Research groups
Colleges
Collaborators
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Heidi Johansen-Berg
Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging; Associate Head of Medical Sciences Division (Research)
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Andrew Sharott
Associate Professor
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Tim Denison
Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies
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Melanie Fleming
Guarantors of Brain Research Fellow
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Sarosh Irani
Professor of Autoimmune Neurology
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Catharina Zich
Honorary Researcher
Charlotte Stagg
MRCP DPhil
Professor of Human Neurophysiology
- Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
- Director of Studies for Preclinical Medicine, St Hilda's College
- Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall
Physiological mechanisms of motor learning and recovery
I head the Physiological Neuroimaging Group.
My primary research interest is in understanding how the brain adapts to new challenges, focusing in particular in the physiological processes underlying the learning of new motor skills and in the recovery of motor function after stroke.
We take a multimodal approach to answer these questions, using advanced MR approaches, MEG, non-invasive brain stimulation and pharmacological agents. Our multidisciplinary team works on a wide variety of projects, with the ultimate aim of developing novel therapies to improve function in a range of neurological disorders.
We welcome enquires from potential DPhil (PhD) students and Postdoctoral Fellows - please email me.
For more details of our group's research please see our website.
Key publications
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A single, clinically relevant dose of the GABA
B
agonist baclofen impairs visuomotor learning
Journal article
Johnstone A. et al, (2021), The Journal of Physiology, 599, 307 - 322
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β-Oscillations Reflect Recovery of the Paretic Upper Limb in Subacute Stroke.
Journal article
Tang C-W. et al, (2020), Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 34, 450 - 462
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The dynamics of cortical GABA in human motor learning
Journal article
Kolasinski J. et al, (2019), The Journal of Physiology, 597, 271 - 282
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A Mechanistic Link from GABA to Cortical Architecture and Perception
Journal article
Kolasinski J. et al, (2017), Current Biology, 27, 1685 - 1691.e3
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Ipsilesional anodal tDCS enhances the functional benefits of rehabilitation in patients after stroke
Journal article
Allman C. et al, (2016), Science Translational Medicine, 8, 330re1 - 330re1
Recent publications
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A macroscopic link between interhemispheric tract myelination and cortico-cortical interactions during action reprogramming
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2022), Nature Communications, 13
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Non-invasive brain stimulation modulates GABAergic activity in neurofibromatosis 1.
Journal article
Garg S. et al, (2022), Sci Rep, 12
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Cerebellar anodal tDCS does not facilitate visuomotor adaptation or retention.
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Nettekoven CR. et al, (2022), Brain Stimul, 15, 1435 - 1438
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Cerebellar GABA Change during Visuomotor Adaptation Relates to Adaptation Performance and Cerebellar Network Connectivity: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Study
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Nettekoven C. et al, (2022), Journal of Neuroscience, 42, 7721 - 7732
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tDCS induced GABA change is associated with the simulated electric field in M1, an effect mediated by grey matter volume in the MRS voxel.
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Nandi T. et al, (2022), Brain Stimul
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A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement
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Ekhtiari H. et al, (2022), Nature Protocols, 17, 596 - 617
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Classical and learned MR to pseudo-CT mappings for accurate transcranial ultrasound simulation
Journal article
Miscouridou M. et al, (2022), IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
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A macroscopic link between interhemispheric tract myelination and cortico-cortical interactions during action reprogramming
Preprint
Lazari A. et al, (2021)
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Reassessing associations between white matter and behaviour with multimodal microstructural imaging
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2021), Cortex, 145, 187 - 200
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Increasing human motor skill acquisition by driving theta-gamma coupling.
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Akkad H. et al, (2021), Elife, 10