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Charlotte Stagg
MRCP DPhil
Professor of Human Neurophysiology
- Wellcome Trust / Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
- Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall
- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry
- Honorary Research Associate, UCL
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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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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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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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
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Local GABA concentration is related to network-level resting functional connectivity
Journal article
Stagg CJ. et al, (2014), eLife, 3
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The Role of GABA in Human Motor Learning
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Stagg CJ. et al, (2011), Current Biology, 21, 480 - 484
Recent publications
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Heterogeneous relationships between white matter and behaviour
Journal article
Lazari A. et al, (2020)
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FSL‐MRS: An end‐to‐end spectroscopy analysis package
Journal article
Clarke WT. et al, (2020), Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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Technology Integration Methods for Bi-directional Brain-computer Interfaces and XR-based Interventions
Conference paper
DENISON T., (2020)
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A single, clinically relevant dose of the GABA
B
agonist baclofen impairs visuomotor learning
Journal article
Johnstone A. et al, (2020), The Journal of Physiology
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Guidelines for TMS/tES clinical services and research through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal article
Bikson M. et al, (2020), Brain Stimul, 13, 1124 - 1149
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FSL-MRS: An end-to-end spectroscopy analysis package
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Clarke WT. et al, (2020)
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Neurophysiological signatures of hand motor response to dual-transcranial direct current stimulation in subacute stroke: a TMS and MEG study.
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Kuo I-J. et al, (2020), J Neuroeng Rehabil, 17
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Intention to learn modulates the impact of reward and punishment on sequence learning.
Journal article
Steel A. et al, (2020), Sci Rep, 10
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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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Exploring the infinite parameter space: rethinking assumptions underpinning the use of transcranial direct current stimulation to induce long‐term effects
Journal article
Stagg CJ., (2020), The Journal of Physiology, 598, 621 - 622