Book chapters
Restorative Neurology, Rehabilitation and Brain Injury
Valerie Stevenson, Sara Ajina, Gerry Christofi, Rachel Farrell, Richard Greenwood, Camille Julien, Siobhan Leary, Alexander Leff, Orlando Swayne, Richard Sylvester and Nick Ward
In: Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, 3rd Edition, March 2024
Robin Howard (Editor), Dimitri Kullmann (Editor), David Werring (Editor), Michael Zandi (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-119-71569-6
Enhancement of Neuroplasticity by cortical stimulation
OBC Swayne, JC Rothwell
In: Oxford Textbook of Neurorehabilitation (Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology)
Edited by V Dietz & NS Ward, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition May 2020 ( ISBN-13: 9780198824954)
Changes in cortical excitability and interhemispheric interactions after stroke
P Talelli, OBC Swayne, JC Rothwell
In: Brain repair after stroke
Edited by S Cramer & R Nudo, Cambridge University Press 2010 (ISBN-13: 9780521515337)
PhD Thesis
Motor recovery following ischaemic stroke in humans: insights from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and imaging
University College London 2011. Read here: orlando-swayne-phd-thesis
Scientific papers
The neurorehabilitation of people with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Higgins R, Parker J, O’Flaherty L, Perkins N, Swayne O.
Adv Clin Neurosci Rehabil 2024;
Managing painful shoulder after neurological injury. Lakra C, Higgins R, Beare B, Farrell R, Ajina S, Burns S, Lee M, Swayne O.
Pract Neurol. 2023 Jun;23(3):229-238. doi: 10.1136/pn-2022-003576. Epub 2023 Mar 7. PMID: 36882323.
Exploring the use of dopaminergic medication to treat hemispatial inattention during in-patient post-stroke neurorehabilitation. Swayne OB, Gorgoraptis N, Leff A, Ajina S.
J Neuropsychol. 2022 Sep;16(3):518-536. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12276. Epub 2022 Apr 6. PMID: 35384324.
Raised intracranial pressure (pseudotumour cerebri) associated with SARS-CoV-2.
Balendra R, North M, Kumar G, Qutab S, Raouf A, Delamont S, Chong S, Hamdulay S, Rahman M, Robertson F, Hoskote C, Bremner F, Farmer S, Watkins L, Zandi MS, Manji H, Trip SA, Paterson RW, Swayne O.
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 2022 Jun 1;42(2):e459-e462
Autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord injury.
Lakra C, Swayne O, Christofi C, Desai M.
Practical Neurology 2021 Aug 5; doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2021-002956.
Presentation of Capgras syndrome in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a neuro-rehabilitation approach.
Francis R, Ching H, Tyagi H, Swayne O, Ajina S, Monaghan B.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Aug 2020, 91 (8) e14-e15
Hospital based rehabilitation services; Rising to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stevenson V, Farrell R, Ramdharry G, Swayne O, Ward N, Leary S, Holmes S
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation 2020;19(4):5-7
Severe neurological crisis in adult patients with Tyrosinemia type 1.
Charlotte Dawson, Radha Ramachandran, Samreen Safdar, Elaine Murphy, Orlando Swayne, Jonathan Katz, Philip N Newsome, Tarekegn Geberhiwot
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2020 Sep;7(9):1732-1737.
Insights from TMS into recovery after stroke.
Swayne O.
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation Volume 17, Issue 2 – Nov-Jan 2018
CD8+ encephalitis: a severe but treatable HIV-related acute encephalopathy.
Zarkali A, Gorgoraptis N, Miller RF, John L, Merve A, Thust SC, Jager HR, Kullmann D, Swayne OB
Practical Neurology 2017 Jan;17(1):42-46
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibody mediated encephalitis
Mehta S, Szawarski P, Swayne O, Kullmann D, Howell D
Br J Hosp Med 2012 Aug ; 73(8):472-3
Human theta burst stimulation enhances subsequent motor learning and increases performance variability
JTH Teo*, OBC Swayne*, B Cheeran, RJ Greenwood, JC Rothwell
Cerebral Cortex 2011 Jul; 21(7):1627-38 (*joint 1st author)
The Role of Contralesional Dorsal Premotor Cortex after Stroke as Studied with Concurrent TMS-fMRI
Bestmann S*, Swayne O*, Blankenburg F, Ruff CC, Teo J, Weiskopf N, Driver J, Rothwell JC, Ward NS
Journal of Neuroscience 2010 Sep 8;30(36):11926-37 (*joint 1st author)
What can man do without basal ganglia motor output? The effect of combined unilateral subthalamotomy and pallidotomy in a patient with Parkinson’s disease
Obeso JA, Jahanshahi M, Alvarez L, Macias R, Pedroso I, Wilkinson L, Pavon N, Day B, Pinto S, Rodríguez-Oroz MC, Tejeiro J, Artieda J, Talelli P, Swayne O, Rodríguez R, Bhatia K, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Lopez G, Guridi J, Rothwell JC
Experimental Neurology 2009 Dec; 220(2):283-92
The facilitatory effects of theta burst stimulation on corticospinal excitability are enhanced by nicotine
OBC Swayne*, JTH Teo*, RJ Greenwood, JC Rothwell
Clinical Neurophysiology 2009 Aug; 120(8):1610-5 (*joint 1st author)
Cerebellar ataxia after malaria
Teo JT, Swayne OB, Silber E.
Neurology 2009 Jul 7; 73(1):73-4
Differing effects of intracortical circuits on plasticity
Teo JTH, Terranova C, Swayne OB, Greenwood RJ, Rothwell JC
Experimental Brain Research 2009 Mar; 193(4):555-63
Stages of motor output reorganisation after hemispheric stroke suggested by longitudinal studies of cortical physiology
OBC Swayne, JC Rothwell, NS Ward, RJ Greenwood
Cerebral Cortex 2008 Aug; 18(8):1909-22
Age-dependent changes in the neural correlates of force modulation: an fMRI study
NS Ward, OBC Swayne, JM Newton
Neurobiology of Aging 2008 Sep; 29(9):1434-46
Dorsal premotor cortex exerts state-dependent causal influences on activity in contralateral primary motor and dorsal premotor cortex
Bestmann S, Swayne O, Blankenburg F, Ruff CC, Haggard P, Weisskopf N, Jon Driver, Frackowiak R, Rothwell JC, Ward N
Cerebral Cortex 2008 Jun; 18(6):1281-91
Contribution of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to the Understanding of Cortical Mechanisms involved in Motor Control
J Reis*, OBC Swayne*, Y Vandermeeren, M Camus, M Dimyan, M Harris-Love, M Perez, P Ragert, JC Rothwell, LG Cohen
Journal of Physiology 2008 Jan 15; 586(2):325-51 (*joint 1st author)
Further evidence for NMDA-dependence of the after-effects of human theta burst stimulation
JTTeo, OBC Swayne, JC Rothwell
Clinical Neurophysiology 2007 Jul; 118(7):1649-51
The relationship between brain activity and peak grip force is modulated by
corticospinal system integrity after subcortical stroke
NS Ward, JM Newton, OBC Swayne, L Lee, AJ Thompson, RJ Greenwood, JC Rothwell, RSJ Frackowiak
European Journal of Neuroscience 2007 Mar;25(6):1865-73
Transcallosal sensorimotor integration – effects of sensory input on cortical projections to the contralateral hand
OBC Swayne, JC Rothwell, K Rosenkranz
Clinical Neurophysiology 2006 Apr; 117(4):855-63
Motor system activation after subcortical stroke depends on corticospinal tract integrity
NS Ward, Newton JM , OBC Swayne, Lee L, AJ Thompson, RJ Greenwood, Rothwell J, RSJ Frackowiak
Brain 2006 Mar;129(Pt 3):809-19
GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (letter)
Creagh-Brown BC, Lim B, Rogers C, Swayne OBC, Hibbert M, Wainwright D
British Journal of Cardiology 2003; 10: AIC 42
The Hitch Stitch: an Obsolete Neurosurgical Technique?
OBC Swayne, B Horner and NL Dorward
British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2002; 16(6): 541-544