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Caroline Nettekoven
DPhil
Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow
- Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College
RESEARCH
I study how different regions of the human brain - particularly the cerebellum - support complex behaviours. My research focuses on the cerebellum’s causal role in cognitive functions, such as social processing. To investigate this, I combine neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, MRS), non-invasive brain stimulation (FUS, tDCS), and computational modelling.
This work builds on the cerebellar atlas we recently developed for precision mapping of functional regions in the individual and a Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging technique we use to measure cerebellar neurochemicals.
EDUCATION
I completed postdoctoral training at the University of Cambridge and at Western University (Canada), supported by a BrainsCAN Fellowship and a CIHR project grant. I hold a PhD (DPhil) from Jesus College, University of Oxford, and a BSc from the University of Heidelberg.
Prospective Students
I supervise research projects at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, including theses and internships. I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD (DPhil) students. If you're interested in working with me, please get in touch via email.
FUNDING
Key publications
First Application of a Novel Brain Template: Motor Training Improves Cortico-cerebellar Connectivity in Cerebellar Ataxia.
Journal article
Nettekoven C. et al, (2025), J Neurosci, 45
Cerebellar asymmetries.
Journal article
Nettekoven C. and Diedrichsen J., (2025), Handb Clin Neurol, 208, 369 - 378
A hierarchical atlas of the human cerebellum for functional precision mapping.
Journal article
Nettekoven C. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15
Semantic Speech Networks Linked to Formal Thought Disorder in Early Psychosis.
Journal article
Nettekoven CR. et al, (2023), Schizophr Bull, 49, S142 - S152
Cerebellar GABA Change during Visuomotor Adaptation Relates to Adaptation Performance and Cerebellar Network Connectivity: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Study.
Journal article
Nettekoven C. et al, (2022), J Neurosci, 42, 7721 - 7732
Cerebellar anodal tDCS does not facilitate visuomotor adaptation or retention.
Journal article
Nettekoven CR. et al, (2022), Brain Stimul, 15, 1435 - 1438