Heidi Johansen-Berg
Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
- Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
Imaging, neuroplasticity, learning, recovery
Research groups
Websites
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Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain
Research Centre
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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Plasticity in gray and white: neuroimaging changes in brain structure during learning
Journal article
Zatorre RJ. et al, (2012), Nature Neuroscience, 15, 528 - 536
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Using Diffusion Imaging to Study Human Connectional Anatomy
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Johansen-Berg H. and Rushworth MFS., (2009), Annual Review of Neuroscience, 32, 75 - 94
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Perceptually relevant remapping of human somatotopy in 24 hours
Journal article
Kolasinski J. et al, (2016), eLife, 5
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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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The effects of an aerobic training intervention on cognition, grey matter volumes and white matter microstructure.
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Sexton CE. et al, (2020), Physiol Behav, 223
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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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A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: a systematic review.
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Wassenaar TM. et al, (2020), Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 17
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Causal evidence of network communication in whole-brain dynamics through a multiplexed neural code
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Salvan P. et al, (2020)
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Fit to Study: Reflections on designing and implementing a large-scale randomized controlled trial in secondary schools
Journal article
Wheatley C. et al, (2020), Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 100134 - 100134