Verity M. McClelland
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Verity M. McClelland is a leading researcher in paediatric movement disorders, with a primary focus on dystonia—a condition characterized by abnormal sensorimotor integration and involuntary muscle contractions. Her work bridges clinical neuroscience and biomedical engineering, using advanced EEG techniques to probe the neural underpinnings of dystonia in children. In her highly cited 2021 study (21 citations), she demonstrated that EEG measures of sensorimotor processing are abnormal in children with isolated dystonia and dystonic cerebral palsy, revealing disrupted oscillatory activity within basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical networks. Her 2020 paper (11 citations) further advanced this understanding by showing that proprioceptive stimuli trigger abnormal microscale neuronal connectivity in young people with dystonia, using a robotic wrist interface synchronized with scalp EEG. These contributions have significantly deepened the field's understanding of how cortical processing and connectivity are altered in dystonia, offering new biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment. McClelland’s innovative use of robotics and EEG to study sensorimotor integration in paediatric populations marks her as a key figure in translational neuroscience, with her work directly informing future therapeutic strategies for children with movement disorders.
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