Charlotte Stagg

MRCP DPhil

Professor of Human Neurophysiology

Wellcome Trust / Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry
Honorary Research Associate, UCL

Physiological mechanisms of motor learning and recovery

I head the Physiological Neuroimaging Group.

My primary research interest is in understanding how the brain adapts to new challenges, focusing in particular in the physiological processes underlying the learning of new motor skills and in the recovery of motor function after stroke.

We take a multimodal approach to answer these questions, using advanced MR approaches, MEG, non-invasive brain stimulation and pharmacological agents. Our multidisciplinary team works on a wide variety of projects, with the ultimate aim of developing novel therapies to improve function in a range of neurological disorders.

We welcome enquires from potential DPhil (PhD) students and Postdoctoral Fellows - please email me.

For more details of our group's research please see our website.

Key publications

The dynamics of cortical GABA in human motor learning.
Journal article

Kolasinski J. et al, (2019), J Physiol, 597, 271 - 282
β-Oscillations Reflect Recovery of the Paretic Upper Limb in Subacute Stroke.
Journal article

Tang C-W. et al, (2020), Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 34, 450 - 462
A Mechanistic Link from GABA to Cortical Architecture and Perception.
Journal article

Kolasinski J. et al, (2017), Curr Biol, 27, 1685 - 1691.e3
Ipsilesional anodal tDCS enhances the functional benefits of rehabilitation in patients after stroke.
Journal article

Allman C. et al, (2016), Sci Transl Med, 8
Local GABA concentration is related to network-level resting functional connectivity.
Journal article

Stagg CJ. et al, (2014), Elife, 3
The role of GABA in human motor learning.
Journal article

Stagg CJ. et al, (2011), Curr Biol, 21, 480 - 484

Recent publications

A single, clinically relevant dose of the GABAB agonist baclofen impairs visuomotor learning.
Journal article

Johnstone A. et al, (2020), J Physiol
Guidelines for TMS/tES clinical services and research through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal article

Bikson M. et al, (2020), Brain Stimul, 13, 1124 - 1149
FSL-MRS: An end-to-end spectroscopy analysis package
Journal article

Clarke WT. et al, (2020)
Neurophysiological signatures of hand motor response to dual-transcranial direct current stimulation in subacute stroke: a TMS and MEG study.
Journal article

Kuo I-J. et al, (2020), J Neuroeng Rehabil, 17
Intention to learn modulates the impact of reward and punishment on sequence learning.
Journal article

Steel A. et al, (2020), Sci Rep, 10
β-Oscillations Reflect Recovery of the Paretic Upper Limb in Subacute Stroke.
Journal article

Tang C-W. et al, (2020), Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 34, 450 - 462
Exploring the infinite parameter space: rethinking assumptions underpinning the use of transcranial direct current stimulation to induce long-term effects.
Journal article

Stagg CJ., (2020), J Physiol, 598, 621 - 622
Alcohol consumption is associated with reduced creatine levels in the hippocampus of older adults.
Journal article

Demnitz N. et al, (2020), Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 295
Increasing motor skill acquisition by driving theta-gamma coupling
Internet publication

Akkad H. et al, (2019)
Author Correction: A tool for functional brain imaging with lifespan compliance.
Journal article

Hill RM. et al, (2019), Nat Commun, 10

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