Kailash P. Bhatia

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Mary University of London

Papers

Total Citations

189

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About

Kailash P. Bhatia is a leading figure in movement disorders research, with a particular focus on the pathophysiology of functional (psychogenic) movement disorders and the genetic dystonias. His work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how agency and sensory processing break down in these conditions. In a landmark 2014 study (160 citations), Bhatia demonstrated that patients with functional movement disorders exhibit a loss of sensory attenuation, providing a neurophysiological marker for the sense of agency and explaining why patients perceive their abnormal movements as involuntary. He has also made critical contributions to the study of DYT1 dystonia, showing that high motor variability is linked to impaired visuomotor adaptation (2018, 20 citations), which has reshaped thinking about motor control in this genetic form. More recently, Bhatia has been at the forefront of delineating cerebellar mechanisms in DYT11 myoclonus-dystonia (2018, 9 citations), revealing a dramatic impairment in cerebellar-dependent saccadic adaptation. His work bridges clinical neurology and systems neuroscience, offering mechanistic insights that inform both diagnosis and potential therapeutic targets. Bhatia’s research is essential reading for anyone interested in the neural basis of movement control and its disorders.