
Reconfigurations in Large-Scale Brain Networks
One of the most fundamental roles of the brain is to plan, control and execute voluntary movement. Humans can keep on acquiring and refining motor skills throughout life by repetitive practice. Practice does not only improve performance in the practiced skill, but it also physically changes the brain.
This process is known as neuroplasticity and describes the ability of the nervous system to reorganize based on experience. Neuroplasticity can be traced on all organizational levels of the Central Nervous System: from morphologic changes of individual neurons to global activity and connectivity patterns across the brain.
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The purpose of the YourGutBrain project is to investigate whether intake of fermented dairy in comparison with non-fermented dairy increases weekly bowel movements and concordantly improves cognitive performance. This will be investigated through a dietary intervention study including healthy women with few bowel movements per week.
A wide range of measures related to the gut and the brain will be assessed upon consumption of fermented dairy and non-fermented dairy, respectively. Together, this will provide insights into whether fermented dairy can affect bowel habits and cognition, as well as potential underlying mechanisms linking the gut and the brain.
Period: 2023-2027
Associate Professor Anke Karabanov
Hebbian priming of human spinal motor learning (2023)
Effects of Electrical Brain Stimulation on Motor Learning (2023)
Dynamic involvement of premotor and supplementary motor areas in bimanual pinch force control (2022)
Cortical signatures of precision grip force control in children, adolescents, and adults (2021)
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Andreas Wulff-Abramsson | Special Consultant | +4535336361 | |
Anke Ninija Karabanov | Associate Professor | +4535328039 | |
August Lomholt Nielsen | PhD Fellow | +4535324879 | |
Jacob Feder Piil | Special Consultant | ||
Jesper Lundbye-Jensen | Associate Professor, Head of Section | +4535327330 | |
Jonas Rud Bjørndal | PhD Fellow | +4535321587 | |
Lasse Jespersen | PhD Fellow | +4535326133 | |
Louise Mejer | Teaching Assistant | ||
Magnus Kjær Broløs | Laboratory Assistant | +4535333182 | |
Mikael Novén | Postdoc | +4535333776 | |
Peter Christian Raffalt | Associate Professor | ||
Rasmus Dam Wiedemann | Teaching Assistant |
PhD fellow Keenie Ayla Andersen, kaa@nexs.ku.dk
Master student Ditte Haagerup
Master student Hjalte Riis
Master student Louise Mejer
Master student Mads Fredrik Markersen
Master student Magnus Ask Røgilds
Master student Magnus K Broløs