Research interests
My research focuses on brain plasticity and the neural control of movement. I utilize non-invasive methods, like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG), to study the neural correlates of performance and skill learning in healthy and clinical populations. In particular, my current focus is centred upon how different brain systems underlying motor control/learning interact to determine brain plasticity with an emphasis on enhancing stroke rehabilitation.
Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate research
- MSc thesis
- PhD thesis
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
Teaching, expertise, tools and technologies
- Neuroscience
- Motor control
- Motor learning
- Neurologic disorders
Courses
KIN 415: Clinical Neurophysiology
Education
BSc Biology (with Honours), Queen's University
MSc, Kinesiology, York University
PhD, Kinesiology (Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences), University of Waterloo
Selected publications
See Google Scholar for full list of publications
Suzuki, L.Y., & Meehan, S.K. (2018). Verbal working memory modulates afferent circuits in motor cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 10.1111/ejn.14154
Mirdamadi, J.L., Suzuki, L.Y., & Meehan, S.K. (2017) Attention modulates specific motor cortical circuits recruited by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neuroscience. 359, 151-158, 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.07.028
Meehan, S.K., Mirdamadi, J.L., Martini, D.N. & Broglio, S.P. (2017). Adolescent concussion results in chronic motor cortical excitability and plasticity change. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11(5), 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00005
Mirdamadi, J.L., Suzuki, L.Y. & Meehan, S.K. (2016). Motor cortical plasticity in extrinsic hand muscles is determined by the resting thresholds of overlapping representations. Neuroscience. 333, 132-9.10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.07.015
Mirdamadi, J.L., Suzuki, L.Y. & Meehan, S.K. (2015). Agonist contraction during intermittent theta burst stimulation enhances motor cortical plasticity of the wrist flexors. Neuroscience Letters. 591, 69-74. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.02.020