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I received my PhD in Biology from York University in 2005 and my MSc in Kinesiology from York University in 1998.
Prior to joining Laurier, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Spinal Cord Research Centre at the University of Manitoba (2005-2008).
The purpose of my Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council funded program of research is to determine how spinal reflex circuits integrate input from the brain and peripheral sensory receptors to maintain optimal voluntary drive to muscle during fatigue.
I am also interested in the inhibitory pathways that modulate the excitability of the primary motor cortex during fatigue. This research is significant because until we understand the central mechanisms that modulate muscle output in healthy people, we cannot fully understand the mechanisms of impaired motor function in injury, aging and disease.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant: Spinal and Supraspinal Mechanisms of Fatigue.
I have research assistantships opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students interested in the neural control of movement.
I am willing to supervise graduate students interested in the cortical and spinal adaptations to exercise, neuromuscular fatigue and concussion.
- Powers KC, Cinelli ME, Kalmar JM. “Cortical hypoexcitability persists beyond the symptomatic phase of a concussion.” Brain Inj. 2014; 28(4):465-71.
- Vandenberk MS, Kalmar JM. “An evaluation of paired motor unit estimates of persistent inward current in human motoneurons.” J Neurophysiol. 2014 May;111(9):1877-84.
- Powers KC, Kalmar JM, Cinelli ME. “Recovery of static stability following a concussion.” Gait Posture. 2014;39(1):611-4.
- Sharples SA, Kalmar JM. “Modulation of cortical excitability and interhemispheric inhibition prior to rhythmic unimanual contractions.” J Neurosci Methods. 2012 Sep 30;210(2):178-86.
- Kalmar JM, Button DC, Gardiner K, Cahill F, Gardiner PF. “Caloric restriction does not offset age-associated changes in the biophysical properties of motoneurons.” J Neurophysiol. 2009 Feb;101(2):548-57.
- Button DC, Kalmar JM, Gardiner K, Marqueste T, Zhong H, Roy RR, Edgerton VR, Gardiner PF. “Does elimination of afferent input modify the changes in rat motoneurone properties that occur following chronic spinal cord transection?” J Physiol. 2008 Jan 15;586(2):529-44.
- Button DC, Kalmar JM, Gardiner K, Cahill F, Gardiner PF. “Spike frequency adaptation of rat hindlimb motoneurons.” J Appl Physiol (1985). 2007 Mar;102(3):1041-50.
Contact Info:
T: 519.884.0710 x2033 (Office), x3334 (Lab)
F: 519.747.4594
Office location: BA508 (Office) , NC119 (Lab)
Office hours: Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in NC119 or by appointment.
Languages spoken: English