Research Project
Professor
Vaughan Macefield
Current Appointments
Senior Principal Research Fellow, NeuRA (Honorary)
Professor of Integrative Physiology, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
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Vaughan Macefield completed his PhD in respiratory neurophysiology under Dr Bruce Nail at UNSW in 1986 and then spent four years with Prof David Burke and Prof Simon Gandevia at Prince Henry Hospital, learning microneurography and other human neurophysiological techniques. In 1990, he received an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to study with Prof Roland Johansson, Prof Gunnar Wallin and Prof Ake Vallbo in Sweden and then spent a year with Prof Bigland-Ritchie at Yale University. Vaughan has been at Neuroscience Research Australia – supported by an NHMRC RD Wright Fellow, NHMRC Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow – since 1994, before moving to Western Sydney University in 2006. Vaughan maintains an active laboratory at NeuRA, and performs concurrent microneurography and fMRI at the Clinical Imaging Facility.
Publications
2024, 01 Apr
Graded onset of parasternal intercostal inspiratory activity detected with surface electromyography in healthy young females and males
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00604.2023
2023 Sep
Effect of respiratory muscle training on load sensations in people with chronic tetraplegia: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-023-00920-3
2022, 01 Nov
The detection and sensory perception of inspiratory resistive loads in people with chronic tetraplegia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00064.2022
2022 Jan
Tongue acceleration in humans evoked with intramuscular electrical stimulation of genioglossus
2021, 07 Oct
Intergenerational Practice in the Community—What Does the Community Think?
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10100374
2021, 01 Jul
Movement of the ribs in supine humans for small and large changes in lung volume
2020
Supraspinal fatigue in human inspiratory muscles with repeated sustained maximal efforts
2019, 01 Jan
Reflex response to airway occlusion in human inspiratory muscles when recruited for breathing and posture
2019
Genioglossus motor unit activity in supine and upright postures in obstructive sleep apnea
2018 Apr
Influence of respiratory mechanics and drive on genioglossus movement under ultrasound imaging
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