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heidi.johansen-berg@ndcn.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0)1865 610469


Eugenie La Grange
eugenie.lagrange@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

Heidi Johansen-Berg

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives)

  • Associate Head of Medical Sciences Division (Research)
  • Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Wellcome Principal Research Fellow

Imaging, neuroplasticity, learning, recovery

Heidi Johansen-Berg FRS FMedSci is Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives) at the University of Oxford and Associate Head (Research and Innovation) in the Medical Sciences Division. Heidi also is a Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and member of the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN). Heidi's research group investigates plasticity and recovery in the sensorimotor system, with particular focus on white matter plasticity and activity-dependent myelination. Her 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, her work also has implications for understanding and treating disease. 


Key publications

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

Associations between fitness, physical activity and mental health in a community sample of young British adolescents: baseline data from the Fit to Study trial

Journal article

Wheatley C. et al, (2020), BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6, e000819 - e000819

Sleep Disruption After Brain Injury Is Associated With Worse Motor Outcomes and Slower Functional Recovery

Journal article

Fleming MK. et al, (2020), Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, 661 - 671

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, 187, 101770 - 101770

Ipsilesional anodal tDCS enhances the functional benefits of rehabilitation in patients after stroke

Journal article

Allman C. et al, (2016), Science Translational Medicine, 8

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