Professor Dilwyn Marple-Horvat

Professor of Motor Neuroscience

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Research outputs

  • The cerebellum and visuomotor control
  • Ataxic gait in cerebellar patients: eye movement rehearsal improves mobility
  • The cerebellum and internal models of moving objects and gravity
  • The importance of eye movements for walking and driving
  • The detection of drunk driving
  • Fear of falling: the impact of vision and knowledge when walking at height

  • Books (authored/edited/special issues)

    Cerminara, N.L., Edge, A.L., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Apps, R. (2005) The lateral cerebellum and visuomotor control.

  • Journal articles

    Cerminara, N.L., Garwicz, M., Darch, H., Houghton, C., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Apps, R. (2022) 'Neuronal activity patterns in microcircuits of the cerebellar cortical C3 zone during reaching.' Journal of Physiology, 600(23) pp. 5077-5099.

    Perazzolo, M., Reeves, N.D., Bowling, F.L., Boulton, A.J.M., Raffi, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2020) 'A new approach to identifying the effect of diabetic peripheral neuropathy on the ability to drive safely.' Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 69pp. 324-334.

    Handsaker, J.C., Brown, S.J., Petrovic, M., Bowling, F.L., Rajbhandari, S., Marple-Horvat, D., Boulton, A.J.M., Reeves, N.D. (2019) 'Combined exercise and visual gaze training improves stepping accuracy in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.' Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 33(10) pp. 107404-107404.

    Perazzolo, M., Reeves, N.D., Bowling, F.L., Boulton, A.J.M., Raffi, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2019) 'Altered accelerator pedal control in a driving simulator in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.' Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 37(2) pp. 335-342.

    Handsaker, J.C., Brown, S.J., Bowling, F.L., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Boulton, A.J., Reeves, N.D. (2015) 'People with diabetic peripheral neuropathy display a decreased stepping accuracy during walking: potential implications for risk of tripping.' Diabetic Medicine, 33(5) pp. 644-649.

    Handsaker, J.C., Brown, S.J., Maganaris, C.N., Bowling, F., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Boulton, A.J.M., Reeves, N.D. (2014) 'Effects of diabetic peripheral neuropathy on the use of vision during walking.' Diabetologia, 57

    Tersteeg, M.C.A., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Loram, I.D. (2012) 'Cautious gait in relation to knowledge and vision of height: is altered visual information the dominant influence?.' J Neurophysiol, 107(10) pp. 2686-2691.

    Wise, A.K., Cerminara, N.L., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Apps, R. (2010) 'Mechanisms of synchronous activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells.' Journal of Physiology, 588(13) pp. 2373-2390.

    Wise, A.K., Cerminara, N.L., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Apps, R. (2010) 'Mechanisms of synchronous activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells..' J Physiol, 588(Pt 13) pp. 2373-2390.

    Cerminara, N.L., Apps, R., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2009) 'An internal model of a moving visual target in the lateral cerebellum..' J Physiol, 587(2) pp. 429-442.

    Cerminara, N.L., Apps, R., Marple-horvat, D.E. (2009) 'An internal model of a moving visual target in the lateral cerebellum.' Journal of Physiology, 587(2) pp. 429-442.

    Wilson, M., Chattington, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2008) 'Eye movements drive steering: reduced eye movement distribution impairs steering and driving performance..' J Mot Behav, 40(3) pp. 190-202.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Cooper, H.L., Gilbey, S.L., Watson, J.C., Mehta, N., Kaur-Mann, D., Wilson, M., Keil, D. (2008) 'Alcohol badly affects eye movements linked to steering, providing for automatic in-car detection of drink driving..' Neuropsychopharmacology, 33(4) pp. 849-858.

    Chattington, M., Wilson, M., Ashford, D., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2007) 'Eye-steering coordination in natural driving.' Experimental Brain Research, 180(1) pp. 1-14.

    Wilson, M., Chattington, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Smith, N.C. (2007) 'A comparison of self-focus versus attentional explanations of choking..' J Sport Exerc Psychol, 29(4) pp. 439-456.

    Wilson, M., Stephenson, S., Chattington, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2007) 'Eye movements coordinated with steering benefit performance even when vision is denied.' Experimental Brain Research, 176(3) pp. 397-412.

    Wilson, M., Smith, N.C., Chattington, M., Ford, M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2006) 'The role of effort in moderating the anxiety-performance relationship: Testing the prediction of processing efficiency theory in simulated rally driving..' J Sports Sci, 24(11) pp. 1223-1233.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Miles, O.B., Cerminara, N.L. (2006) 'Purkinje cells in the lateral cerebellum of the cat encode visual events and target motion during visually guided reaching.' The journal of physiology, 571(3) pp. 619-637.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Chattington, M., Anglesea, M., Ashford, D.G., Wilson, M., Keil, D. (2005) 'Prevention of coordinated eye movements and steering impairs driving performance..' Exp Brain Res, 163(4) pp. 411-420.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Crowdy, K.A. (2005) 'Direct visualisation of gaze and hypometric saccades in cerebellar patients during visually guided stepping.' Gait and Posture, 21(1) pp. 39-47.

    Crowdy, K.A., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2004) 'Alcohol Affects Eye Movements Essential for Visually Guided Stepping.' Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(3) pp. 402-407.

    Edge, A.L., Marple-Horvat, D.E., Apps, R. (2003) 'Lateral cerebellum: Functional localization within crus I and correspondence to cortical zones.' European Journal of Neuroscience, 18(6) pp. 1468-1485.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Crowdy, K., Kaur-Mann, D., Cooper, H., Mansfield, A., Offord, J. (2002) 'Rehearsal by eye movement improves visuomotor performance in cerebellar patients.' Experimental brain research, 146(2) pp. 244-247.

    Hollands, M.A., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2001) 'Coordination of eye and leg movements during visually guided stepping.' Journal of Motor Behavior, 33(2) pp. 205-216.

    Crowdy, K.A., Hollands, M.A., Ferguson, I.T., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (2000) 'Evidence for interactive locomotor and oculomotor deficits cerebellar patients during visually guided stepping.' Experimental Brain Research, 135(4) pp. 437-454.

    Amos, A., Armstrong, D.M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (1990) 'Changes in the discharge patterns of motor cortical neurones associated with volitional changes in stepping in the cat.' Neuroscience Letters, 109(1-2) pp. 107-112.

    Amos, A., Armstrong, D.M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (1989) 'Responses of motor cortical neurones in the cat to unexpected perturbations of locomotion.' Neuroscience Letters, 104(1-2) pp. 147-151.

    Amos, A., Armstrong, D.M., Harris, R., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (1989) 'A lightweight hybrid microdrive for use with awake unrestrained animals.' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 28(3) pp. 219-224.

    Marple-Horvat, D.E. (1988) 'Pain and the fetus [3].' Nature, 334(6179)

    Marple-Horvat, D.E., Stein, J.F. (1987) 'Cerebellar neuronal activity related to arm movements in trained rhesus monkeys..' The Journal of Physiology, 394(1) pp. 351-366.

    Amos, A., Armstrong, D.M., Marple-Horvat, D.E. (1987) 'A ladder paradigm for studying skilled and adaptive locomotion in the cat.' Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 20(4) pp. 323-340.