Professor

David Burke

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David Burke
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Professor David Burke works in the applied sciences and is recognised as one of the world's leading clinical neurophysiologists. His unique contributions have been 1) to define the role of feedback from muscle sensors in controlling movement by recording from single nerve fibres in awake cooperative human subjects and by studying their projection to the spinal cord and brain, and 2) to develop specialised techniques to study abnormal nerve excitability and to monitor brain and spinal cord function during surgery. His research work is of fundamental importance in understanding normal movement and the mechanisms of neurological disease, in improving diagnosis and in preventing disability.

Fields of research

32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3208 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
    • 320899 Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified
  • 3209 NEUROSCIENCES
    • 320905 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
    • 320906 Peripheral Nervous System
4207 SPORTS SCIENCE AND EXCERCISE
  • 420703 Motor Control

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Medical Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Reflex Function

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