Allan D. Wu, M.D.
Titles
Associate Professor, Neurology
Member, Brain Research Institute
CTSI
Awards and Honors:
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr-East Campus Lahey Medical Center Neurology and EMG Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr-East Campus USC University HospitalContact Information
Email
allanwu@mednet.ucla.edu Phone
Fax Number:
310-206-9819
Work Phone Number: (310) 206-3183
Work Phone Number: (310) 206-3183
Address
Mailing Address:
UCLA NeuroBOX 951769, A-135 RNRC
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES 710 Westwood Plaza
UNITED STATES
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Peters Megan A K, Thompson Benjamin, Merabet Lotfi B, Wu Allan D, Shams Ladan
Anodal tDCS to V1 blocks visual perceptual learning consolidation
Neuropsychologia,
2013; 51(7):
1234-1239.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Yazdanshenas Omid, Knowlton Barbara J
Age related differences in the neural substrates of motor sequence
learning after interleaved and repetitive practices
NeuroImage,
2012; 10(1):
.
Meister Ingo G, Wu Allan D, Deblieck Choi, Iacoboni Marco
Early semantic and phonological effects on temporal- and
muscle-specific motor resonance
The European journal of neuroscience,
2012;
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Yazdanshenas Omid, Knowlton Barbara J
Enhanced motor learning in older adults is accompanied by increased
bilateral frontal and fronto-parietal connectivity
Brain connectivity,
2012; 2(2):
56-68.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Chiang Ming-Chang, Knowlton Barbara J, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Wu Allan D
Interleaved practice enhances skill learning and the functional
connectivity of fronto-parietal networks
Human brain mapping,
2012; 222(1):
.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Knowlton Barbara J, Chiang Ming-Chang, Iacoboni Marco, Udompholkul Parima, Wu Allan D
Brain-behavior correlates of optimizing learning through interleaved
practice
NeuroImage,
2011; 56(3):
1758-72.
Qi Feng, Wu Allan D, Schweighofer Nicolas
Fast estimation of transcranial magnetic stimulation motor threshold
Brain stimulation,
2011; 4(1):
50-7.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Wu Allan D, Udompholkul Parima, Knowlton Barbara J
Contextual interference effects in sequence learning for young and
older adults
Psychology and aging,
2010; 25(4):
929-39.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Winstein Carolee J, Fisher Beth E, Wu Allan D
Neural correlates of the contextual interference effect in motor
learning: a transcranial magnetic stimulation investigation
Journal of motor behavior,
2010; 42(4):
223-32.
Fisher Beth E, Davenport Todd E, Kulig Kornelia, Wu Allan D
Identification of potential neuromotor mechanisms of manual therapy in
patients with musculoskeletal disablement: rationale and description
of a clinical trial
BMC neurology,
2009; 9(7):
20.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Fisher Beth E, Wu Allan D, Ko Yi-An, Lee Lung-Yee, Winstein Carolee J
Neural correlate of the contextual interference effect in motor
learning: a kinematic analysis
Journal of motor behavior,
2009; 41(3):
232-42.
Song Jooeun, Fisher Beth E, Petzinger Giselle, Wu Allan, Gordon James, Salem George J
The relationships between the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale
and lower extremity functional performance in persons with early-stage
Parkinson's disease
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair,
2009; 23(7):
657-61.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kaplan Jonas T, Feusner Jamie D, Kerwin Lauren E, Wadekar Mitali, Burock Mark, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco
A preliminary study of fMRI-guided rTMS in the treatment of
generalized anxiety disorder
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2008; 69(7):
1092-8.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Fisher Beth E, Winstein Carolee J, Wu Allan D, Gordon James
Contextual interference effect: elaborative processing or
forgetting-reconstruction? A post hoc analysis of transcranial
magnetic stimulation-induced effects on motor learning
Journal of motor behavior,
2008; 40(6):
578-86.
Deblieck Choi, Thompson Benjamin, Iacoboni Marco, Wu Allan D
Correlation between motor and phosphene thresholds: a transcranial
magnetic stimulation study
Human brain mapping,
2008; 29(6):
662-70.
Deblieck Choi, Wu Allan D
Neuroimaging of nonmotor features of Parkinson's disease
Reviews in neurological diseases,
2008; 5(3):
125-33.
Wu Allan D, Fregni Felipe, Simon David K, Deblieck Choi, Pascual-Leone Alvaro
Noninvasive brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease and dystonia
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics,
2008; 5(2):
345-61.
Fisher Beth E, Wu Allan D, Salem George J, Song Jooeun, Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Yip Jeanine, Cen Steven, Gordon James, Jakowec Michael, Petzinger Giselle
The effect of exercise training in improving motor performance and
corticomotor excitability in people with early Parkinson's disease
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation,
2008; 89(7):
1221-9.
Wu Allan D, Petzinger Giselle M, Lin Chien-Ho J, Kung Myron, Fisher Beth
Asymmetric corticomotor excitability correlations in early Parkinson's
disease
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society,
2007; 22(11):
1587-93.
Molnar-Szakacs Istvan, Wu Allan D, Robles Francisco J, Iacoboni Marco
Do you see what I mean? Corticospinal excitability during observation
of culture-specific gestures
PloS one,
2007; 2(7):
e626.
Lin Chien-Ho Janice, Sullivan Katherine J, Wu Allan D, Kantak Shailesh, Winstein Carolee J
Effect of task practice order on motor skill learning in adults with
Parkinson disease: a pilot study
Physical therapy,
2007; 87(9):
1120-31.
Wu Allan D
Functional neuroimaging and repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation in Parkinson's disease
Reviews in neurological diseases,
2007; 4(1):
1-9.
Koski Lisa, Lin Janice Chien-Ho, Wu Allan D, Winstein Carolee J
Reliability of intracortical and corticomotor excitability estimates
obtained from the upper extremities in chronic stroke
Neuroscience research,
2007; 58(1):
19-31.
Meister Ingo G, Wilson Stephen M, Deblieck Choi, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco
The essential role of premotor cortex in speech perception
Current biology : CB,
2007; 17(19):
1692-6.
Dong Yun, Dobkin Bruce H, Cen Steven Y, Wu Allan D, Winstein Carolee J
Motor cortex activation during treatment may predict therapeutic gains
in paretic hand function after stroke
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation,
2006; 37(6):
1552-5.
Koski Lisa, Schrader Lara M, Wu Allan D, Stern John M
Normative data on changes in transcranial magnetic stimulation
measures over a ten hour period
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology,
2005; 116(9):
2099-109.