Publications.
A selected list of peer-reviewed research in brain injury rehabilitation, neuroimaging, biomechanics, and translational neurotechnology.
My work spans clinical populations, experimental methods, and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and improving motor recovery, neural function, and movement. For a full list, visit my Google Scholar profile.
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Research on balance control mechanisms, compensatory stepping, and postural stability in healthy individuals and stroke patients.
Sibley, K. M., Lakhani, B., Mochizuki, G., & McIlroy, W. E. (2010). Perturbation-evoked electrodermal responses are sensitive to stimulus and context-dependent manipulations of task challenge. Neuroscience Letters, 485(3), 217–221.
Lakhani, B., Mansfield, A., Inness, E. L., & McIlroy, W. E. (2011). Characterizing the determinants of limb preference for compensatory stepping in healthy young adults. Gait & Posture, 33(2), 200–204.
Lakhani, B., Mansfield, A., Inness, E. L., & McIlroy, W. E. (2011). Compensatory stepping responses in individuals with stroke: A pilot study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 27(4), 299–309.
Mansfield, A., Inness, E. L., Komar, J., Biasin, L., Brunton, K., Lakhani, B., & McIlroy, W. E. (2011). Training Rapid Stepping Responses in an Individual With Stroke. Physical Therapy, 91(6), 958–969.
Inness, E. L., Mansfield, A., Lakhani, B., Biasin, L., Brunton, K., Fraser, J., Mileris, R., Bayley, M., & McIlroy, W. E. (2011). Prevalence of impaired compensatory stepping responses at discharge from stroke rehab. Stroke, 42(11), E612–E612.
Lakhani, B., & Mansfield, A. (2015). Visual feedback of the centre of gravity to optimize standing balance. Gait & Posture, 41(2), 499–503.
Inness, E. L., Mansfield, A., Brunton, K., Biasin, L., Lakhani, B., Prajapati, S., Mileris, R., Bayley, M., & McIlroy, W. E. (2010). Advancing assessment and management of balance and mobility: Integrating research in 'everyday' practice. Stroke, 41(7), E496–E496.
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Studies focused on rehabilitation, motor recovery, and neural mechanisms of movement and stepping in stroke survivors and healthy adults.
Lakhani, B., Van Ooteghem, K., Miyasike-Da-Silva, V., Akram, S., Mansfield, A., & McIlroy, W. E. (2011). Does the movement matter? Determinants of the latency of temporally-urgent motor reactions. Brain Research.
Van Ooteghem, K., Lakhani, B., Akram, S., Miyasike-Da-Silva, V., & McIlroy, W. E. (2013). Time to disengage: holding an object influences the execution of rapid compensatory reach-to-grasp reactions for recovery from whole-body instability. Experimental Brain Research, 231(2), 191–199.
Lakhani, B., Bolton, D. A. E., Miyasike-daSilva, V., Vette, A. H., & McIlroy, W. E. (2014). Speed of processing in the primary motor cortex: A continuous theta burst stimulation study. Behavioural Brain Research, 261, 177–184.
Inness, E. L., Mansfield, A., Lakhani, B., Bayley, M., & McIlroy, W. E. (2014). Impaired reactive stepping among patients ready for discharge from inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Physical Therapy, 94(12), 1755–1764.
Mansfield, A., Aqui, A., Fraser, J. E., Rajachandrakumar, R., Lakhani, B., & Patterson, K. K. (2017). Can augmented feedback facilitate learning a reactive balance task among older adults?Experimental Brain Research, 235(1), 293–304.
Lakhani, B., Miyasike-daSilva, V., Vette, A. H., & McIlroy, W. E. (2013). ‘Priming’ the brain to generate rapid upper-limb reactions. Experimental Brain Research, 230(3), 261–270.iption text goes here
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Investigations into myelin plasticity, white matter changes, and advanced imaging in skill acquisition, stroke, aging, and neurological recovery.
Lakhani, B., Borich, M. R., Jackson, J. N., Wadden, K. P., Peters, S., Villamayor, A., MacKay, A. L., Vavasour, I. M., Rauscher, A., & Boyd, L. A. (2016). Motor skill acquisition promotes human brain myelin plasticity. Neural Plasticity, 2016, 7526135.
Lakhani, B., Hayward, K. S., & Boyd, L. A. (2017). Hemispheric asymmetry in myelin after stroke is related to motor impairment and function. NeuroImage: Clinical, 14, 344–353.
Faw, T. D., Lakhani, B., Schmalbrock, P., Knopp, M. V., Lohse, K. R., Kramer, J. L. K., Liu, H., Nguyen, H. T., Phillips, E. G., & Bratasz, A. (2021). Eccentric rehabilitation induces white matter plasticity and sensorimotor recovery in chronic spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology, 346, 113853.
Greeley, B., Rubino, C., Denyer, R., Chau, B., Larssen, B., Lakhani, B., & Boyd, L. (2022). Individuals with higher levels of physical activity after stroke show comparable patterns of myelin to healthy older adults. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 36(6), 381–389.
Kirby, E. D., Frizzell, T. O., Grajauskas, L. A., Song, X., Gawryluk, J. R., Lakhani, B., Boyd, L., & D'Arcy, R. C. N. (2022). Increased myelination plays a central role in white matter neuroplasticity. NeuroImage, 263, 119644.
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Understanding dopamine dynamics, neuroimaging, and motor impairment in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.
Klyuzhin, I., Sacheli, M., Vafai, N., Shahinfard, E., Lakhani, B., Neva, J., Fu, J., McKenzie, J., Neilson, N., & Dinelle, K. (2017). Correlation analysis between dopamine release in striatal sub-regions and motor impairment in Parkinson's disease subjects. Movement Disorders, 32.
Sacheli, M. A., Neva, J. L., Lakhani, B., Murray, D. K., Vafai, N., Shahinfard, E., English, C., McCormick, S., Dinelle, K., & Neilson, N. (2019). Exercise increases caudate dopamine release and ventral striatal activation in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 34(12), 1891–1900.
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Work involving neurostimulation, neuromodulation, and new brain monitoring technologies supporting motor and cognitive recovery.
Frehlick, Z., Lakhani, B., Fickling, S. D., Livingstone, A. C., Danilov, Y., Sackier, J. M., & D’Arcy, R. C. N. (2019). Human translingual neurostimulation alters resting brain activity in high-density EEG. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 16(1), 60.
D'Arcy, R. C. N., Greene, T., Greene, D., Frehlick, Z., Fickling, S. D., Campbell, N., Etheridge, T., Smith, C., Bollinger, F., & Danilov, Y. (2020). Portable neuromodulation induces neuroplasticity to re-activate motor function recovery from brain injury: a high-density MEG case study. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 158.
Fickling, S. D., Greene, T., Greene, D., Frehlick, Z., Campbell, N., Etheridge, T., Smith, C. J., Bollinger, F., Danilov, Y., & Rizzotti, R. (2020). Brain vital signs detect cognitive improvements during combined physical therapy and neuromodulation in rehabilitation from severe traumatic brain injury: a case report. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 347.
Smith, C. J., Livingstone, A., Fickling, S. D., Tannouri, P., Campbell, N. K. J., Lakhani, B., Danilov, Y., Sackier, J. M., & D’Arcy, R. C. N. (2020). Brain vital signs detect information processing differences when neuromodulation is used during cognitive skills training. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 358.
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Studies on the neural basis of motor learning, practice-induced plasticity, and recovery of skill in various populations.
Lakhani, B., Vette, A. H., Mansfield, A., Miyasike-daSilva, V., & McIlroy, W. E. (2012). Electrophysiological Correlates of Changes in Reaction Time Based on Stimulus Intensity. PLoS ONE, 7(5), e36407.
Borich, M. R., Brown, K. E., Lakhani, B., & Boyd, L. A. (2015). Applications of electroencephalography to characterize brain activity: perspectives in stroke. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 39(1), 43–51.
Wadden, K. P., Woodward, T. S., Metzak, P. D., Lavigne, K. M., Lakhani, B., Auriat, A. M., & Boyd, L. A. (2015). Compensatory motor network connectivity is associated with motor sequence learning after subcortical stroke. Behavioural Brain Research, 286, 136–145.
Peters, S., Handy, T. C., Lakhani, B., Boyd, L. A., & Garland, S. J. (2015). Motor and visuospatial attention and motor planning after stroke: considerations for the rehabilitation of standing balance and gait. Physical Therapy, 95(10), 1423–1432.
Kraeutner, S. N., Rubino, C., Rinat, S., Lakhani, B., Borich, M. R., Wadden, K. P., & Boyd, L. A. (2021). Resting state connectivity is modulated by motor learning in individuals after stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 35(6), 513–524.
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Foundational reviews, commentary pieces, and methodological contributions to the field.
Sibley, K. M., Mochizuki, G., Lakhani, B., & McIlroy, W. E. (2014). Autonomic contributions in postural control: a review of the evidence. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 25(5), 687–697.
Lakhani, B. (2015). Clinician's Commentary on Pak et al.. Physiotherapy Canada, 67(1), 9.
Lakhani, B. (2010). Perturbation Evoked Balance Control Reactions in Individuals with Stroke. Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto.
Lakhani, B. (2014). The control of temporally urgent movements. Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto.