Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences School of Behavioural Science

Professor Michael Saling

BA, MA, PhD. 

Contact details:

email: mmsaling AT unimelb.edu.au  
telephone: +61 3 8344 6359  

Professor Saling is the Convenor of Australia's first Professional Program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne, having been appointed in 1988 as the successor to the Dr Kevin Walsh. He been responsible for the training of a  large number of Australia's clinical neuropsychologists. He is also Director of Neuropsychology at the Austin and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals). His current research interests include the functional neuroanatomy of memory and language in temporal lobe epilepsy, the early detection of dementia, and the relationship between stroke and dementia. He has served for a number of years on the Diagnostic Methods Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy.

Research Interests:

Professional Associations, Memberships & Awards:

Recent Funded Research:

Project: Reorganisation of the language system in epilepsy
Year: 2003–2005
Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council

Project: The relationship between cognition and interictal discharges: Language organization and spike localization in BECTS
Year: 2005–
Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council

Project:

Early Intervention for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomised Trial of Memory Management
Year: 2008–2010
Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council

Selected Recent Publications:

Anderson, J.F.I., Saling, M.M. & Donnan, G.A. Chronic information-processing changes in individuals with a first-ever clinical
lacunar syndrome. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology (in press).

Ingram A, Saling MM, & Schweitzer, I. (2008). Invited Review. Cognitive Side effects of brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy: A review. Journal of Electroconvulsive Therapy, 24, pp. 3-9

Wood A, Saling MM, Jackson GD, & Reutens DC. (2008). Asymmetry of language activation relates to regional callosal morphology following early cerebral injury. Epilepsy and Behaviour , 12, 427-433

Anderson JF, Saling MM, Srikanth VK, Thrift A, & Donnan GA. (2008). Individuals with first-ever clinical presentation of a lacunar infarction syndrome: Is there an increased likelihood of developing mild cognitive impairment in the first 12 months after stroke? Journal of Neuropsychology. In press

Wilson SJ & Saling MM. (2008). Contributions of the right and left mesial temporal lobes to music memory: Evidence from melodic learning difficulties. Music Perception, 25, 303-314

Saling MM & Bradshaw J. From a-Synucleinopathy to Executive Dysfunction: Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease, in Development of Executive Functions Across the Lifespan, eds. V.Anderson, R. Jacobs, and P. Anderson, Psychology Press, East Sussex: (2008). In press.

Wilson SJ, Wrench J, Saling MM, & Bladin PF. (2008). Indicators of psychosocial adjustment and outcome after epilepsy surgery, in Behavioral aspects of epilepsy: principles & practice, eds. SC Schachter, GL Holmes, DG Trenité, Demos Medical Publishing, New York: pp. 327-334 (2008).

Saling MM. Disorders of Language, in Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, ed. AHV Schapira, Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp. 31-42 (2007).

Lillywhite LM, Saling MM, Briellmann RS, Weintrob DL, Pell GS, & Jackson GD. (2007). Differential contributions of the hippocampus and rhinal cortices to verbal memory in epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behaviour. 10: pp. 553-559.

Weintrob DL, Saling MM, Berkovic SF, & Reutens DC. (2007). Impaired verbal associative learning after resection of left perirhinal cortex. Brain. 130: pp. 1423-1431.

Wilson SJ, Bladin PF, & Saling MM. (2007). The burden of normality: A framework for rehabilitation after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia. 48 (S9): pp. 13-16.

Velissaris SL, Wilson SJ, Saling MM, Newton MR, & Berkovic SF. (2007).  The psychological impact of a newly diagnosed seizure:  Losing and restoring perceived control.  Epilepsy and Behavior. 10: pp. 223-233.

Saling, MM. Imaging and Neuropsychology, in Magnetic Resonance in Epilepsy: Neuroimaging Techniques (2nd ed.), eds. R. Kuzniecky and GD Jackson, Academic Press (Elsevier Science), New York: pp. 271-280 (2006).

Srikanth VK, Thrift AG, Fryer JL, Saling MM, Dewey HM, Sturm JW, & Donnan GA (2006). The validity of brief screening cognitive instruments in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia after first-ever stroke. International Psychogeriatrics. 18: pp. 295-305.

Srikanth VK, Quinn SJ, Donnan GA, Saling MM, & Thrift AG. (2006). Long-term cognitive transitions, rates of cognitive change, and predictors of incident dementia in a population-based first-ever stroke cohort. Stroke. 37: pp. 2479-2483.

Sveller C, Briellmann RS, Saling MM, Lillywhite L, Abbott DF, Masterton RA, & Jackson GD. (2006). Relationship between language lateralization and handedness in left hemispheric partial epilepsy. Neurology. 67: pp. 1813-1817.

Bradshaw J, Saling MM, Anderson V, Hopwood M, & Brodtmann A. (2006). Higher cortical deficits influence attentional processing in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), relative to patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and controls. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 77: pp. 1129-1135.

Anderson DP, Harvey AS, Anderson, V, Saling, MM, Kean M, Abbott DF, Wellard RM, & Jackson GD. (2006). FMRI lateralization of expressive language in children with cerebral lesions. Epilepsia. 47: pp. 998–1008.

Briellmann RS, Labate A, Harvey AS, Saling MM, Sveller C, Lillywhite L. Abbott DF, & Jackson GD. (2006). Is language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy patients related to the nature of the epileptogenic lesion? Epilepsia. 47: pp. 916-920.

Waites AB, Briellman, RS, Saling MM, Abbott, DF, & Jackson, GD. (2006). Functional connectivity networks are disrupted in left temporal lobe epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. 59: pp. 335-343.

Wood AG, Harvey AS, Wellard M, Abbott, DF, Anderson V, Saling MM, & Jackson GD (2006). Language activation in normal children: response to Stanbro. Neurology. 66: pp. 458.

PhD Students under Supervision:

 

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