byblow WD, Berardelli A, Siebner HR, Classen J, Cohen LG, & Rothwell JC . 2008. Motor Cortex Plasticity Protocols. Brain Stimulation 1, 3, 164-82. Impact factor: (new).
- Roberts LV, Stinear CM, Lewis GN & Byblow WD. 2008. Task-dependent modulation of
propriospinal inputs to human shoulder. Journal of Neurophysiology 100,4 2109-14. Impact factor: 3.9 - Stinear CM, Barber PA, Coxon JP, Fleming MK & Byblow WD. 2008. Priming the motor
system enhances the effects of upper limb therapy in chronic stroke. Brain 131, 1381-
90. Impact factor: 9.6 - Byblow WD, Coxon JP, Stinear CM, Fleming MK, Williams G, Muller & U Ziemann. 2007. Functional connectivity between secondary and primary motor areas underlying hand-foot coordination. Journal of Neurophysiology 98: 414-22. Impact factor: 3.9.
- Stinear CM, Barber PA, Smale P, Coxon JP, Fleming MK & Byblow WD. 2007. Functional potential in chronic stroke patients depends on corticospinal tract integrity. Brain 130, 170-80. Impact Factor: 8.6.
- Lewis GN & Byblow WD. 2002. Altered sensorimotor integration in Parkinson’s
disease, Brain 125, 2089-2099. Impact factor:7.5. - Stinear JW & Byblow WD. 2002. Disinhibition in the motor cortex is enhanced by synchronous upper limb movements. Journal of Physiology 543.1, 307-316. Impact factor:4.4.
