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Book Chapters

Burke D, 2008, 'Recording MEPs to transcranial electrical stimulation and SEPs to peripheral nerve stimulation simultaneously from the spinal cord', in Intraoperative Monitoring of Neural Function, Elsevier, pp. 252 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1567-4231(07)08017-3

Lin CS; Kiernan MC; Burke D; Bostock H, 2006, 'Assessment of nerve excitability properties in peripheral nerve disease', in Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 7: Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 381 - 403

Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2006, 'Developments in the assessment of peripheral nerve function', in Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 7: Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 927 - 943

Gandevia SC; Burke D, 2004, 'Chapter 5 Peripheral Motor System', in The Human Nervous System, Elsevier, pp. 113 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-012547626-3/50006-5

Kiernan MC; Burke D, 2004, 'Threshold electrotonus and the assessment of nerve excitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', in Eisen A (ed.), Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology. Volume 4: Clinical Neurophysiology of Motor Neurone Disease, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 359 - 366

Burke D; Gandevia DC, 2003, 'Chapter 2 Skeletal muscle: structure and function', in Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, Elsevier, pp. 7 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1567-4231(09)70112-1

Collins DF; Gorassini M; Bennett D; Burke DJ; Gandevia SC, 2002, 'Recent evidence for plateau potentials in human motoneurones', in Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 227 - 235

Burke DJ; Gandevia SC, 1999, 'Properties of human peripheral nerves:implications for studies of human motor control', in Peripheral and spinal mechanisms, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, pp. 427 - 435

Burke D; Hicks R, 1998, 'Corticospinal volleys evoked by transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation', in Spinal Cord Monitoring, Springer Vienna, pp. 445 - 461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6464-8_18

Burke DJ; Mogyoros I; Kiernan MC; Bostock H, 1997, 'Excitability of cutaneous sensory axons in amyotrophic lateralis sclerosis', in Physiology of ALS and Related Diseases, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 145 - 154

Burke DJ; Gandevia SC, 1995, 'The human muscle spindle and its fusimotor control', in Ferrell WR; Proske U (ed.), Neural Control of Movement, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 19 - 25

Burke DJ; Hicks R; Stephen J; Woodforth I; Crawford M, 1993, 'The Site of Activation of the Corticospinal System by Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex', in Spasticity, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78367-8_5

BURKE D; GANDEVIA SC, 1990, 'Peripheral Motor System', in The Human Nervous System, Elsevier, pp. 125 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-547625-6.50011-8

Hagbarth K; Burke D; Wallin G; Löfstedt L, 1976, 'Single unit spindle responses to muscle vibration in man.', in , pp. 281 - 289, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/137425

Journal articles

Woolf C; Kaplan L; Norrie LM; Burke D; Cunich M; Mowszowski L; Naismith SL, 2024, 'A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of Club Connect: a group-based healthy brain ageing cognitive training program for older adults with major depression within an older people's mental health service.', BMC Psychiatry, 24, pp. 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05391-7

Kiernan MC; Burke D; Tan RH, 2023, 'The lower motor neuron homunculus: function matters', Brain, 146, pp. E34 - E35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad021

Burke D, 2023, 'Has the importance of GABAA presynaptic inhibition been overestimated in human motor control?', J Physiol, 601, pp. 1699 - 1700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP284687

Woolf C; Lampit A; Shahnawaz Z; Sabates J; Norrie LM; Burke D; Naismith SL; Mowszowski L, 2022, 'A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Training in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder.', Neuropsychol Rev, 32, pp. 419 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11065-021-09487-3

Burke D, 2022, 'Conduction studies on the sural nerve.', Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 7, pp. 23 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2021.09.004

Burke D, 2021, 'James Waldo Lance 1926–2019', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32, pp. 190 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hr21001

Makker PGS; Keating BA; Lees JG; Burke D; Howells J; Moalem-Taylor G, 2021, 'Electrophysiological investigation of motor axonal excitability in a mouse model of nerve constriction injury', Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 26, pp. 99 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jns.12430

Burke D, 2021, 'Crosstalk opposing view: Independent fusimotor control of muscle spindles in humans: there is little to gain.', J Physiol, 599, pp. 2505 - 2508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP281337

Burke D, 2021, 'PL4. The clinical application of ALS electrodiagnostic criteria', Clinical Neurophysiology, 132, pp. e38 - e38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2021.02.017

Burke D, 2021, 'Rebuttal from David Burke.', J Physiol, 599, pp. 2511 - 2512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP281594

Burke D, 2021, 'WS3.3. The Values of H-Reflex and Other Late Responses in Disease', Clinical Neurophysiology, 132, pp. e55 - e56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2021.02.083

Kiernan MC; Shefner JM; Kaji R; Burke D, 2020, 'Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A new diagnostic paradigm', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91, pp. 903 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-324006

Shefner JM; Al-Chalabi A; Baker MR; Cui LY; de Carvalho M; Eisen A; Grosskreutz J; Hardiman O; Henderson R; Matamala JM; Mitsumoto H; Paulus W; Simon N; Swash M; Talbot K; Turner MR; Ugawa Y; van den Berg LH; Verdugo R; Vucic S; Kaji R; Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2020, 'A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 1975 - 1978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.04.005

Howells J; Sangari S; Matamala JM; Kiernan MC; Marchand-Pauvert V; Burke D, 2020, 'Interrogating interneurone function using threshold tracking of the H reflex in healthy subjects and patients with motor neurone disease', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 1986 - 1996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.03.028

Swash M; Burke D; Turner MR; Grosskreutz J; Leigh PN; Decarvalho M; Kiernan MC, 2020, 'Occasional essay: Upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91, pp. 227 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-321938

Cheung E; Parratt J; Frith J; Burke D; Ng K, 2020, 'Altered peripheral nerve excitability depends on severity of multiple sclerosis', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 589 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.11.012

Kiernan MC; Bostock H; Park SB; Kaji R; Krarup C; Krishnan AV; Kuwabara S; Lin CSY; Misawa S; Moldovan M; Sung J; Vucic S; Wainger BJ; Waxman S; Burke D, 2020, 'Measurement of axonal excitability: Consensus guidelines', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 308 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.07.023

Tankisi H; Burke D; Cui L; de Carvalho M; Kuwabara S; Nandedkar SD; Rutkove S; Stålberg E; van Putten MJAM; Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, 2020, 'Standards of instrumentation of EMG', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 243 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.07.025

Woolf C; Kaplan L; Naismith SL; Burke D; Margaret Norrie L; Mowszowski L, 2020, '344 - Study protocol for a feasibility RCT of Club Connect, a healthy brain ageing cognitive training program for older adults with depression', International Psychogeriatrics, 32, pp. 104 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610220002446

Woolf C; Lampit A; Shahnawaz Z; Sabates J; Norrie L; Burke D; Naismith S; Mowszowski L, 2020, '469 - A systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive training in adults with Major Depressive Disorder', International Psychogeriatrics, 32, pp. 191 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s104161022000321x

Kiernan MC; Goadsby PJ; Burke D, 2019, 'Marco polo of australian neurology', Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 90, pp. 627 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-320989

Lehmann HC; Burke D; Kuwabara S, 2019, 'Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: update on diagnosis, immunopathogenesis and treatment.', J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 90, pp. 981 - 987, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-320314

Burke D, 2019, 'Hyperreflexia as an upper motor neuron sign in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.', Clin Neurophysiol, 130, pp. 1405 - 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.05.015

Czesnik D; Howells J; Bartl M; Veiz E; Ketzler R; Kemmet O; Walters AS; Trenkwalder C; Burke D; Paulus W, 2019, 'Ih contributes to increased motoneuron excitability in restless legs syndrome.', J Physiol, 597, pp. 599 - 609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP275341

Howells J; Matamala JM; Park SB; Garg N; Vucic S; Bostock H; Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2018, 'In vivo evidence for reduced ion channel expression in motor axons of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', Journal of Physiology, 596, pp. 5379 - 5396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP276624

Makker PGS; Matamala JM; Park SB; Lees JG; Kiernan MC; Burke D; Moalem-Taylor G; Howells J, 2018, 'A unified model of the excitability of mouse sensory and motor axons', Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 23, pp. 159 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jns.12278

Matamala JM; Howells J; Dharmadasa T; Trinh T; Ma Y; Lera L; Vucic S; Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2018, 'Inter-session reliability of short-interval intracortical inhibition measured by threshold tracking TMS', Neuroscience Letters, 674, pp. 18 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.065

Burke D; Halmagyi GM, 2018, 'Normal tendon reflexes despite absent sensory nerve action potentials in CANVAS: a neurophysiological study.', J Neurol Sci, 387, pp. 75 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.023

Howells J; Bostock H; Park SB; Kiernan MC; Burke D, 2018, 'Tracking small sensory nerve action potentials in human axonal excitability studies', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 298, pp. 45 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.02.003

Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2018, 'Stimulus, response and excitability – What is new?', Clinical Neurophysiology, 129, pp. 333 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.011

Howells J; Makker PGS; Lees JG; Matamala JM; Park SB; Kiernan MC; Burke D; Moalem-Taylor G, 2018, '11. Studying human neurophysiology using the mouse tail!', Clinical Neurophysiology, 129, pp. e5 - e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.12.024

Howells J; Trinh T; Burke D; Kiernan MC, 2018, '13. Threshold-tracking TMS without an MEP', Clinical Neurophysiology, 129, pp. e6 - e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.12.026

Matamala JM; Howells J; Dharmadasa T; Trinh T; Ma Y; Vucic S; Burke D; Kiernan M, 2018, 'F147. Absolute and relative reliability of short-interval intracortical inhibition measured by threshold tracking transcranial magnetic stimulation', Clinical Neurophysiology, 129, pp. e122 - e123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2018.04.310

Tomlinson SE; Howells J; Burke D, 2018, 'In vivo assessment of neurological channelopathies: Application of peripheral nerve excitability studies.', Neuropharmacology, 132, pp. 98 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.045

Van Den Bos MAJ; Geevasinga N; Menon P; Burke D; Kiernan MC; Vucic S, 2017, 'Physiological processes influencing motor-evoked potential duration with voluntary contraction', Journal of Neurophysiology, 117, pp. 1156 - 1162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00832.2016

Burke D, 2017, 'Clinical practice highlights in Clinical Neurophysiology in 2015 (July–December)', Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 2, pp. 44 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2016.12.001


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