Prof Dilwyn Marple-Horvat

Research expertise

The cerebellum and visuomotor controlAtaxic gait in cerebellar patients: eye movement rehearsal improves mobilityThe cerebellum and internal models of moving objects and gravityThe importance of eye movements for walking and drivingThe detection of drunk drivingFear of falling: the impact of vision and knowledge when walking at height

Publications

• Books (authored/edited/special issues)

  NL. Cerminara, AL. Edge, DE. Marple-Horvat, R. Apps (2005). The lateral cerebellum and visuomotor control. Elsevier.

• Journal articles

  M. Perazzolo, ND. Reeves, FL. Bowling, AJM. Boulton, M. Raffi, et al. DE. Marple-Horvat. (2020). 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.

  JC. Handsaker, SJ. Brown, M. Petrovic, FL. Bowling, S. Rajbhandari, et al. D. Marple-Horvat, AJM. Boulton, ND. Reeves. (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.

  MCA. Tersteeg, DE. Marple-Horvat, ID. Loram (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.

  AK. Wise, NL. Cerminara, DE. Marple-Horvat, R. Apps (2010). Mechanisms of synchronous activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells. J Physiol. 588(Pt 13), pp.2373-2390.

  AK. Wise, NL. Cerminara, DE. Marple-Horvat, R. Apps (2010). Mechanisms of synchronous activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells. Journal of Physiology. 588(13), pp.2373-2390.

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

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

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

  DE. Marple-Horvat, HL. Cooper, SL. Gilbey, JC. Watson, N. Mehta, et al. D. Kaur-Mann, M. Wilson, D. Keil. (2008). Alcohol badly affects eye movements linked to steering, providing for automatic in-car detection of drink driving. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(4), pp.849-858.

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

  M. Chattington, M. Wilson, D. Ashford, DE. Marple-Horvat (2007). Eye-steering coordination in natural driving. Exp Brain Res. 180(1), pp.1-14.

  M. Wilson, S. Stephenson, M. Chattington, DE. Marple-Horvat (2007). Eye movements coordinated with steering benefit performance even when vision is denied. Exp Brain Res. 176(3), pp.397-412.

  M. Wilson, NC. Smith, M. Chattington, M. Ford, DE. Marple-Horvat (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.

  OB. Miles, NL. Cerminara, DE. Marple-Horvat (2006). Purkinje cells in the lateral cerebellum of the cat encode visual events and target motion during visually guided reaching. J Physiol. 571(Pt 3), pp.619-637.

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

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

  KA. Crowdy, DE. Marple-Horvat (2004). Alcohol affects eye movements essential for visually guided stepping. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 28(3), pp.402-407.

  AL. Edge, DE. Marple-Horvat, R. Apps (2003). Lateral cerebellum: functional localization within crus I and correspondence to cortical zones. Eur J Neurosci. 18(6), pp.1468-1485.

  KA. Crowdy, D. Kaur-Mann, HL. Cooper, AG. Mansfield, JL. Offord, et al. DE. Marple-Horvat. (2002). Rehearsal by eye movement improves visuomotor performance in cerebellar patients. Exp Brain Res. 146(2), pp.244-247.

  MA. Hollands, DE. Marple-Horvat (2001). Coordination of eye and leg movements during visually guided stepping. J Mot Behav. 33(2), pp.205-216.

  KA. Crowdy, MA. Hollands, IT. Ferguson, DE. Marple-Horvat (2000). Evidence for interactive locomotor and oculomotor deficits in cerebellar patients during visually guided stepping. Exp Brain Res. 135(4), pp.437-454.

  A. Amos, DM. Armstrong, DE. Marple-Horvat (1990). Changes in the discharge patterns of motor cortical neurones associated with volitional changes in stepping in the cat. Neurosci Lett. 109(1-2), pp.107-112.

  A. Amos, DM. Armstrong, DE. Marple-Horvat (1989). Responses of motor cortical neurones in the cat to unexpected perturbations of locomotion. Neurosci Lett. 104(1-2), pp.147-151.

  A. Amos, DM. Armstrong, R. Harris, DE. Marple-Horvat (1989). A lightweight hybrid microdrive for use with awake unrestrained animals. J Neurosci Methods. 28(3), pp.219-224.

  DE. Marple-Horvat (1988). Pain and the fetus. Nature. 334(6179), pp.190-190.

  DE. Marple-Horvat, JF. Stein (1987). Cerebellar neuronal activity related to arm movements in trained rhesus monkeys. J Physiol. 394(1), pp.351-366.

  A. Amos, DM. Armstrong, DE. Marple-Horvat (1987). A ladder paradigm for studying skilled and adaptive locomotion in the cat. J Neurosci Methods. 20(4), pp.323-340.