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Matthew Weightman
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Imaging (WIN) in the Plasticity Group, lead by Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg - broadly interested in the field of sensorimotor neuroscience.
My current work focuses on the role of sleep in consolidation of motor learning/memory after stroke. More specifically, I am interested in how we can improve sleep after stroke, whether improved sleep in stroke patients relates to better functional recovery, and if physiological processes that occur during sleep can be enhanced post-stroke to boost consolidation. The ultimate aim of my research is to help inform and improve future rehabilitation strategies.
I am also interested in brain injury more generally, collaborating on projects investigating potential biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Prior to my work at Oxford, I completed my MSc (by research) and PhD at the University of Birmingham, investigating the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on sensorimotor adaptation. I remain interested in non-invasive brain stimulation techniques and their potential use as adjunct therapies after brain injury or disease.
Recent publications
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Sleep Regularity Index as a Novel Indicator of Sleep Disturbance in Stroke Survivors: A Secondary Data Analysis
Schruers KB. et al, (2024)
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Sleep and motor learning in stroke (SMiLES): a longitudinal study investigating sleep-dependent consolidation of motor sequence learning in the context of recovery after stroke.
Weightman M. et al, (2024), BMJ Open, 14
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Improving sleep and learning in rehabilitation after stroke, part 2 (INSPIRES2): study protocol for a home-based randomised control trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy (dCBT) for insomnia.
Weightman M. et al, (2023), BMJ Open, 13
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Performance on the balloon analogue risk task and anticipatory response inhibition task is associated with severity of impulse control behaviours in people with Parkinson's disease.
Hall A. et al, (2023), Exp Brain Res, 241, 1159 - 1172
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Residual errors in visuomotor adaptation persist despite extended motor preparation periods.
Weightman M. et al, (2022), J Neurophysiol, 127, 519 - 528