By Professor Jane Elizabeth Butler

Journal articles

Butler JE; Godfrey S; Thomas CK, 2016, 'Interlimb reflexes induced by electrical stimulation of cutaneous nerves after spinal cord injury', Plos One, 11, pp. e0153063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153063

Carter SG; Berger MS; Carberry JC; Bilston LE; Butler JE; Tong BKY; Martins RT; Fisher LP; McKenzie DK; Grunstein RR; Eckert DJ, 2016, 'Zopiclone increases the arousal threshold without impairing genioglossus activity in obstructive sleep apnea', Sleep, 39, pp. 757 - 766, http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.5622

Fitzpatrick SC; Luu BL; Butler JE; Taylor JL, 2016, 'More conditioning stimuli enhance synaptic plasticity in the human spinal cord', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 724 - 731, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.03.013

Chuang S; Teng A; Butler J; Gandevia S; Selvadurain H; Jaffe A, 2016, 'CPAP can improve respiratory effort as measured by surface electromyogram of the diaphragm (sEMGdi) in children with sleep-disordered breathing', , pp. pa4351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa4351

Héroux ME; Butler AA; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL; Butler JE, 2015, 'Time course of human motoneuron recovery after sustained low-level voluntary activity', Journal of Neurophysiology, 115, pp. 803 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00950.2015

Livermore N; Dimitri A; Sharpe L; McKenzie DK; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2015, 'Cognitive behaviour therapy reduces dyspnoea ratings in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 216, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2015.05.013

Luu BL; Saboisky JP; Taylor JL; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2015, 'TMS-evoked silent periods in scalene and parasternal intercostal muscles during voluntary breathing', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 216, pp. 15 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2015.05.010

Muceli S; Poppendieck W; Negro F; Yoshida K; Hoffmann KP; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Farina D, 2015, 'Accurate and representative decoding of the neural drive to muscles in humans with multi-channel intramuscular thin-film electrodes', Journal of Physiology, 593, pp. 3789 - 3804, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP270902

Boswell-Ruys CL; Lewis CRH; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2015, 'Respiratory muscle training may improve respiratory function and obstructive sleep apnoea in people with cervical spinal cord injury', Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 1, pp. 15010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scsandc.2015.10

McBain RA; Boswell-Ruys CL; Lee BB; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2015, 'Electrical stimulation of abdominal muscles to produce cough in spinal cord injury: Effect of stimulus intensity', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 29, pp. 362 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968314552527

Kwan BC; Butler JE; Hudson AL; McKenzie DK; Bilston LE; Gandevia SC, 2015, 'Corrigendum', Journal of Applied Physiology, 118, pp. 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-1448.corr.2015

Saboisky JP; Butler JE; Luu BL; Gandevia SC, 2015, 'Neurogenic Changes in the Upper Airway of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea', Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 15, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11910-015-0537-1

Brown EC; Cheng S; McKenzie DK; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Bilston LE, 2015, 'Tongue stiffness is lower in patients with obstructive sleep apnea during wakefulness compared with matched control subjects', Sleep, 38, pp. 537 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.4566

Carberry JC; Hensen H; Fisher LP; Saboisky JP; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Eckert DJ, 2015, 'Mechanisms contributing to the response of upper-airway muscles to changes in airway pressure', Journal of Applied Physiology, pp. jap.01103.2014 - jap.01103.2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01103.2014

Mcbain RA; Hudson AL; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2015, 'Short-latency inhibitory reflex responses to inspiratory loading of the scalene muscles are impaired in spinal cord injury', Experimental Physiology, 100, pp. 216 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2014.082818

Saboisky JP; Luu BL; Butler JE; Gandevia SC, 2015, 'Effects of tongue position and lung volume on voluntary maximal tongue protrusion force in humans', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 206, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2014.11.017

Cheng S; Brown EC; Hatt A; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Bilston LE, 2014, 'Healthy humans with a narrow upper airway maintain patency during quiet breathing by dilating the airway during inspiration', Journal of Physiology, 592, pp. 4763 - 4774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2014.279240

Kwan BCH; Butler JE; Hudson AL; McKenzie DK; Bilston LE; Gandevia SC, 2014, 'A novel ultrasound technique to measure genioglossus movement in vivo', Journal of Applied Physiology, 117, pp. 556 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01257.2013

Butler JE; Hudson AL; Gandevia SC, 2014, 'The neural control of human inspiratory muscles', , pp. 295 - 308

Perez MA; Butler JE; Taylor JL, 2014, 'Modulation of transcallosal inhibition by bilateral activation of agonist and antagonist proximal arm muscles', Journal of Neurophysiology, 111, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00322.2013

McBain RA; Boswell-Ruys CL; Lee BB; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2013, 'Abdominal muscle training can enhance cough after spinal cord injury', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 27, pp. 834 - 843, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968313496324

Chuang S; Butler J; Gandevia S; Teng A; Selvadurai H; Jaffe A, 2013, 'Surface EMG of the diaphragm is a different measure to OAHI in children's sleep studies', EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 42

McNeil CJ; Butler JE; Taylor JL; Gandevia SC, 2013, 'Testing the excitability of human motoneurones', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00152

McNeil CJ; Butler JE; Taylor JL; Gandevia SC, 2013, 'Testing the excitability of human motoneurones', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00152

Carberry JC; Hanna H; Saboisky JP; Fisher LP; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Eckert DJ, 2013, 'Anaesthesia of the upper airway reduces genioglossus but not tensor palatini muscle activity during quiet breathing', European Respiratory Journal, 42, pp. 4614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003/erj.42.suppl_57.4614

Brown EC; Cheng SK; Mckenzie DK; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Bilston LE, 2013, 'Respiratory Movement of Upper Airway Tissue in Obstructrive Sleep Apnea', Sleep, 36, pp. 1069 - 1076, http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.2812

McNeil CJ; Butler JE; Taylor JL; Gandevia SC, 2013, 'Testing the excitability of human motoneurones', FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 7, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00152

Brown EC; Cheng SK; Mckenzie DK; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Bilston LE, 2013, 'Tongue and lateral upper airway movement with mandibular advancement', Sleep, 36, pp. 397 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.2458

Dimitri A; Livermore N; Sharpe L; Gandevia SC; Mckenzie DK; Butler JE, 2012, 'CBT REDUCES RATINGS OF BREATHING DIFFICULTY IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL RESISTIVE LOADS IN PEOPLE WITH COPD', RESPIROLOGY, 17, pp. 32 - 32, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000301120800116&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Amirjani N; Hudson AL; Butler JE; Gandevia SC, 2012, 'An algorithm for the safety of costal diaphragm electromyography derived from ultrasound', Muscle and Nerve, 46, pp. 856 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.23438

Murray NP; Mckenzie DK; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2012, 'Effect of airway inflammation on short-latency reflex inhibition to inspiratory loading in human scalene muscles', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 181, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2012.02.006

Hudson AL; Taylor JL; Anand A; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2012, 'Evoked corticospinal output to the human scalene muscles is altered by lung volume', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 180, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2011.11.017

Saboisky JP; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Eckert DJ, 2012, 'Functional role of neural injury in obstructive sleep apnea', Frontiers in Neurology, 3, pp. Art. 95 - 1 - Art. 95 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2012.00095

Butler JE; Petersen N; Herbert RD; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2012, 'Origin of the low-level EMG during the silent period following transcranial magnetic stimulation', Clinical Neurophysiology, 123, pp. 1409 - 1414

, 2011, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Initiating inspiration outside the medulla does produce eupneic breathing. Non-medullary structures may sculpt inspiratory motoneuronal output.', Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 110

Morrell MJ; McKay LC, 2011, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Initiating inspiration outside the medulla does produce eupneic breathing. Integration of volitional and spontaneous breathing control within the brain stem.', J Appl Physiol (1985), 110, pp. 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2011

Homma I; Masaoka Y; Onimaru H, 2011, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Initiating inspiration outside the medulla does produce eupneic breathing. Respiratory activity for autonomic breathing and for adjusting metabolism is regulated by the medulla.', J Appl Physiol (1985), 110, pp. 857 - 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2011

Moreira TS; Takakura AC, 2011, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Initiating inspiration outside the medulla does produce eupneic breathing. What is the role of brain stem neurons in eupneic breathing.', J Appl Physiol (1985), 110, pp. 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2011

Duffin J, 2011, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Initiating inspiration outside the medulla does produce eupneic breathing. Why should it not?', J Appl Physiol (1985), 110, pp. 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2011

Hudson AL; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2011, 'Control of human inspiratory motoneurones during voluntary and involuntary contractions', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 179, pp. 23 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2011.06.010

Petersen N; Taylor JL; Murray NP; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2011, 'Differential effects of low-intensity motor cortical stimulation on the inspiratory activity in scalene muscles during voluntary and involuntary breathing', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 175, pp. 265 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2010.11.014

Tanhoffer AI; Tanhoffer RA; Davis GM; Middleton JW; Butler J; Crosbie J, 2011, 'Effect of Electrical Stimulation Superimposed upon Isometric Voluntary Muscle Contractions in Incomplete SCI', Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 43, pp. 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000401045.16167.c1

Hudson AL; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; De Troyer A, 2011, 'Role of the diaphragm in trunk rotation in humans', Journal of Neurophysiology, 106, pp. 1622 - 1628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00155.2011

Tanhoffer AIP; Crosbie J; Davis GM; Middleton JW; Butler JE, 2010, 'A comparison of low and high frequency functional electrical stimulation during standing in spinal cord injury', Assistive Technology Research Series, 26, pp. 335 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-080-3-335

Hudson AL; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; De Troyer A, 2010, 'Interplay between the inspiratory and postural functions of the human parasternal intercostal muscles', Journal of Neurophysiology, 103, pp. 1622 - 1629

Todd G; Taylor JL; Baumann D; Butler JE; Duman S; Hayes M; Carew-Jones F; Piguet O; Behnke S; Ridding MC; Berg D; Double KL, 2010, 'Substantia nigra echomorphology and motor cortex excitability', Neuroimage, 50, pp. 1351 - 1356

Murray NP; Mckenzie DK; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2010, 'Volunatry and involuntary ventilation do not alter the human inspiratory muscle loading reflex', Journal of Applied Physiology, 109, pp. 87 - 94

Hudson AL; Taylor JL; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2009, 'Coupling between mechanical and neural behaviour in the human first dorsal interosseous muscle', The Journal of Physiology, 587, pp. 917 - 925

Tucker K; Butler JE; Graven-Nielsen T; Riek S; Hodges PW, 2009, 'Motor unit recruitment strategies are altered during deep-tissue pain', Journal of Neuroscience, 29, pp. 10820 - 10826

Mckenzie DK; Butler JE; Gandevia SC, 2009, 'Respiratory muscle function and activation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Journal of Applied Physiology, 107, pp. 621 - 629

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