Dr Richard Thomson - Researcher Profile

Biography

Richard works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow and is based at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) which is part of the Central Clinical School. His research began in the motor control field, primarily using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to examine cognitive influences (such as attention) on motor behaviour. Richard's research focus is now focused in biological psychiatry, specifically in the physiological responses to TMS, and uses a wide range of tools such as MRI, EEG, and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).

Keywords

near infrared spectroscopy, NIRS, transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, EEG, major depressive disorder,magnetic resonance imaging

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: UTAS

Year awarded: 2008

MASTERS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: UNSW

Year awarded: 2003

ENGINEERING

Institution: UTAS

Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Journal Articles

Hoy, K.E., Thomson, R.H.S., Cherk, M.H., Yap, K.S., Daskalakis, Z.J., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2013, Effect of magnetic seizure therapy on regional brain glucose metabolism in major depression, Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging [P], vol 211, issue 2, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 169-175.

Thomson, R.H.S., Maller, J.J., Daskalakis, Z.J., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Blood oxygenation changes resulting from trains of low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation, Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior [P], vol 48, issue 4, Elsevier Masson, Italy, pp. 487-491.

Segrave, R.A., Thomson, R.H.S., Cooper, N.R., Croft, R.J., Sheppard, D.M., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Emotive interference during cognitive processing in major depression: an investigation of lower alpha 1 activity, Journal of Affective Disorders [P], vol 141, issue 2-3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 185-193.

Maller, J.J., Daskalakis, Z.J., Thomson, R.H.S., Daigle, M., Barr, M.S., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Hippocampal volumetrics in treatment-resistant depression and schizophrenia: the devil's in de-tail, Hippocampus [P], vol 22, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Inc., United States, pp. 9-16.

Thomson, R.H.S., Rogasch, N.C., Maller, J.J., Daskalakis, Z.J., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Intensity dependent repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation modulation of blood oxygenation, Journal of Affective Disorders [P], vol 136, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 1243-1246.

Thomson, R., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, A near infra-red spectroscopy study of the effects of pre-frontal single and paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation, Clinical Neurophysiology [P], vol 122, issue 2, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 378-382.

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P., Giummarra, M., Thomson, R., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Bradshaw, J., 2011, Atypical electrophysiological activity during pain observation in amputees who experience synaesthetic pain, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience [E], vol E, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 1-12.

Segrave, R., Cooper, N., Thomson, R., Croft, R., Sheppard, D., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, Individualized alpha activity and frontal asymmetry in major depression, Clinical EEG and neuroscience : official journal of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ENCS) [P], vol 42, issue 1, Sage Publications Inc, USA, pp. 45-52.

Thomson, R., Maller, J., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Blood oxygenation changes resulting from suprathreshold transcranial magnetic stimulation, Brain Stimulation [P], vol 4, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 165-168.

Maller, J., Reglade-Meslin, C., Chan, P., Daskalakis, Z., Thomson, R., Anstey, K., Budge, M., Sachdev, P., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Hippocampal sulcal cavities: prevalence, risk factors and relationship to memory impairment, Brain Research [P], vol 1368, issue 2011, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 222-230.

Little, J., Martin, F., Thomson, R., 2010, Speech versus non-speech as irrelevant sound: Controlling acoustic variation, Biological Psychology [P], vol 85, issue 1, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 62-70.

Maller, J., Thomson, R., Lewis, P., Rose, S., Pannek, K., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Traumatic brain injury, major depression, and diffusion tensor imaging: Making connections, Brain Research Reviews [P], vol 64, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 213-240.

Segrave, R.A., Thomson, R.H.S., Cooper, N.R., Croft, R.J., Sheppard, D.M., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2010, Upper alpha activity during working memory processing reflects abnormal inhibition in major depression, Journal of Affective Disorders [P], vol 127, issue 1-3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 191-198.

Fitzgerald, P.B., Maller, J.J., Hoy, K.E., Thomson, R.H.S., Daskalakis, Z.J., 2009, Exploring the optimal site for the localization of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in brain stimulation experiments, Brain Stimulation [P], vol 2, issue 4, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 234-237.

Martin, K., Thomson, R., Blizzard, L., Wood, A.G., Garry, M., Srikanth, V., 2009, Visuospatial ability and memory are associated with falls risk in older people:, Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders [P], vol 27, issue 5, S. Karger AG, Switzerland, pp. 451-457.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Blood Oxygenation Changes Resulting from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Prefrontal Cortex.

Supervisors:

Fitzgerald, P (Main), Thomson, R (Associate).