Research groups
Melanie Fleming
Guarantors of Brain Research Fellow
I am a research fellow in the Plasticity Group. My primary interest is in the investigation of potential strategies for improving rehabilitation after stroke and brain injury. This includes investigating the role of sleep in learning and recovery, findings ways to improve sleep after stroke and novel treatments such as brain stimulation.
Our collaborators include
- Dr Anton Pick and Dr David Henderson Slater from the Oxford Centre for Enablement (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust)
- Mrs Emma Garratt from the Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit (Oxford Health NHS Trust)
- Professor Helen Dawes from Exeter University
- Mrs Rachel Buckingham and Mr Tim Theologis from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust)
Summaries of our studies of sleep after stroke and brain injury
Read a summary of our study examining sleep in chronic stroke survivors
Read a summary of our study assessing sleep during rehabilitation from brain injury
Recent publications
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The effect of pulse shape in theta-burst stimulation: monophasic vs biphasic TBS
Preprint
Wendt K. et al, (2023)
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Improving sleep after stroke: a randomised controlled trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
Preprint
Fleming MK. et al, (2023)
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Self-modulation of motor cortex activity after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Sanders Z-B. et al, (2022), Brain, 145, 3391 - 3404
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A qualitative examination of the usability of a digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia program after stroke
Journal article
Smejka T. et al, (2022), Brain Injury, 1 - 8
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Dual-task walking and automaticity after Stroke: Insights from a secondary analysis and imaging sub-study of a randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Collett J. et al, (2021), Clinical Rehabilitation, 35, 1599 - 1610