Selected publications 

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• A Jameel, J Smith, S Akgun, PG Bain, D Nandi, B Jones, RA Quest, W Gedroyc, N Yousif. Creation and clinical utility of a 3D atlas-based model for visualising brain nuclei targeted by MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 2026.

• N Yousif, PG Bain, D Nandi, R Borisyuk. Non-conventional deep brain stimulation in a network model of movement disorders. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 11 (1), 015042.

• M Ciocca, A Jameel, N Yousif, N Patel, J Smith, S Akgun, B Jones, W Gedroyc, D Nandi, Y Tai, BSeemungal, P Bain. Illusions of Self‐Motion during Magnetic Resonance‐Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor. Annals of Neurology 96 (1), 121-132, 2024. 

• A Jameel, S Akgun, N Yousif, J Smith, B Jones, D Nandi, P Bain, W Gedroyc. The evolution of Ventral Intermediate Nucleus (VIM) targeting in MRI guided Focused Ultrasound (FUS) thalamotomy for Essential Tremor-an international multi-centre evaluation. Frontiers in Neurology 15, 1345873, 2024.

• N Yousif, P Bain, D Nandi, R Borisyuk. A population model of deep brain stimulation in movement disorders from circuits to cells. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 14: 55, 2020.

• N Yousif, CJ Vaizey, Y Maeda. Mapping the current flow in sacral nerve stimulation using computational modelling. Healthcare technology letters 6 (1), 8-12. 2018.

• U Hammerbeck, N Yousif, D Hoad, R Greenwood, J Diedrichsen, Chronic Stroke Survivors Improve Reaching Accuracy by Reducing Movement Variability at the Trained Movement Speed. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 31 (6), 499-508. 2017

• N Yousif, M Mace, N Pavese, R Borisyuk, D Nandi, P Bain. A Network Model of Local Field Potential Activity in Essential Tremor and the Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation. PLOS Computational Biology 13 (1). 2017.

• N Yousif, RZ Fu, B Abou-El-Ela-Bourquin, V Bhrugubanda, SR Schultz, BM Seemungal, Dopamine activation preserves visual motion perception despite noise interference of human V5/MT, Journal of Neuroscience 36: 9303-9312. 2016.

• N Yousif, H Bhatt, PG Bain, D Nandi, BM Seemungal, The effect of Pedunculopontine nucleus deep brain stimulation on postural sway and vestibular perception, European Journal of Neurology. 23: 668-670, 2016.

• N Yousif, J Cole, J Rothwell, J Diedrichsen. Proprioception in motor learning: lessons from a deafferented subject. Experimental Brain Research. 233: 2449-2459, 2015.

• N Yousif, N Pavese, M Naushahi, D Nandi, PG Bain. Reversing the polarity of bipolar stimulation in deep brain stimulation for essential tremor – a theoretical explanation for a useful clinical intervention. Neurocase. 20(1):10-17, 2014.

• N Yousif & J Diedrichsen. Structural learning in feed-forward and feedback control. Journal of Neurophysiology. 108(9):2373-2382, 2012.