Brain Disorders & Therapy

Aparna Wagle Shukla

Aparna Wagle Shukla
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Arkansas, USA

Biography

Residency in Neurology: Chairman, Dr. Sami Harik, Program Director, Dr. W.S. Metzer; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, Jul 2006 to June 2010. Post-Doc Fellowship in Movement Disorders (Research) with special training in clinical Electrophysiology: Director, Dr. Anthony.E. Lang, Supervisor, Dr. Robert Chen; Movement Disorders Center, University of Toronto, Canada, Jan 2004 - Jun 2006. Residency in Neurology: Director, Dr. Noshir. H. Wadia; Program Director, Dr. SM Katrak, National Board of Examinations, and Jaslok Hospital & Research Center, Mumbai, India, Jul 2000 - Sept 2003. Residency in Internal Medicine: Director Dr. MH Makwana Supervisor, Dr. H. C. Modi; Seth K M School of Post Graduate Medicine, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, Jul 1996 - Jun 1999. Medical Internship: Smt. N. H. L. Municipal Medical College; Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, Jan 1995 -Jan 1996. Medical School Training: Smt. N. H. L. Municipal Medical College; Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, Aug 1990 - Dec 1994.

Research Interest

Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Novel Treatment Approach.
Is Orthostatic tremor a cerebellar disease? A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation study.
Motor cortex excitability in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Dual lead stimulation of thalamus in multiple sclerosis tremors.
Limbic circuitry in humans: evidence from coherence studies.
Effects of unilateral pallidal DBS on transcallosal pathways in Parkinson’s Disease: a TMS study.
Micrographia in Parkinson’s Disease improves with hand dexterity exercises.
Study of Motor cortex plasticity in micrographia seen with Parkinson’s Disease.