By Professor Jane Elizabeth Butler

Journal articles

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

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 AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, 43, pp. 379 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.MSS.0000401045.16167.c1

, 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

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

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

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

Livermore N; Butler JE; Sharpe L; McBain RA; Gandevia SC; McKenzie DK, 2008, 'Panic attacks and perception of inspiratory resistive loads in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 178, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200711-1700OC

Gandevia SC; Butler JE; Taylor JL, 2008, 'Commentaries on Viewpoint: Fatigue mechanisms determining exercise performance: Integrative physiology is systems physiology', Journal of Applied Physiology, 104, pp. 1546 - 1546

Wilkinson V; Malhotra A; Nicholas C; Worsnop C; Jordan A; Butler JE; Saboisky JP; Gandevia SC; White D; Trinder J, 2008, 'Discharge patterns of human genioglossus motor units during sleep onset', Sleep, 31, pp. 525 - 533

Smith J; Butler JE; Martin PG; McBain R; Taylor JL, 2008, 'Increased ventilation does not impair maximal voluntary contractions of the elbow flexors', Journal of Applied Physiology, 104, pp. 1674 - 1682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01358.2007

Cheng SK; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Bilston LE, 2008, 'Movement of the tongue during normal breathing in awake healthy humans', The Journal of Physiology, 586, pp. 4283 - 4294

Martin PG; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2008, 'Noninvasive stimulation of human corticospinal axons innervating leg muscles', Journal of Neurophysiology, 100, pp. 1080 - 1086

Livermore N; Butler JE; Sharpe L; McBain R; Gandevia SC; Mckenzie DK, 2008, 'Panic attacks and perception of inspiratory resistive loads in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 178, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200711-17000C

Hunter SK; Todd G; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2008, 'Recovery from supraspinal fatigue is slowed in old adults after fatiguing maximal isometric contractions', Journal of Applied Physiology, 105, pp. 1199 - 1209

Murray NP; Mckenzie DK; Gorman RB; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2008, 'Reproducibility of the short-latency reflex inhibition to loading of human inspiratory muscles', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 162, pp. 216 - 222

Lee BS; Boswell-Ruys CL; Butler JE; Gandevia SC, 2008, 'Surface functional electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles to enhance cough and assist tracheostomy decannulation after high-level spinal cord injury', Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 31, pp. 78 - 82

Butler JE; Gandevia SC, 2008, 'The output from human inspiratory motoneurone pools', The Journal of Physiology, 586, pp. 1257 - 1264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.145789

Nybo L, 2008, 'Viewpoint: Fatigue mechanisms determining exercise performance: integrative physiology is systems physiology.', J Appl Physiol (1985), 104, pp. 1543 - 1544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.90427.2008

Butler J; De Troyer A; Gandevia S; Gorman R; Hudson A, 2007, 'Neuromechanical matching of central respiratory drive: a new principle of motor unit recruitment?', Physiology News, pp. 22 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.36866/pn.67.22

Petersen NT; Butler JE; Carpenter MG; Cresswell AG, 2007, 'Ia-afferent input to motoneurons during shortening and lengthening muscle contractions in humans', Journal of Applied Physiology, 102, pp. 144 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00362.2006

Saboisky JP; Gorman RB; De Troyer A; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2007, 'Differential activation among five human inspiratory motoneuron pools during tidal breathing', Journal of Applied Physiology, 102, pp. 772 - 780

Butler JE, 2007, 'Drive to the human respiratory muscles', Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 159, pp. 115 - 126

Saboisky JP; Butler JE; Mckenzie DK; Gorman RB; White DP; Gandevia SC, 2007, 'Neural drive to human genioglossus in obstructive sleep apnoea', The Journal of Physiology, 585, pp. 135 - 146

Saboisky JP; Butler JE; Walsh LD; Gandevia SC, 2007, 'New display of the timing and firing frequency of single motor units', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162, pp. 287 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.006

Lim J; Gorman RB; Saboisky JP; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2007, 'Optimal electrode placement for noninvasive electrical stimulation of human abdominal muscles', Journal of Applied Physiology, 102, pp. 1612 - 1617

Hudson AL; Gandevia SC; Butler JE, 2007, 'The effect of lung volume on the co-ordinated recruitment of scalene and sternomastoid muscles in humans', The Journal of Physiology, 584, pp. 261 - 270

Butler JE; Larsen TS; Gandevia SC; Petersen NT, 2007, 'The nature of corticospinal paths driving human motoneurones during voluntary contractions', The Journal of Physiology, 584, pp. 651 - 659

Todd G; Taylor JL; Butler JE; Martin PG; Gorman RB; Gandevia SC, 2007, 'Use of motor cortex stimulation to measure simultaneously the changes in dynamic muscle properties and voluntary activation in human muscles', Journal of Applied Physiology, 102, pp. 1756 - 1766

Allen T; Butler J; Gandevia S; Prasartwuth O; Taylor J, 2006, 'Muscle damage and exercise: does the brain contribute to muscle weakness?', Physiology News, pp. 21 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.36866/pn.64.21

Jeffery S; Butler JE; Mckenzie DK; Wang L; Gandevia SC, 2006, 'Brief Airway Occlusion Produces Prolonged reflex Inhibition of Inspiratory Muscles in obstructive Sleep Apnea', Sleep, 29, pp. 321 - 328

Todd G; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2006, 'Decreased input to the motor cortex increases motor cortical excitability', Clinical Neurophysiology, 117, pp. 2496 - 2503

Butler JE; Godfrey S; Thomas CK, 2006, 'Depression of involuntary activity in muscles paralyzed by spinal cord injury', Muscle and Nerve, 33, pp. 637 - 644

Martin PG; Smith J; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2006, 'Fatigue-sensitive afferents inhibit extensor but not flexor motoneurons in humans', Journal of Neuroscience, 26, pp. 4796 - 4802

Prasartwuth O; Allen T; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2006, 'Length-dependent changes in voluntary activation, maximum voluntary torque and twitch responses after eccentric damage in humans', The Journal of Physiology, 571, pp. 243 - 252

Fitzpatrick RC; Butler JE; Day B, 2006, 'Resolving head rotation for human bipedalism', Current Biology, 16, pp. 1509 - 1514

Gandevia SC; Hudson AL; Gorman RB; Butler JE; De Troyer A, 2006, 'Spatial distribution of inspiratory drive to the parasternal intercostal muscles in humans', The Journal of Physiology, 573, pp. 263 - 275

Hunter SK; Butler JE; Todd G; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2006, 'Supraspinal fatigue does not explain the sex difference in muscle fatigue of maximal contractions', Journal of Applied Physiology, 101, pp. 1036 - 1044

Zijdewind I; Butler JE; Gandevia SC; Taylor JL, 2006, 'The origin of activity in the biceps brachii muscle during voluntary contractions of the contralateral elbow flexor muscles', Experimental Brain Research, 175, pp. 526 - 535

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