Daria Jensen
DPhil in Psychiatry, MSc in Cognitive Science, BSc in Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am a Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience with Assoc. Prof. Miriam Klein-Flügge. Previously, I conducted a DPhil, supervised by Professor Klaus Ebmeier, Sana Suri and Miriam Klein-Flügge. My research focuses on the detection of brain connectivity pathways across the lifespan, which are influenced by diet and the metabolic system.
I am investigating the associations among diet, metabolism, cognition and brain structure, function and connectivity across the lifespan. I analyse data from younger adults who are part of the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and longitudinal data (mid-life-older adults) from the Whitehall II cohort. I am particularly interested in brain connectivity changes associated with diet and metabolism, which might be used to explain important pathways related to dementia, obesity, and/or diabetes.
Prior to my DPhil, I worked as a Research Assistant (2018) in the research group of Matthew Rushworth, and completed a MSc degree in Cognitive Science at Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen (2017), and a BSc in Biology at Freie Universität Berlin (2013).
Recent publications
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Individual differences in brain aging: heterogeneity in cortico-hippocampal but not caudate atrophy rates.
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Nyberg L. et al, (2022), Cereb Cortex
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Relationship between nuclei-specific amygdala connectivity and mental health dimensions in humans.
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Klein-Flügge MC. et al, (2022), Nat Hum Behav
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Associations of dietary markers with brain volume and connectivity: A systematic review of MRI studies.
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Jensen DEA. et al, (2021), Ageing Res Rev, 70
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Study Protocol: The Heart and Brain Study.
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Suri S. et al, (2021), Front Physiol, 12
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Multimodal brain-age prediction and cardiovascular risk: The Whitehall II MRI sub-study.
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de Lange A-MG. et al, (2020), Neuroimage, 222