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Alberto Lazari
Research Fellow
I am a Research Associate working with Prof. Jason Lerch and focusing on preclinical neuroimaging.
My research interests revolve around myelination, microstructural MRI, and cross-species approaches to neuroimaging. At the moment, I am running a project funded by a WIN Seed Grant and focussed on cross-species homologies in the motor system.
Previous to this, I completed a Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD in the Plasticity Group under the supervision of Prof. Heidi Johansen-Berg, and I continue to work closely with the WIN Neuroplastics Network. My doctoral work has investigated myelin plasticity across species, using a variety of techniques including multimodal microstructural imaging, resting-state fMRI, non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS), invasive electrophysiology and transgenic knock-out models.
Recent publications
A hippocampal neuroimaging signature of neurovascular insulin signalling links metabolism to mood
Preprint
Cherix A. et al, (2026)
Quantitative multimodal microstructural imaging associations with chronic stroke motor impairment
Preprint
Sanders Z-B. et al, (2025)
Ablation of oligodendrogenesis in adult mice alters brain microstructure and activity independently of behavioral deficits
Journal article
Kaller MS. et al, (2024), Glia, 72, 1728 - 1745
Lasting dynamic effects of the psychedelic 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine ((±)-DOI) on cognitive flexibility
Journal article
Šabanović M. et al, (2024), Molecular Psychiatry, 29, 1810 - 1823
The mouse motor system contains multiple premotor areas and partially follows human organizational principles.
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2024), Cell Rep, 43
Lasting dynamic effects of the psychedelic 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine ((±)-DOI) on cognitive flexibility
Preprint
Šabanović M. et al, (2023)
Ablation of oligodendrogenesis in adult mice alters brain microstructure and activity independently of behavioural deficits
Preprint
Kaller MS. et al, (2023)
Author Correction: An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research.
Journal article
Richie-Halford A. et al, (2023), Sci Data, 10
A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain
Journal article
Grandjean J. et al, (2023), Nature Neuroscience, 26, 673 - 681
7,8-dihydroxyflavone enhances long-term spatial memory and alters brain volume in wildtype mice.
Journal article
Rawlings-Mortimer F. et al, (2023), Front Syst Neurosci, 17
Author Correction: An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research.
Journal article
Richie-Halford A. et al, (2022), Sci Data, 9
Publisher Correction: An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research.
Journal article
Richie-Halford A. et al, (2022), Sci Data, 9
An analysis-ready and quality controlled resource for pediatric brain white-matter research.
Journal article
Richie-Halford A. et al, (2022), Sci Data, 9
qMRI-BIDS: An extension to the brain imaging data structure for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging data.
Journal article
Karakuzu A. et al, (2022), Sci Data, 9
A macroscopic link between interhemispheric tract myelination and cortico-cortical interactions during action reprogramming
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2022), Nature Communications, 13
Hebbian activity-dependent plasticity in white matter
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2022), Cell Reports, 39, 110951 - 110951
StandardRat: A multi-center consensus protocol to enhance functional connectivity specificity in the rat brain
Preprint
Grandjean J. et al, (2022)
Individual differences in slow wave sleep architecture relate to variation in white matter microstructure across adulthood.
Journal article
Gudberg C. et al, (2022), Front Aging Neurosci, 14
Microscopy-BIDS: An Extension to the Brain Imaging Data Structure for Microscopy Data.
Journal article
Bourget M-H. et al, (2022), Front Neurosci, 16