Jacquie Hodge
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Total Citations
366
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About
Jacquie Hodge is a leading researcher in pediatric neurorehabilitation, specializing in non-invasive brain stimulation, neuroimaging, and motor recovery in children with perinatal stroke and cerebral palsy. Her landmark study on the safety and tolerability of transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation in children, based on 3.5 million stimulations (163 citations), established critical safety benchmarks that have enabled broader clinical applications in pediatric populations. Hodge’s work uniquely integrates robotic assessments with diffusion tractography to quantify corticospinal tract integrity and proprioceptive deficits in hemiparetic children, revealing how structural connectivity relates to motor impairment. Her research on sensory-motor network functional connectivity and bihemispheric myelination alterations provides mechanistic insights into developmental plasticity after perinatal stroke. By combining robotic TMS mapping with advanced MRI techniques, Hodge has pioneered methods to characterize the developing brain’s response to injury. Her contributions have directly informed rehabilitation strategies for children with unilateral cerebral palsy, demonstrating how objective robotic measures can guide personalized interventions. With over 360 citations across her most influential papers, Hodge continues to shape our understanding of pediatric neuroplasticity and safe neuromodulation.
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- 4Robotic TMS mapping of motor cortex in the developing brain39 citations · 2018
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