W. T. Thach

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

W. T. Thach is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, W. T. Thach has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Neurology, 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 18 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in W. T. Thach's work include Vestibular and auditory disorders (53 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (20 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (18 papers). W. T. Thach is often cited by papers focused on Vestibular and auditory disorders (53 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (20 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (18 papers). W. T. Thach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. W. T. Thach's co-authors include J. G. Keating, Jonathan W. Mink, Howard P. Goodkin, Amy J. Bastian, T. A. Martin, C. Asanuma, P.F.C. Gilbert, Edward G. Jones, Edward V. Evarts and Marc H. Schieber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Neuroscience and Brain.

In The Last Decade

W. T. Thach

71 papers receiving 8.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Cerebellum and the Adaptive Coordination of Movement

1992 769 citations W. T. Thach, Howard P. Goodkin et al. profile →
Purkinje cell activity during motor learning

1977 502 citations W. T. Thach et al. Brain Research profile →
Distribution of cerebellar terminations and their relation to other afferent terminations in the ventral lateral thalamic region of the monkey

1983 455 citations C. Asanuma, W. T. Thach et al. Brain Research Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. T. Thach United States	42	5.0k	4.6k	2.4k	1.4k	1.3k	72	8.9k
James C. Houk United States	49	5.1k 1.0×	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	700 0.5×	118	8.0k
Timothy J. Ebner United States	54	4.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	607 0.5×	153	7.9k
Dagmar Timmann Germany	51	3.8k 0.8×	4.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	916 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	281	9.8k
Richard P. Dum United States	30	3.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	863 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	38	6.8k
Y. Lamarre Canada	46	3.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	949 0.7×	722 0.6×	95	6.2k
Eric M. Rouiller Switzerland	53	4.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	528 0.4×	710 0.5×	154	7.7k
James R. Bloedel United States	42	2.0k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	631 0.4×	320 0.2×	112	4.7k
E. Jankowska Sweden	64	4.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	4.4k 1.8×	888 0.6×	960 0.7×	240	12.6k
David M. Armstrong United States	55	2.8k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	5.1k 2.1×	485 0.3×	442 0.3×	135	9.4k
Bernard Cohen United States	62	4.9k 1.0×	7.9k 1.7×	1.7k 0.7×	374 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	239	12.2k

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Thach, W. T.. (2013). Does the Cerebellum Initiate Movement?. The Cerebellum. 13(1). 139–150. 34 indexed citations

Strata, Piergiorgio, W. T. Thach, & Ole Petter Ottersen. (2009). New insights in cerebellar function. Neuroscience. 162(3). 545–548. 9 indexed citations

Hakimian, Shahin, Scott A. Norris, Bradley Greger, et al.. (2008). Time and Frequency Characteristics of Purkinje Cell Complex Spikes in the Awake Monkey Performing a Nonperiodic Task. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(2). 1032–1040. 12 indexed citations

Thach, W. T.. (2007). On the mechanism of cerebellar contributions to cognition. The Cerebellum. 6(3). 163–167. 51 indexed citations

Thach, W. T.. (2007). Cerebellar Inputs to Motor Cortex. Novartis Foundation symposium. 132. 201–230. 14 indexed citations

Cantin, Noémi, Helene J. Polatajko, W. T. Thach, & Susan Jaglal. (2007). Developmental coordination disorder: Exploration of a cerebellar hypothesis. Human Movement Science. 26(3). 491–509. 59 indexed citations

Thach, W. T. & Amy J. Bastian. (2004). Role of the cerebellum in the control and adaptation of gait in health and disease. Progress in brain research. 143. 353–366. 111 indexed citations

Greger, Bradley, Scott A. Norris, & W. T. Thach. (2004). Spike Firing in the Lateral Cerebellar Cortex Correlated With Movement and Motor Parameters Irrespective of the Effector Limb. Journal of Neurophysiology. 91(1). 576–582. 39 indexed citations

Highstein, Stephen M. & W. T. Thach. (2002). The cerebellum : recent developments in cerebellar research. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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Zackowski, Kathleen M., W. T. Thach, & Amy J. Bastian. (2002). Cerebellar subjects show impaired coupling of reach and grasp movements. Experimental Brain Research. 146(4). 511–522. 64 indexed citations

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Petersen, Steven E., et al.. (2002). Role of the Posterolateral Cerebellum in Language. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 978(1). 318–333. 103 indexed citations

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Norris, Scott A., Bradley Greger, T. A. Martin, & W. T. Thach. (2001). Prism adaptation of reaching is dependent on the type of visual feedback of hand and target position. Brain Research. 905(1-2). 207–219. 33 indexed citations

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Bastian, Amy J., Jonathan W. Mink, Bruce A. Kaufman, & W. T. Thach. (1998). Posterior vermal split syndrome. Annals of Neurology. 44(4). 601–610. 70 indexed citations

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Martin, T. A., J. G. Keating, Howard P. Goodkin, Amy J. Bastian, & W. T. Thach. (1996). Throwing while looking through prisms: I. Focal olivocerebellar lesions impair adaptation. Brain. 119(4). 1183–1198. 459 indexed citations

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Martin, T. A., J. G. Keating, Howard P. Goodkin, Amy J. Bastian, & W. T. Thach. (1996). Throwing while looking through prisms: II. Specificity and storage of multiple gaze--throw calibrations. Brain. 119(4). 1199–1211. 466 indexed citations

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Bastian, Amy J. & W. T. Thach. (1995). Cerebellar outflow lesions: A comparison of movement deficits resulting from lesions at the levels of the cerebellum and thalamus. Annals of Neurology. 38(6). 881–892. 89 indexed citations

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Mink, Jonathan W. & W. T. Thach. (1993). Basal ganglia intrinsic circuits and their role in behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 3(6). 950–957. 236 indexed citations

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Goodkin, Howard P., J. G. Keating, T. A. Martin, & W. T. Thach. (1993). Preserved Simple and Impaired Compound Movement After Infarction in the Territory of the Superior Cerebellar Artery. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 20(S3). S93–S104. 111 indexed citations

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Asanuma, C., W. T. Thach, & E.G. Jones. (1983). Anatomical evidence for segregated focal groupings of efferent cells and their terminal ramifications in the cerebellothalamic pathway of the monkey. Brain Research Reviews. 5(3). 267–297. 232 indexed citations

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Thach, W. T.. (1973). Primatologia. Handbook of Primatology. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 46(2). 151–152. 1 indexed citations

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