Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan
Casual Snr Research Assistant & Casual Snr Research Assistant & Casual Guest Lecturer
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Research Fellow
RECOVER Injury Research Centre
+61 7 334 64816
Book
Murdoch, Bruce and Whelan, Brooke-Mai Speech and language disorders associated with subcortical pathology. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Book Chapters
Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011). Assessment and treatment of cognitive-linguistic disorder in Parkinson disease. In Deborah Theodoros and Lorraine Ramig (Ed.), Communication and swallowing in Parkinson disease (pp. 179-198) San Diego, CA,USA: Plural Publishing.
Whelan, B. and Murdoch, B. E. (2009). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. In M. R. McNeil (Ed.), Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders 2nd ed. (pp. 383-384) New York, N. Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers.
Murdoch, B. E. and Whelan, B. (2009). Vascular dementia. In Malcolm R. McNeil (Ed.), Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders 2nd ed. (pp. 401-403) New York, N. Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers.
Murdoch, B. E. and Whelan, B. (2007). Assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders in TBI. In Zasler, N. D., Katz, D. I. and Zafonte, R. D. (Ed.), Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice 1st ed. (pp. 865-886) New York: Demos Medical Publishing.
Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B., Theodoros, D. G. and Silburn, P. (2003). Subcortical aphasia: Evidence from stereotactic surgical lesions. In I. Papathanasiou and R. de Bleser (Ed.), The Sciences of Aphasia: From Therapy to Theory 1 ed. (pp. 65-92) UK: Elsevier.
Journal Articles
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Angus, Daniel, Wiles, Janet, Chenery, Helen J, Conway, Erin R, Copland, David A, Atay, Christina and Angwin, Anthony J (2018) Toward the development of SMART communication technology: Automating the analysis of communicative trouble and repair in dementia. Innovation in Aging, 2 3: . doi:10.1093/geroni/igy034
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2012) Lingual kinematics during rapid syllable repetition in Parkinson's disease. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 47 5: 578-588. doi:10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00167.x
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan, O’Sullivan, John D., Coulthard, Alan and Wong, Andrew (2012) Improved receptive and expressive language abilities in nonfluent aphasic stroke patients after application of rTMS: an open protocol case series. Brain Stimulation, 54 3: 274-286. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.005
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, O'Sullivan, John D., Wong, Andrew, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan and Coulthard, Alan (2012) Longitudinal modulation of N400 in chronic non-fluent aphasia using low-frequency rTMS: A randomised placebo controlled trial. Aphasiology, 26 1: 103-124. doi:10.1080/02687038.2011.617812
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011) Lingual kinematics in dysarthric and nondysarthric speakers with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson's Disease, 2011 352838. doi:10.4061/2011/352838
Barwood, C. H. S., Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B. -M., Lloyd, D., Riek, S., O'Sullivan, J. D., Coulthard, A. and Wong, A. (2011) Improved language performance subsequent to low-frequency rTMS in patients with chronic non-fluent aphasia post-stroke. European Journal of Neurology, 18 7: 935-943. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03284.x
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan, O'Sullivan, John, Coulthard, Alan, Wong, Andrew, Aitken, Phil and Hall, Graham (2011) The effects of low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and sham condition rTMS on behavioural language in chronic non-fluent aphasia: Short term outcomes. NeuroRehabilitation, 28 2: 113-128. doi:10.3233/NRE-2011-0640
Barwood, Chs, Murdoch, BE, Whelan, BM, Lloyd, D, Riek, S, O'Sullivan, JD, Coulthard, A and Wong, A (2011) Modulation of N400 in chronic non-fluent aphasia using low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). Brain and Language, 116 3: 125-135. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2010.07.004
Hancock, Adrenne B., Schulz, Geralyn and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011) Language production by patients with Parkinson disease before and after unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 19 4: 59-69.
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-mai (2010) Kinematic analysis of lingual function in dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: An electromagnetic articulograph study. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12 5: 414-425. doi:10.3109/17549507.2010.495784
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2010) Language disorders subsequent to mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI): Evidence from four cases. Aphasiology, 24 10: 1155-1169. doi:10.1080/02687030903168212
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2010) Tongue function in nondysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: An electromagnetic articulography investigation. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 18 3: 24-33.
Murdoch, B. E and Whelan, B. (2007) Language disorders subsequent to left cerebellar lesions: A case for bilateral cerebellar involvement in language?. Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica, 59 4: 184-189. doi:10.1159/000102930
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Bellamy, N. (2007) Delineating communication impairments associated with mild traumatic brain injury: A case report. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22 3: 192-197. doi:10.1097/01.HTR.0000271120.04405.db
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Lloyd, D., Copland, D., Riek, S., Carson, R. G., Darnell, R. E. and Barwood, C. (2007) Unravelling the effects of single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (STMS) on word retrieval: Back to square one?. Brain and Language, 103 1-2: 221-222. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.015
Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Murdoch, Bruce E. (2006) The impact of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on language function: More than meets the eye?. Brain And Language, 99 1-2: 183-184. doi:10.1016/j.band1.2006.06.100
Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Murdoch, Bruce (2005) Unravelling subcortical linguistic substrates: Comparison of thalamic versus cerebellar cognitive-linguistic regulation mechanisms. Aphasiology, 19 12: 1097-1106. doi:10.1080/02687030500174050
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter A. and Hall, Bruce (2005) Borrowing from models of motor control to translate cognitive processes: Evidence for hypokinetic-hyperkinetic linguistic homologues?. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 18 5: 361-381. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2004.05.002
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter A. and Hall, Bruce (2005) Beyond verbal fluency: Investigating the long-term effects of bilateral subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on language in two cases. Neurocase, 11 2: 93-102. doi:10.1080/13554790590925501
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce, Theodoros, Deborah, Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004) Redefining functional models of basal ganglia organisation: Role for the posteroventral pallidum in linguistic processing?. Movement Disorders, 19 11: 1267-1278. doi:10.1002/mds.20252
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah, Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004) Re-appraising contemporary theories of subcortical participation in language: Proposing an interhemispheric regulatory function for the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in the mediation of high-level linguistic processes. Neurocase, 10 5: 345-352. doi:10.1080/13554790490893742
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004) Reappraising contemporary theories of subcortical participation in language: Proposing an interhemispheric regulatory function for the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in the mediation of high-level linguistic processes. Neurocase, 10 1: 70-77. doi:10.1080/13554790490960521
Cook, M., Murdoch, B., Cahill, L. and Whelan, B. M. (2004) Higher-level language deficits resulting from left primary cerebellar lesions. Aphasiology, 18 9: 771-784. doi:10.1080/02687030444000291
Whelan, B. M., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Hall, B. and Silburn, P. (2003) Defining a role for the subthalamic nucleus within operative theoretical models of subcortical participation in language. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74 11: 1543-1550. doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.11.1543
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Hall, B. I. and Silburn, P. (2003) Building upon working theories of subcortical participation in language: Integration of intrinsic basal ganglia circuitry.. Acta Neuropsychologia, 1 2: 174-193.
Whelan, B. M., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D. G. (2002) A role for the dominant thalamus in language? A linguistic comparison of two cases subsequent to unilateral thalamotomy procedures in the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres. Aphasiology, 16 12: 1213-1226. doi:10.1080/02687030244000446
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D.G. (2001) The role of subcortical neural mechanisms and frontal lobe disconnection in language: A theoretical perspective. International Journal of Neuroscience, 108 222-223.
Conference Papers
Barwood, Caroline, Murdoch, Bruce, Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan and O'Sullivan, John (2010). Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and sham modulation of language function in non-fluent aphasia 2 months post stimulation. In: Costanza Papagno, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings, AoA2010. AoA2010: 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings, Athens, Greece, (233-234). 23-26 October, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.117
Wong, M. N., Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B.-M., Bailey, J. and Goozee, L. (2009). Electromagnetic articulography assessment of tongue function in non-dysarthric speakers with Parkinson’s disease. In: Movement Disorders. Abstracts of The Movement Disorder Society's Thirteenth International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. MDS 13th International Congress: The Movement Disorder Society’s 13th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder, Paris, France, (S345-S345). 7-11 June 2009. doi:10.1002/mds.22628
Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B. M., Theodoros, D. G. and Cahill, L. (2004). A subcortical chain of command involved in the regulation of linguistic processes?. In: M. Laine, Brain and Language: Special Abstract Issue: Academy of Aphasia 2004 Program. 42nd Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Chicago, IL, USA, (175-176). 17–19 Oct 2004. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2004.06.090
Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Theodoros, Deborah G., Hall, Bruce and Silburn, Peter (2003). Correlating motor and cognitive behaviour: Exploring the notion of akinetic and dyskinetic linguistic homologues. In: Harry A. Whitaker, Brain and Language: Academy of Aphasia Abstract Issue 2003. 41st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Vienna, (192-192). 19th - 21st, October 2003. doi:10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00265-7
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D.G. and Silburn, P. (2001). A role for the subthalamic nucleus in language. In: 25th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics. , Montreal, Canada, (). 6-9 August, 2001.
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G. and Silburn, P. (2001). Substantiating a role for the thalamus in language? The linguistic comparison of the two cases subsequent to unilateral thalamotomy procedures in the language dominant and non-dominant hemispheres. In: British Aphasiology Society Biennial International Conference. , Exeter, UK, (81-81). 13-15 September, 2001.
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D. G. (2000). Towards a better understanding of the role of subcortical nuclei participation in language: The study of a case following bilateral pallidotomy. In: Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing: 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing. 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, Queensland, Australia, (93-112). 4 - 7 July 2000.
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D. G. (1999). Towards a better understanding of subcortical nuclei participation in language: Putting operative theoretical models to the test. Part 1. In: 5th Multi Disciplinary Conference on Parkinson's Disease, Sydney, (28). 22-24 August 1999.
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D. G. (1999). The role of subcortical neural mechanisms and frontal lobe disconnection in language: A theoretical perspective. In: 17th International A'asian Winter Conf. on Brain Research, Queenstown, NZ, (). 30 August - 3 September 1999.
Thesis
Whelan, Brooke-Mai. (2003). Impact of stereotactic basal ganglia and thalamic surgery on linguistic functioning in Parkinson's disease PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.