Exeter MR Research Centre


Ongoing Research (19 Projects)

Project_ID Principal Investigator Project Title Funding Start End
PH_12 Dr Mohammad Akrami Three-dimensional bio Models using 3D printers NONE Sep 2019 Nov 2019
PS_42 Dr Caroline Susan Mizen An investigation of individualised behavioural and neural correlates of interpersonal relating None May 2019 Dec 2019
SS_29 Matthew Witt Imaging of U.K. marine vertebrates Internal funding agreed by Neal Whitfield (Director CLES operations) Oct 2018 Mar 2019
SS_28 Dr Matthew Black Effects of different running shoes on indices of muscle damage and running economy: A pilot study Nike Research Funding Sep 2018 Dec 2018
SS_26 Alistair Monteyne Does obtaining the majority of dietary protein from non-animal sources support the skeletal muscle a Quorn Foods May 2018 May 2020
SS_27 Francis Stephens Muscle damage and disuse atrophy Internal Feb 2018 Dec 2019
PMS_15 Karen Knapp A feasibility study to explore vertebral muscle size and bone macro- and micro-architecture: age-rel No funding Jan 2018 May 2019
SS_25 Dr Benjamin Wall PIPA study University funded PhD studentship Oct 2017 Jun 2019
PMS_14 Andrew Sharp RADIANCE Recormedical Sep 2017 Mar 2018
PS_40 Fraser Milton Neural correlates of decision-making using fMRI - May 2017 Nov 2017
SS_24 Matthew Ellison Does footstrike modality affect metatarsal bone strain? PhD project funding Feb 2017 Dec 2017
SS_22 Matthew Campbell Investigating the time course of alterations in neuromuscular function following limb immobilisation Feb 2017 Aug 2017
PMS_16 Salman Alharthi The effect of positioning on measurements of lumbar muscle volume from magnetic resonance images Jan 2017 Dec 2019
SS_21 Marlou Dirks AV study: The effect of physical inactivity and overfeeding on muscle amino acid uptake Various grants, including one from the Physiological Society Dec 2016 Dec 2018
PMS_12 Adam Zeman Aphantasia Oct 2016 Mar 2017
PMS_PS_02 Huw Williams Multiple sports concussions in male university rugby players: a neurocognitive and neuroimaging stud Sep 2016 Feb 2017
PMS_11 Lucy Ashton A study examining the physical effects of high intensity training on students at a UK Sports Academy UEMS Jul 2016 Feb 2017
PMS_13 Robert Meertens The use of near infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool to measure microvascular haemodynamics in College of Radiographers CoRIPS Doctoral Fellowship Grant (Award 50604) Jan 2016 Jan 2017
SS_17 Weerapong Chidnok Muscle metabolic responses during intermittent exercise using 31P-MRS Jan 2012 May 2017

 


Finshed Research (107 Projects)

Project_ID Principal Investigator Project Title Funding Start End
PS_41 Jonathan Jones The Neural Basis of Grouping in Children Oct 2017 Apr 2018
PS_38 Fraser Milton The neural correlates of the inverse base rate effect Mar 2017 Jun 2018
PS_39 Celia Morgan Effect of Cannabidiol on cue reactivity as measured by fMRI in smokers Beckley Foundation Mar 2017 Jul 2018
PS_37 Dr Caroline Susan Mizen Psychogenic lesions in narcissistic disorders: Study 1 The neural correlates of relating PhD project Feb 2017 Jun 2017
SS_23 Christopher Thompson The effect of nitrate supplement type on adaptations to training Jan 2017 Oct 2017
SS_20 Craig Williams Metabolic changes with CF Dec 2016 May 2017
SS_19 Associatte Professor Anni Vanh Neuromuscular and muscle metabolic responses to contralateral limb fatigue . Nov 2016 Apr 2017
SS_18 Andrew Jones The effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on muscle energetics and mitochondrial efficiency duri Sep 2016 Sep 2017
PH_11 Claudio Vergari PH_11 Henry Smith Charit Jan 2016 Aug 2016
BO_01 Ben Parris Anterior cingulate involvement in the Stroop task Bournemouth University Oct 2015 Apr 2019
PS_35 Jonathan Jones How Does Working Memory Training Work? The Neural Correlates of Working Memory Training CLES Strategic Development Fund Feb 2015 Jul 2015
PS_36 Pia Pechtel Reward Processing in Adolescents with a History of Childhood Abuse Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation (NARSAD) Jan 2015 Jan 2017
PS_34 Kathryn Carpenter The neurobiological substrates of category learning Oct 2014 Apr 2015
PL_05 Thomas Sambrook Coding of reward prediction errors in the brain: a frequency study £2505 Sep 2014 Nov 2014
PS_33 Manuela Barreto Understanding how social identities shape empathy and failures to empathise: A social neuroscience DSTL via the MoD Sep 2014 Nov 2014
PS_32 Pippa Bealing Neural correlates of catergorisation Jun 2014 Aug 2014
PS_31 Chris Albertyn Decoding rules for manipulating information in working memory in the parietal cortex May 2014 Jul 2014
PS_30 Dr Chris Dodds Valuation and reward processing of cigarette and non-drug rewards in dependent and occasional smoker psychology Apr 2014 Dec 2014
PS_29 Natalia Lawrence Approach and avoidance behaviour in depression Mar 2014 Dec 2014
PS_28 Anke Karl Personality and emotion processing Feb 2014 Apr 2014
PS_27 Aureliu Lavric Brain correlates of task-switching Feb 2014 Aug 2014
PS_26 Chris Dodds An fMRI study of working memory rule representations in prefrontal cortex Jul 2013 Jul 2014
PS_25 Natalia Lawrence The effect of postpartum mood on neural responses to infant-related and generally rewarding stimuli: NA Jul 2013 May 2014
PS_24 Fraser Milton Mirror neurons Psychology Jun 2013 Jul 2013
PS_23 Natalia Lawrence Neural responses to food cues following response inhibition training Own (start-up) May 2013 May 2014
PS_22 Fraser Milton The neural substrates of the implicit and explicit categorization May 2013 Jul 2013
PS_21 MaisyBest Neural mechanisms of automatic inhibition ESRC Dec 2012 Feb 2013
PS_20 Dr Anke Karl Does secure attachment priming reduce attentional bias in trauma patients? An fMRI study. Sep 2012 Dec 2012
PMS_PS_01 HuwWilliams Investigating the neurocognitive and neuroimaging correlates of mild traumatic brain injury Internal Jul 2012 Aug 2013
PL_04 Matt Roser Frontal compensation in aged participants. Feb 2012 May 2013
PH_SS_03 Peter Krustrup A pilot study proposal to investigate small volume vibration and recreational football training on p Jan 2012 Jan 2013
PH_10 Judith Meakin Imaging muscle function in the spine during exercise: a feasibility study Jan 2012 Jan 2012
PS_19 Dr Anke Karl The effect of attachment priming on amygdala reactivity and attentional bias to threat cues Jan 2012 Dec 2012
PS_MSc_01 Timothy Hodgson An fMRI investigation into the neural correlates of QALY decision making Open University Research Contract Apr 2011 Aug 2011
SS_17 Jimmy Kelly The Use of Dietary Nitrate in Improving Muscle Energetics in Aging No Apr 2011 Sep 2011
PH_09 Amer Alhussain Active areas in the brain during different types of tactile stimulation to the fingertip: fMRI study Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research_Iraq Mar 2011 Mar 2012
SS_16 Dr Philip Skiba Muscle metabolic determinants of finite work capacity above ‘critical power’ No Mar 2011 Jul 2011
PS_18 Frederick Verbruggen The role of right inferior frontal gyrus in 'automatic' inhiibition Internal Mar 2011 Nov 2012
PH_08 Joanne Dale Mechanisms of mechanotransduction in pacinian corpuscles Leverhulme trust Jan 2011 Sep 2011
PH_07 Ahmed Alzahrani Multi-Scale Nanoparticles contrast agents University of Exeter Jan 2011 Jan 2012
SS_15 Rosey Davies The Developmental Time Course of Muscle Damage No Dec 2010 Jun 2011
PS_17 Charlotte Forrest An fMRI investigation into the differences between using tasks to perform in a cued task switching e NA Nov 2010 Apr 2010
SS_13 Craig Williams Absolute Quantification of Phosphorous Metabolite Concentrations in Human Muscle in-vivo No Nov 2010 May 2011
SS_14 Anni Vanhatalo L-arginine and exercise performance No Nov 2010 May 2011
PH_06 khalid MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF TOUCH RECEPTORS AND MODELING Oct 2010 Oct 2014
PMS_08 Dr David Strain Glucagon-like polypeptide 1 and vascular function in type 2 diabetes No Aug 2010 Aug 2012
PMS_10 Dr Katarina Kos Does Glucagon-like polypeptide 1 improve vascular function and inflammation No Aug 2010 May 2017
PMS_09 Dr Katarina Kos Fatty liver and muscle in subjects undergoing bariatric surgery No Aug 2010 Aug 2012
SS_12 Katie Lansley The Effect of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Muscle Bioenergetics during ‘All-out’ Exercise No Jun 2010 May 2011
PH_SS_02 Susan Hopkins A study into post-traumatic and post-surgical disuse osteopenia and its short- and long-term effects Jun 2010 Jun 2012
PL_02 Matt Roser The Neuropsychology Of Imagery In Craving University of Plymouth Mar 2010 Mar 2011
PL_03 Matt Roser Relational integration in autism University of Plymouth Mar 2010 Mar 2011
SS_10 Gary O'Donovan Women’s Health and Activity at Middle-age No Mar 2010 Feb 2011
SS_09 Andy Jones Oxidative adaptations to intermittent hypoxic exercise at the muscle using 31P-MRS Feb 2010 Aug 2011
SS_11 Dr Tim Rees The neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning effects of social support on task performance under stres SSHS funded Jan 2010 Feb 2011
SS_08 Jo Welsman Bone Health During Adolescence: Influences of body fatness, nutrition and physical activity No Nov 2009 Jun 2010
PH_PMS_01 Dr Karen Knapp Charcot Arthropathy, Vascular Perfusion and Bone Health Royal College of Radiologists (Not for MRI though) Oct 2009 Jan 2010
SS_PS_01 Prof Adrian Taylor The effects of acute exercise on regionl brain activation in response to smoking-related images: an Oct 2009 Jan 2009
PS_16 Andy Wills Neuroscience of human associative learning British Council [travel] Sep 2009 Sep 2010
SS_07 Brynmor Breese Development of an Exercise Protocol to measure Oxidative Properties of Muscle Fibres in Children usi No Sep 2009 Aug 2010
SS_06 Dr Gaynor Parfitt Neural basis of affective responses to exercise Jul 2009 Jul 2010
PMS_07 Prof Adam Zeman Discourse processing None Mar 2009 May 2009
SS_05 Andy Jones Influence of eccentric muscle-damaging exercise Feb 2009 Jun 2010
PS_BA_01 Dr Tim Hodgson A Neuroeconomic Approach to Understanding Saving Behaviour Psychology Jan 2009 Jan 2010
PS_15 Mr Tobias Stevens TMS lab Tobias Stevens Jan 2009 Nov 2009
ALL_01 Dr Abdelmalek Benattayallah Examination of the Hydration Status on Cognitive Ability and Brain Activity Following Taste Stimulat N/A Dec 2008 Jan 2009
PS_13 Dr Tim Hodgson Neuroscience of social conventions and norms ESRC / MRC Nov 2008 Nov 2008
PS_PH_01 Dr Tim Hodgson The neural substrates of reward and loss valuation, intertemporal choice and behavioural inhibition Jul 2008 Oct 2008
SS_01 Anni Vanhatalo Influence of hyperoxia on muscle metabolic responses during severe intensity exercise Internal Apr 2008 Sep 2008
PS_12 Dr Fraser Milton Memory for everyday events using the remember/know paradigm None Mar 2008 Jun 2009
SS_04 Andy Jones Influence of warm-up exercise Jan 2008 Jan 2009
SS_02 Sharon Dixon Development of a model of the third metatarsal Jan 2008 Jan 2010
SS_03 Craig Williams A gated 31P exercise protocol Jan 2008 Jan 2009
PH_SS_01 Jo Welsman DXA and MRI Jan 2008 Jan 2009
PS_14 Dr Fraser Milton The neural basis of autobiograhical memory deficits in transient epileptic amnesia Psychology Jan 2008 Jan 2009
PMS_06 Phillip Gates ECHO PIV: A CLINICAL PILOT STUDY Jan 2008 Jan 2009
PL_01 Dr Matthew Roser Callosal connectivity and the Redundant Targets Effect: a combined fMRI and DTI study. £6,400 Dec 2007 Jun 2008
PMS_05 Prof Adam Zeman Assessment of visual imagination via fMRS No Oct 2007 Oct 2008
CH_PMS_01 Ram Serirama Exercise metabolism in adults with/without diabetes: 31P spectroscopy. Pfeizer grant of £6000. Aug 2007 May 2008
PS_11 Dr Tim Hodgson Re-localisation of language function in chronic stroke patients No Funding Jul 2007 Sep 2007
PMS_04 Dr Ken Macleod The influence of hormones on glucose metabolism during exercise. N/A Jun 2007 Sep 2007
PH_MSc_01 Julie Third Compression of Gels May 2007 Jan 2009
PMS_03 Dr Nick Bellenger Assessment of cardiac chamber characteristics and perfusion. N/A May 2007 May 2017
PMS_SS_01 Prof Angela Shore Muscle metabolism, perfusion and fatigue in patients with type 2 diabeties. N/A Apr 2007 Apr 2008
PS_10 Dr Tim Hodgson Social and non-social functions of rostral prefrontal cortex NA Apr 2007 Oct 2008
PS_09 Dr Tim Hodgson Processes of free classification ESRC Jan 2007 Nov 2009
PH_05 Dr Ian R Summers The microcirculation of the intevertebral disc EPSRC Oct 2006 Oct 2009
TCN_01 Dr Natalia Passynkova Human Errors Funding May 2006 Mar 2008
CH_08 Dr Jo Welsman Heart size, fitness and traning in children. N/A Apr 2006 Aug 2008
PH_04 Dr Ian R Summers Cortical changes and muscoloskeletal pain EPSRC Jan 2006 Oct 2009
PH_03 Dr Ian R Summers MR Visualisation of the structure and nutrition of degenrate cartilage. NA Mar 2005 Jun 2010
PS_07 Dr Aureliu Lavric fMRI - assessed brain correlates of deterministic and probabilistic associative learn. No Funding Feb 2005 Nov 2005
PS_04 Dr Aureliu Lavric EEG/fMRI Go-NoGo study No Funding Jan 2005 Feb 2007
PS_05 Janice Kay An fMRI investigation into the affective judgement of famous faces No Funding Jan 2005 Nov 2005
PS_06 Dr Aureliu Lavric EEG-fMRI study of semantic and syntactic processing in bilinguals No Funding Jan 2005 Nov 2005
CH_06 Richard Winsley Examination of cardiac characteristics in children at rest and under stress exercise No Jan 2005 Jun 2007
CH_04 Colin Farr Fat measurements in conjunction with proton muscle spectroscopy. No Oct 2004 Jul 2006
CH_05 Melonie Burrows Examination of bone geometry in children following growth and exercise. No Oct 2004 Jul 2006
PMS_01 Dr D.E.Flanagan glucose fMRI Juvenile Diabetes Research Jul 2004 Mar 2008
CH_03 Prof Neil Armstrong Examination of exercise metabolism in children via 31P spectroscopy. N/A Jul 2004 Sep 2008
CH_02 Veronica Montford Examination of stomach clearance following fluid intake of athletes during exercise N/A Jul 2004 Sep 2004
PS_01 Dr Tim Hodgson Self control and monitoring functions of human fro Welcome Trust. Mar 2004 Jan 2007
PS_03 Dr Jeremy Tree The neural substrate of automatic and controlled inhibition No Funding Mar 2004 Dec 2004
CH_01 Ramos-Ibanez MRI for determination of visceral and sub-cutaneous fat levels in children N/A Mar 2004 Jul 2004
PS_02 Pilar Andres The neural substrate of automatic and controlled inhibition No funding Jan 2004 Dec 2004
PH_02 Dr. Ian R. Summers Breast MRI: comparison between treated and untreated side of breast patient. NA Jan 2003 Aug 2005
PH_01 Dr. Ian R. Summers Brain Activation due to Vibrotactile Stimulator Array on the Fingertip NA Aug 2002 May 2004