Dr James Stefaniak University positionVisiting Researcher DepartmentsInstitutesMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Research ThemesInterestsI am a neuroscientist and psychiatrist interested in cognition and its impairment following acute (e.g. stroke) and progressive (e.g. dementia) brain damage as well as psychiatric disorders. Research Focus
EquipmentCross-sectional and cohort studies fMRI Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Multivariate Pattern Analysis Neuropsychological testing Voxel Based Morphometry Collaborators
Associated News ItemsPublications2022Halai AD, De Dios Perez B, Stefaniak JD, Lambon Ralph MA (2022), “Efficient and effective assessment of deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia” Cortex 155:333-346 Stefaniak JD, Geranmayeh F, Lambon Ralph MA (2022), “The multidimensional nature of aphasia recovery post-stroke” Brain 145(4): 1354-1367 2021Stefaniak JD*, Alyahya RSW*, Lambon Ralph MA. * = Joint first authors. (2021), “Language networks in aphasia and health: a 1000 participant Activation Likelihood Estimate analysis.” NeuroImage 233, 117960 Stefaniak JD, Lambon Ralph MA, De Dios Perez B, Griffiths TD, Grube M. (2021), “Auditory beat perception is related to speech output fluency in post-stroke aphasia.” Sci Rep doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82809-w 2020Low A, Mak E, Malpetti M, Passamonti L, Nicastro N, Stefaniak JD, Savulich G, Chouliaras L, Su L, Rowe JB, Markus HS, O達rien JT. (2020), “In vivo neuroinflammation and cerebral small vessel disease in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer痴 disease.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 92(1), 45-52 Low A, Mak E, Stefaniak JD, Malpetti M, Nicastro N, Savulich G, Chouliaras L, Markus HS, Rowe JB, O達rien JT. (2020), “Peak width of skeletonized mean diffusivity as a marker of diffuse cerebrovascular damage.” Front. Neurosci 14:238 Low A, Su L, Stefaniak JD, Mak E, Dounavi ME, Muniz-Terrera G, Ritchie K, Ritchie CW, Markus HS, O達rien JT. (2020), “Inherited risk of dementia and the progression of cerebral small vessel disease and inflammatory markers in cognitively healthy midlife adults: the PREVENT-Dementia study.” Neurobiol Aging 98, 124-133 Stefaniak JD, Halai AD, Lambon Ralph MA. (2020), “The neural and neurocomputational bases of recovery from post-stroke aphasia.” Nat Rev Neurol 16(1), 43-55 2018Stefaniak JD*, Su L*, Mak E, Bahaei NS, Wells K, Ritchie K, Waldman A, Ritchie CW, O達rien JT. * = Joint first authors. (2018), “Cerebral small vessel disease in middle age and genetic predisposition to late-onset Alzheimer痴 Disease.” Alzheimers Dement 14(2), 253-258 Stefaniak JD, Parkes LM, Parry-Jones AR, Potter GM, Vail A, Jovanovic A, Smith CJ. (2018), “Enzyme replacement therapy and white matter hyperintensity progression in Fabry disease.” Neurology 91(15), 1413-1422 2016Cipriani A, Saunders K, Attenburrow MJ, Stefaniak J, Panchal P, Stockton S, Lane TA, Tunbridge EM, Geddes JR, Harrison PJ. (2016), “A systematic review of calcium channel antagonists in bipolar disorder and some considerations for their future development.” Mol Psychiatry 21(10), 1324-32 Stefaniak J, O達rien J. (2016), “Imaging of neuroinflammation in dementia: a review.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 87(1), 21-28 |