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James Stinear, PhD, DC
- Research Assistant Professor, PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, NU
- Director, Neuralplasticity Laboratory, RIC
Locations
Education & Training
Education
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Ph.D., Neurophysiology, 2003
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- MSc(Hons), Hum. Mov. Science, 2000
- Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
- MChiroSci, Chiropractic Science, 1996
- Sherman College of Chiropractic, SC, USA
- DC, Clinical Chiropractic, 1981
Fellowships
- Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Postdoctoral, Neurophysiology, 2004
Awards & Recognition
1990–93 President, NZ Chiropractors’ Association Inc.
1992–98 Vice Chairman, NZ Chiropractic Registration Board
1992–98 Vice President, Australasian Council on Chiropractic Education
2001– Member of the Society for Neuroscience
Honors
2003 NZ Foundation for Research Science and Technology North Island Award winner for the best poster communicating science to the lay community
Recent or Important Publications
Stinear JW, Byblow WD (2002). Disinhibition of the human motor cortex is enhanced by synchronous upper limb movements. Journal of Physiology 543: 307-316.
Byblow WD, Lewis, GN & Stinear JW. (2003). Effector specific visual information influences kinesthesis and reaction time performance in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Motor Behavior 35:99-108.
Stinear JW & Byblow WD. (2004) Modulation of human cervical premotoneurons during bilateral voluntary contraction of upper limb muscles. Muscle & Nerve 29: 506-514.
Stinear JW & Byblow WD. (2004) Rhythmic bilateral movement training enhances upper limb motricity post-stroke: a pilot study. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 21:124-131.
Stinear JW & Byblow WD. (2004) An interhemispheric asymmetry in motor cortex inhibition during bimanual movement. Brain Research 1022:81-87
Byblow WD, Lewis GN, Stinear JW, Carson RG (2004) The modulation of excitability in corticospinal pathways during rhythmic movement. In: Swinnen S, Duysens J (eds) Neuro-
Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination: A multidisciplinary approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp 155-186
Stinear JW and Byblow WD. (2004) The contribution of cervical propriospinal premotoneurons in recovering hemiparetic stroke patients. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 21: 426-434
Coxon JP, Stinear JW and Byblow WD. (2005) Amplitude of muscle stretch modulates corticomotor gain during passive movement. Brain Research 1031:109-117
Stinear JW and Hornby TG. (2005) Stimulation-induced changes in lower limb corticomotor excitability during treadmill walking. Journal of Physiology 567.2: 701-711
Prior MM and Stinear JW. (2006) Phasic spike-timing dependent plasticity of human cortex. Brain Research 1110:150-158
Jayaram G, Santos L, Stinear JW. (2007) Spike-timing dependent plasticity induced in resting lower limb cortex persists during subsequent walking. Brain Research 1153:95-97.
Gerachshenko T, Stinear JW. (2007) Suppression of motor evoked potentials in biceps brachii preceding pronator contraction. Experimental Brain Research 183: 531-539
Jayaram G and Stinear JW. (2007) Contralesional paired associative stimulation increases paretic lower limb motor excitability post-stroke. Experimental Brain Research DOI 10.1007/s00221-007-1183-x
Gerachshenko T, Rymer WZ, Stinear JW. (2007) Abnormal corticomotor excitability assessed in biceps brachii preceding pronator contraction post-stroke. Clinical Neurophysiology DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.11.004
Curriculum Vitae
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