Publications

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2022

Weightman, M., Brittain, J.-S., Hall, A., Miall, R. C. and Jenkinson, N.
Timing is everything: event-related transcranial direct current stimulation improves motor adaptation​
Brain Stimulation, 15(3): 750-7.

Weightman, M., Brittain, J.-S., Miall, R. C. and Jenkinson, N.
Residual errors in visuomotor adaptation persist despite extended motor preparation periods
Journal of Neurophysiology, 127(2): 519-28.

2021

Brittain, J.-S.
Does cortico-basal-ganglia coupling separate observed from performed actions?
Clinical Neurophysiology (Editorial), 132(8): 1964-5.

Kearney, J and Brittain, J.-S.
Sensory attenuation in sport and rehabilitation: perspectives from research in Parkinson’s disease
Brain Sciences, 11(5): 580. Special Issue: Exercise and Brain Function—Series II.

Weightman, M., Brittain, J.-S., Miall, R. C. and Jenkinson, N.
Direct and indirect effects of cathodal cerebellar TDCS on visuomotor adaptation of hand and arm movements.
Scientific Reports, 11: 4464.

2020

van der Plas, M., Wang, D., Brittain, J.-S. and Hanslmayr, S.
Investigating the Role of Phase-Synchrony During Encoding of Episodic Memories Using Electrical Stimulation
Cortex, 133: 37-47.

Lametti, D. R., Quek, M. Y. M., Prescott, C. B., Brittain, J.-S. and Watkins, K. E.
The perils of learning to move while speaking: One-sided interference between speech and visuomotor adaptation
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27: 54452.

Craig, C., Jenkinson N.J., Brittain, J.-S., Grothe, M.J., Rochester, L., Silverdale, M., Alho, A.T.D.L., Alho, E.J.L., Holmes, P.S., Ray, N.J.
Pedunculopontine nucleus microstructure predicts postural and gait symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
Movement Disorders, 35(7): 1199-207.

Weightman, M., Brittain, J.-S., Punt, D., Miall, R. C. and Jenkinson, N.
Targeted tDCS selectively improves motor adaptation with the proximal and distal upper limb
Brain Stimulation, 13(3): 707-16.

2019

MacDonald, H. J., Brittain, J.-S., Spitzer, B., Hanslmayr, S. and Jenkinson, N.
Memory Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease are Associated with Reduced Beta Power Modulation
Brain Communications, 1(1): fcz040.

Guerra, A., Feurra, M., Pellegrino, G. and Brittain, J.-S
Investigating and Modulating Physiological and Pathological Brain Oscillations: The Role of Oscillatory Activity in Neural Plasticity
Journal of Neural Plasticity (Special Issue), Article ID 9403195. (Editorial, Guest Editor)

Hyam, J., Wang, S., Roy, H., Moosavi, S., Martin, S., Brittain, J.-S., Coyne, T., Silburn, P., Aziz, T. and Green, A.
The pedunculopontine region and breathing in Parkinson’s disease.
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 6(5): 837-47.

2018

Pedrosa, D. J., Brown, P., Cagnan, H., Visser-Vandewalle, V., Wirths, J., Timmermann, L. and Brittain, J.-S.
A functional micro-electrode mapping of ventral thalamus in Essential Tremor
Brain, 9(1): 2644-54.

Brittain, J.-S. and Cagnan, H
Recent trends in the use of electrical neuromodulation in Parkinson’s disease
Current Behavioural Neuroscience Reports, 5(2): 170-8, Jun 2018.

Halliday, D. M., Brittain, J.-S., Stevenson, C. and Mason, R.
Adaptive Spectral Tracking for Coherence Estimation: The z-tracker
Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(2): 0206004, Apr 2018.

Tinkhauser, G. Pogosyan, A. Debove, I., Nowacki, A., Shah, S.A., K. Seidel, K., Tan, H., Brittain, J.-S., Petermann, K. di Biase, L., Oertel, M., Pollo, C., Brown P. and Schuepbach, M.
Directional local field potentials: a tool to optimize deep brain stimulation
Movement Disorders, 33(1): 159-64, Jan 2018.

2017

D. J. Pedrosa, C. Nelles, P. Brown, L. J. Volz, E. A Pelzer, M. Tittgemeyer, J.-S. Brittain* and L. Timmermann*
The differentiated networks related to Essential tremor onset and its amplitude modulation after alcohol intake
Experimental Neurology, 297: 50-61, Nov 2017. *These authors contributed equally to the work.

Weinrich, C. A., Brittain, J.-S., Nowak, M., Salimi-Khorshidi, R., Brown P., Stagg, C. J.
Modulation of Long-Range Connectivity Patterns via Frequency-Specific Stimulation of Human Cortex
Current Biology, 27(19): 3061-8, Oct 2017.

G. Thut, T. O. Bergmann, F. Frohlich, S. R. Soekadar, J.-S. Brittain, A. Valero-Cabre, A. Sack, C. Miniussi, A. Antal, H. R. Siebner, U. Ziemann and C. S. Herrmann
Guiding transcranial brain stimulation by EEG/MEG to interact with ongoing brain activity and associated functions: A position paper
Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(5): 843-57, May 2017.
Editorial: M. Hallett. Smart brain stimulation.

L. di Biase*, J.-S. Brittain*, S. A. Shah, D. J. Pedrosa, H. Cagnan, A. Mathy, C. C. Chen, J. F. Martin-Rodriguez, P. Mir, L. Timmerman, P. Schwingenschuh, K. Bhatia, V. Di Lazzaro and P. Brown
Tremor Stability Index: a new tool for differential diagnosis in tremor syndromes
Brain, 140(7): 1977-86, Apr 2017. *These authors contributed equally to the work.
Editorial: Vidailhet, Roze & Jinnah. A simple way to distinguish essential tremor from tremulous Parkinson’s disease.

D. M. Herz, H. Tan, J.-S. Brittain, P. Fischer, B. Cheeran, A. L. Green, J. FitzGerald, T. Z. Aziz, K. Ashkan, S. Little, T. Foltynie, P. Limousin, L. Zrinzo, R. Bogacz, P. Brown
Distinct mechanisms mediate speed-accuracy adjustments in cortico-subthalamic networks
eLife, 6:e21481, Jan 2017.

2016

J. Wessel, N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, S. H. E. M. Voets, T. Aziz and A. R. Aron
Surprise disrupts cognition via a fronto-basal ganglia suppressive mechanism
Nature Communications, 7: 11195, Apr 2016.

J.-S. Brittain
Pause for breath: Emerging tremor during syncopated deep brain stimulation
Clinical Neurophysiology (Editorial), 127(2): 1009-10, Feb 2016.

2015

M. Panouilleres, R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain and N. Jenkinson
Reversing motor adaptation deficits in the ageing brain using non-invasive stimulation
The Journal of Physiology, 593(16): 2645-55, Aug 2015.

A. R. Mehta, A. Pogosyan, P. Brown and J.-S. Brittain
Montage matters: the influence of transcranial alternating current stimulation on human physiological tremor
Brain Stimulation, 8(2): 260-8, Mar-Apr 2015.

J.-S. Brittain, H. Cagnan, A. Mehta, T. Saifee, M. Edwards and P. Brown
Distinguishing the central drive to tremor in Parkinson’s disease and Essential Tremor
Journal of Neuroscience, 35(2): 795-806, Jan 2015.

2014

H. A. Sitsapesan, P. Holland, Z. Oliphant, N. De Pennington, J.-S. Brittain, N. Jenkinson, C. Joint, T. Z. Aziz and A. L. Green
Deep Brain Stimulation for Tremor Resulting from Acquired Brain Injury
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 85(7): 811-5, Jul 2014.

A. R. Mehta, J.-S. Brittain and P. Brown
The selective influence of rhythmic cortical versus cerebellar transcranial stimulation on human physiological tremor
Journal of Neuroscience, 34(22): 7501-8, May 2014.

J.-S. Brittain, A. Sharott and P. Brown
The highs and lows of beta activity in cortico-basal ganglia loops
European Journal of Neuroscience, 39(11): 1951-9, Apr 2014.

J.-S. Brittain and P. Brown
Oscillations and the basal ganglia: motor control and beyond
NeuroImage, 85(2): 637-47, Jan 2014.

2013

J.-S. Brittain and P. Brown
The Many Roads to Tremor
Experimental Neurology (Editorial), 250: 104-7, Dec 2013.

H. Cagnan, J.-S. Brittain, S. Little, T. Foltynie, P. Limousin, L. Zrinzo, M. Hariz, C Joint, J. Fitzgerald, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz and P. Brown
Phase dependent modulation of tremor amplitude in Essential Tremor through thalamic stimulation
Brain, 136(10): 3062-75, Oct 2013.

B. Zavala, J.-S. Brittain, N. Jenkinson, K. Ashkan, T. Foltynie, P. Limousin, L. Zrinzo, A. Green, T. Aziz, K. Zaghloul and P. Brown
Subthalamic nucleus LFP activity during the Eriksen-Flanker task reveals a novel role for theta phase during conflict monitoring
Joural of Neuroscience, 33(37): 14758-66, Sept 2013.

J. S. McTaggart, N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, S. A. W. Greeley, A. T. Hattersley and F. M. Ashcroft
Gain-of-Function Mutations in the KATP Channel (KCNJ11) Impair Coordinated Hand-Eye Tracking
Plos ONE, 8(4): e62646, Apr 2013.

R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz, P. Brown and N. Jenkinson
Persistent suppression of subthalamic beta-band activity during rhythmic finger tapping in Parkinson’s disease
Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(3): 565-573, Mar 2013.
Editorial: G. Giannicola and A. Priori. Stormy weather in the human basal ganglia.

J.-S. Brittain, P. Probert-Smith, T. Z. Aziz and P. Brown
Tremor suppression by rhythmic transcranial current stimulation.
Current Biology, 23 (5): 436-440, Mar 2013. Corrected supplemental materials

2012

R. A. Joundi, V. Lopez-Alonso, A. Lago, J.-S. Brittain, M. Fernandez-del-Olmo, P. Gomez-Garre, P. Mir, Ned Jenkinson, B. Cheeran and P. Brown
The effect of BDNF val66met polymorphism on visuomotor adaptation
Experimental Brain Research, 223(1): 43-50, Nov 2012.

J.-S. Brittain, K. Watkins, R. A. Joundi, N. Ray, P. Holland, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz and N. Jenkinson
A role for the subthalamic nucleus in response inhibition during conflict
Journal of Neuroscience, 32(39): 13396-401, Sept 2012.

R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz and N. Jenkinson
High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus selectively decreases central variance of rhythmic finger tapping in Parkinson’s disease
Neuropsychologia, 50(10): 2460-2466, Aug 2012.

R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz, P. Brown and N. Jenkinson
Oscillatory activity at in the subthalamic nucleus during arm reaching in Parkinson’s disease
Experimental Neurology, 236(2): 319-326, Aug 2012.

W. Thevathasan, M. H. Cole, C. L. Graepel, J. A. Hyam, N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, T. J. Coyne, P. A. Silburn, T. Z. Aziz, G. Kerr and P. Brown
A spatiotemporal analysis of gait freezing and the impact of pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation
Brain, 135(5): 1446-54, May 2012.

R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain, D. T. Punt, A. L. Green, N. Jenkinson and T. Z. Aziz
Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus improves velocity of ballistic movements in Parkinson’s disease
NeuroReport, 23(6): 390-4, Apr 2012.

N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, S. L. Hicks, C. Kennard and T. Z. Aziz
On The Origins of Oscillopsia
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 90(2): 124-9, Apr 2012.

N. J. Ray, J.-S. Brittain, P. Holland, R. A. Joundi, J. F. Stein, T. Z. Aziz and N. Jenkinson
The role of the subthalamic nucleus in response inhibition: Evidence from Local Field Potential recordings in the human Subthalamic nucleus
NeuroImage, 60(1): 271-8, Mar 2012.

R. A. Joundi, N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, T. Z. Aziz and P. Brown
Driving oscillatory activity in the human cortex enhances motor performance
Current Biology, 22(5): 403-7, Feb 2012.

J. A. Hyam, J.-S. Brittain, D. J. Paterson, R. J. O. Davies, T. Z. Aziz and A. L. Green
Controlling the Lungs via the Brain: A novel neurosurgical method to improve lung function in humans
Neurosurgery, 70(2): 469-78, Feb 2012.

2011

J.-S. Brittain, N. Jenkinson, P. Holland, R. A. Joundi, A. L. Green, T. Z. Aziz
Development of Holmes’ tremor following hemi-cerebellar infarction
Movement Disorders, 26(10): 1957-9, Aug 2011.

R. A. Joundi, J.-S. Brittain, N. Jenkinson, A. L. Green and T. Z. Aziz
Rapid tremor frequency assessment with the iPhone accelerometer
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 17(4):288-90, May 2011.

S. D. Basnayake, J. A. Hyam, E. A. Pereira, P. M. Schweder, J.-S. Brittain, T. Z. Aziz, A. L. Green and D. J. Paterson
Identifying cardiovascular neurocircuitry involved in the exercise pressor reflex in humans using functional neurosurgery
Journal of Applied Physiology, 110(4):881-91, Apr 2011.

J.-S. Brittain and D. M. Halliday
Optimal spectral tracking – adapting to dynamic regime change
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 195(1): 111-5, Jan 2011.

2010

J. G. Burgess, K. Warwick, V. Ruiz, M. N. Gasson, T. Z. Aziz, J.-S. Brittain and John Stein
Identifying tremor-related characteristics of basal ganglia nuclei during movement in the Parkinsonian patient
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 16(10): 671-5, Dec 2010.

J.-S. Brittain, P. Probert-Smith and T. Aziz.
Demand Driven Deep Brain Stimulation: Regimes and Autoregressive Hidden Markov implementation.
32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Aug 2010.

H. R. Mohseni, M. L. Kringelbach, P. Probert-Smith, A. L. Green, C. E. Parsons, K. S. Young, J.-S. Brittain, J. A. Hyam, P. M. Schweder, J. F. Stein and T. Z. Aziz.
Application of a null-beamformer to source localisation in MEG data of deep brain stimulation.
32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Aug 2010.

2009

J.-S. Brittain, A. Green, N. Jenkinson, N. Ray, P. Holland, J. F. Stein, T. Z. Aziz and P. Davies
Local field potentials reveal a distinctive neural signature of cluster headache in the hypothalamus
Cephalalgia, 29: 1165-1173, Nov 2009.
Awards: 7th International Cluster Headache Award (2010).

N. J. Ray, N. Jenkinson, J.-S. Brittain, P. Holland, C. Joint, D. Nandi, G. P. Bain, N. Yousif, J. S. Stein and T. Z. Aziz
The role of the subthalamic nucleus in response inhibition: evidence from deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
Neuropsychologia, 47(13): 2828-34, Nov 2009.

G. Lua, J.-S. Brittain, P. Holland, J. Yianni, A. L. Green, J. F. Stein, T. Z. Aziz and S. Wang
Removing ECG Noise from Surface EMG Signals Using Adaptive Filtering
Neuroscience Letters, 462(1): 14-19, Sept 2009.

P. J. Grover, E. A. C. Pereira, A. L. Green, J.-S. Brittain, S. L. F. Owen, P. Schweder, M. L. Kringelbach, P. T. Davies and T. Z. Aziz
Deep brain stimulation for cluster headache
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 16(7): 861-866, Jul 2009.

J.-S. Brittain, C. Caton, B. A. Conway, J. B. Nielsen, N. Jenkinson and D. M. Halliday
Optimal Spectral Tracking – with application to speed dependent neural modulation of tibialis anterior during human treadmill walking
Neuroscience Methods, 177(2):334-347, Mar 2009.

A. L. Green, S. Wang, J. F. Stein, E. A. C. Pereira, M. L. Kringelbach, X. Liu, J.-S. Brittain and T. Z. Aziz
Neural Signatures in Patients with Neuropathic Pain
Neurology, 72: 569-571, Feb 2009.

N. J. Ray, N. Jenkinson, M. L. Kringelbach, P. C. Hansen, E. A. Periera, J.-S. Brittain, P. Holland, I. E. Holliday, S. Owen, J. F. Stein and T. Z. Aziz
Abnormal thalamocortical dynamics may be altered by deep brain stimulation: Using magnetoencephalography to study phantom limb pain
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 16(1) pp.32-36, Jan 2009.

2008

J. B. Nielsen, J.-S. Brittain, D. M. Halliday, V. Marchand-Pauvert, D. Mazevet and B. A. Conway
Reduction of common motoneuronal drive on the affected side during walking in hemiplegic stroke patients
Clinical Neurophysiology, 119(12) pp.2813-2818, Dec 2008.

N. J. Ray, N. Jenkinson, S. Wang, P. Holland, J.-S. Brittain, C. Joint, J. F. Stein and T. Aziz
Local field potential beta activity in the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease is associated with improvements in bradykinesia after dopamine and deep brain stimulation
Experimental Neurology, 213 pp.108-113, Sept 2008.

2007

J.-S. Brittain, D. M. Halliday, B. A. Conway and J. B. Nielsen
Single-trial multi-wavelet coherence in application to neurophysiological time series
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54(5): 854-862, May 2007.