Heidi Johansen-Berg
Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
- Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
Imaging, neuroplasticity, learning, recovery
I am Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN). Established in 2017, WIN is a multi-disciplinary neuroimaging research facility. WIN aims to bridge the gap between laboratory neuroscience and human health, by performing multi-scale studies spanning from animal models through to human populations.
Within WIN, I head the Plasticity Group at FMRIB. Our research focuses on how the brain changes with learning, experience, and damage. As well as shedding light on how the healthy brain responds to change, our work also has implications for understanding and treating disease. For example, we are testing new methods for rehabilitation after stroke and we are assessing whether taking up exercise could slow the effects of age on the brain.
Key publications
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Multimodal Imaging Brain Markers in Early Adolescence Are Linked with a Physically Active Lifestyle
Journal article
Salvan P. et al, (2021), The Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 1092 - 1104
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White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats
Journal article
Sampaio-Baptista C. et al, (2020), Progress in Neurobiology
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Sleep Disruption After Brain Injury Is Associated With Worse Motor Outcomes and Slower Functional Recovery
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Fleming MK. et al, (2020), Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, 661 - 671
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Associations between fitness, physical activity and mental health in a community sample of young British adolescents: baseline data from the Fit to Study trial
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Wheatley C. et al, (2020), BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6, e000819 - e000819
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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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Self-modulation of motor cortex activity after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Sanders Z-B. et al, (2022), Brain, 145, 3391 - 3404
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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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Hebbian activity-dependent plasticity in white matter
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Lazari A. et al, (2022), Cell Reports, 39, 110951 - 110951
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Mapping acute stroke in the mouse using structural and diffusion MRI
Conference paper
Szulc-Lerch K. et al, (2022), JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, 42, 206 - 207