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), Nat Neurosci, 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), Annu Rev Neurosci, 32, 75 - 94
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Perceptually relevant remapping of human somatotopy in 24 hours.
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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), Sci Transl Med, 8
Recent publications
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Perceptions of active and inactive prototypes are associated with objective measures of physical activity in adolescents.
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Wheatley C. et al, (2020), Psychol Health Med, 1 - 12
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Alcohol consumption is associated with reduced creatine levels in the hippocampus of older adults.
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Demnitz N. et al, (2020), Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 295
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Are People Ready for Personalized Brain Health? Perspectives of Research Participants in the Lifebrain Consortium.
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Friedman BB. et al, (2019), Gerontologist
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Relating diffusion tensor imaging measurements to microstructural quantities in the cerebral cortex in multiple sclerosis.
Journal article
McKavanagh R. et al, (2019), Hum Brain Mapp, 40, 4417 - 4431
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Working memory training stimulates and requires new oligodendrocyte generation
Poster
Shimizu T. et al, (2019), GLIA, 67, E436 - E437