John Rothwell (physiologist)

John C. Rothwell
John Rothwell at the Third International Conference on Transcranial Magnetic and Direct Current Stimulation in Göttingen, 2008
Born 1954 (age 63–64)[1]
Alma mater University of Cambridge (BA), King's College London (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields Neurophysiology
Institutions University College London
Thesis The function of the human long-latency stretch reflex (1980)
Doctoral advisor C David Marsden
Website www.ion.ucl.ac.uk/departments/sobell/Research/JRothwell

John C. Rothwell (born 1954)[1] is a Professor of neurophysiology at the UCL Institute of Neurology. His main area of interest is transcranial magnetic stimulation and motor control.[2]

Education

Rothwell was educated at the University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD at King's College London in 1980[3] which supervised by David Marsden.[4]

Career and research

His group has pioneered the use of the paired-pulse technique (Kujirai et al. 1992), interhemispheric studies (Ferbert et al. 1992).

Rothwell was appointed head of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Movement and Balance Unit after the untimely death of David Marsden. He has written over 400 papers and numerous chapters.[5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 John C. Rothwell at Library of Congress Authorities
  2. ↑ Rothwell, John (2011). "Prof. J. Rothwell: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Human Motor Control". ucl.ac.uk. London: University College London. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28.
  3. ↑ Rothwell, John C. (1980). The function of the human long-latency stretch reflex (PhD thesis). King's College London (University of London). OCLC 59952890.
  4. ↑ Quinn, Niall; Rothwell, John; Jenner, Peter (2012). "Charles David Marsden. 15 April 1938 -- 29 September 1998". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. London: Royal Society. 58 (0): 203–228. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0026.
  5. ↑ John Rothwell's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Rossini, P.M.; Barker, A.T.; Berardelli, A.; Caramia, M.D.; Caruso, G.; Cracco, R.Q.; Dimitrijević, M.R.; Hallett, M.; Katayama, Y.; Lücking, C.H.; Maertens de Noordhout, A.L.; Marsden, C.D.; Murray, N.M.F.; Rothwell, J.C.; Swash, M.; Tomberg, C. (1994). "Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord and roots: basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application. Report of an IFCN committee". Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 91 (2): 79–92. doi:10.1016/0013-4694(94)90029-9.
  7. ↑ Kujirai, T; Caramia, M D; Rothwell, J C; Day, B L; Thompson, P D; Ferbert, A; Wroe, S; Asselman, P; Marsden, C D (1993). "Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex". The Journal of Physiology. 471 (1): 501–519. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019912. PMC 1143973. PMID 8120818.


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