Ioana Grigoras
MD MSc DPhil
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Investigating the neurophysiological mechanisms of motor learning
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Physiological Neuroimaging Group, working with Professor Charlotte Stagg. During my DPhil, I used behavioural tasks, neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation to investigate how pharmacological modulation of GABA-mediated inhibition can influence motor learning and brain chemistry in healthy volunteers and stroke survivors.
Prior to my DPhil, I graduated with a medical degree (MD) from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest in Romania and then completed a M.Sc. in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.
Recent publications
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Oxytocin Exhibits Neuroprotective Effects on Hippocampal Cultures under Severe Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Conditions.
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Ionescu MI. et al, (2024), Curr Issues Mol Biol, 46, 6223 - 6236
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A single, clinically relevant dose of the GABAB agonist baclofen impairs visuomotor learning.
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Johnstone A. et al, (2021), J Physiol, 599, 307 - 322
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Investigating Different Levels of Bimanual Interaction With a Novel Motor Learning Task: A Behavioural and Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Study.
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Schoenfeld MJ. et al, (2021), Front Hum Neurosci, 15
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Recent advances in the role of excitation-inhibition balance in motor recovery post-stroke.
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Grigoras I-F. and Stagg CJ., (2021), Fac Rev, 10
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Neuronal Transmembrane Chloride Transport Has a Time-Dependent Influence on Survival of Hippocampal Cultures to Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation.
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Zagrean A-M. et al, (2019), Brain Sci, 9
Websites
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OHBM Video Poster 789
A single, clinically relevant dose of baclofen significatly impairs motor sequence learning