Polytimi FrangouUniversity positionResearch Associate DepartmentsHome pagehttp://www.abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ Research ThemeInterestsI am interested in understanding the plastic changes that brain circuits undergo during training and in developing interventions that facilitate brain plasticity when these brain circuits are compromised. I combine cutting-edge high-field brain imaging methods with non-invasive brain stimulation and pharmacological interventions, to measure training-induced changes in the brain and build causal links with enhanced behavioural performance. Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Brain Stimulation Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Collaborators
Associated News ItemsKey publicationsFrangou P, Emir UE, Karlaftis VM, Nettekoven C, Hinson EL, Larcombe S, Bridge H, Stagg CJ, Kourtzi Z (2019), “Learning to optimize perceptual decisions through suppressive interactions in the human brain” Nature Communications 10:474 Frangou P, Correia M, Kourtzi Z (2018), “GABA, not BOLD, reveals dissociable learning-dependent plasticity mechanisms in the human brain” eLife 7:e35854 Publications2015Frangou P, Wang R, Prescot AP, Correia M, Kourtzi Z (2015), “Inhibitory mechanisms for visual learning in the human brain” 38th European Conference on Visual Perception Michmizos KP, Frangou P, Stathis P, Sakas D, Nikita KS (2015), “Beta-band frequency peaks inside the subthalamic nucleus as a biomarker for motor improvement after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease.” IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 19(1):174-80 Details |