Simeen Tabassi Morfrad
PhD PhD
Research Fellow
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, Neuropathology, Neuroimmunology
Dr Simeen Tabassi Mofrad is a Research Fellow in Medical Sciences Division of University of Oxford, and a Research Member of the Common Room at Wolfson College.
With expertise in interdisciplinary neuroscience, brain mapping, and network analysis, and by harnessing large-scale neuroimaging datasets, she has established normative, sex-specific benchmarks based on volumetric alterations of grey matter in subcortical regions that distinguish healthy ageing from pathological neurodegeneration. These reference trajectories serve multiple purposes in neuroscience and clinical research, including guiding regenerative strategies and informing therapeutic interventions by identifying subcortical regions most vulnerable to age-related atrophy and inflammation.
By bridging interdisciplinary neuroscience with clinical application, her work seeks to deepen understanding of brain ageing and neurodegeneration, with the ultimate aim of delaying cognitive impairment and dementia and informing the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
Sources of Funding
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (2024 - 2026)
Leiden University Fund (2019 - 2021)
Recent publications
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An atlas of age- and sex-related volumetric alterations of grey matter in subcortical regions: The case of 46,111 UK Biobank participants.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. et al, (2025), Mech Ageing Dev, 228
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An atlas of age- and sex-related volumetric alterations of grey matter in subcortical regions: the case of 46,111 UK Biobank participants
Preprint
Tabassi Mofrad F. et al, (2025)
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Distinct connectivity patterns in clusters of inferior parietal cortex: from a cognitive control hub to modulating cortical areas.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. and Schiller NO., (2025), Neuroscience, 580, 62 - 68
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An atlas of age- and sex-related volumetric alterations of grey matter in subcortical regions: the case of 46,111 UK Biobank participants
Preprint
Tabassi Mofrad F. et al, (2025)
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Subcortical diagnostic indicators for Dementia: evidence from volumetric alterations of grey matter
Preprint
Tabassi Mofrad F. and Gallacher J., (2025)
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Cortical contributions to cognitive control of language and beyond
Book
Tabassi Mofrad F., (2023)
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Connectivity Profile of Middle Inferior Parietal Cortex Confirms the Hypothesis About Modulating Cortical Areas.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. and Schiller NO., (2023), Neuroscience, 519, 1 - 9
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Mapping caudal inferior parietal cortex supports the hypothesis about a modulating cortical area.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. and Schiller NO., (2022), Neuroimage, 259
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Dual Function of Primary Somatosensory Cortex in Cognitive Control of Language: Evidence from Resting State fMRI.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. et al, (2020), Neuroscience, 446, 59 - 68
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Cognitive demand modulates connectivity patterns of rostral inferior parietal cortex in cognitive control of language.
Journal article
Tabassi Mofrad F. and Schiller NO., (2020), Cogn Neurosci, 11, 181 - 193