DRCMR
The overarching aim of my work is to understand how modifiable lifestyle factors can help promote healthy brain ageing. To that end, my research combines magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) and neuropsychological assessments to characterise the relationshipbetween lifestyle factors such as physical activity and mobility, and the brain structure andfunction of older adults.
| 2024 – Present |
Research Fellow at DRCMR |
| 2020 – 2023 |
Postdoc at DRCMR |
| 2019 – 2020 |
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin |
| 2018 – 2019 |
Postdoc at the University of Oxford |
| 2014 – 2015 |
Research Assistant at the University of Oxford |
| 2019 |
PhD in Psychiatry, University of Oxford |
| 2014 |
MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London |
| 2013 |
BSc in Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol |
Gonzalez-Gomez R, Demnitz N, Coronel C, Gates AT, Kjaer M, Siebner HR, Boraxbekk C, Ibanez AM (2026), 'Randomized controlled trial of resistance exercise and brain aging clocks', GeroScience
Roe JM, Vidal-Piñeiro D, Sørensen Ø, Grydeland H, Leonardsen EH, Iakunchykova O, Pan M, Mowinckel A, Strømstad M, Nawijn L, Milaneschi Y, Andersson M, Pudas S, Bråthen ACS, Kransberg J, Falch ES, Øverbye K, Kievit RA, Ebmeier KP, Lindenberger U, Ghisletta P, Demnitz N, Boraxbekk C, Drevon CA, Penninx B, Bertram L, Nyberg L, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM, Wang Y (2024), 'Brain change trajectories in healthy adults correlate with Alzheimer's related genetic variation and memory decline across life', Nature Communications, 15(1):1-19
Karamacoska D, Heins P, Branco RM, Wallcook S, Truong A, Leung I, Sawan M, Page ZA, Borelli WV, Arroyo-Miranda ML, Demnitz N, Folarin R, Guo T, Shaaban CE, Smith A, Bartels SL (2024), 'How are early-career dementia researchers considered and supported on a national level by dementia plans and organizations?', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(7):4727-4736
Bloch-Ibenfeldt M, Theil Gates A, Karlog K, Demnitz N, Kjaer M, Boraxbekk C (2024), 'Heavy resistance training at retirement age induces 4-year lasting beneficial effects in muscle strength', BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10(2):1-5
Farkhani S, Demnitz N, Boraxbekk C, Lundell H, Siebner HR, Petersen ET, Madsen KH (2024), 'End-to-end volumetric segmentation of white matter hyperintensities using deep learning', Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 245:1-11
Demnitz N, Hulme OJ, Siebner HR, Kjaer M, Ebmeier KP, Boraxbekk C, Gillan CM (2023), 'Characterising the covariance pattern between lifestyle factors and structural brain measures', Neurobiology of Aging, 131:115-123
Ryberg M, Boraxbekk C, Kjaer M, Demnitz N (2023), 'Effects of acute physical activity on brain metabolites as measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in humans', Heliyon, 9(10):1-13
Binnewies J, Nawijn L, Brandmaier AM, Baaré WF, Boraxbekk C, Demnitz N, Drevon CA, Fjell AM, Lindenberger U, Madsen KS, Nyberg L, Topiwala A, Walhovd KB, Ebmeier KP, Penninx BW (2023), 'Lifestyle-related risk factors and their cumulative associations with hippocampal and total grey matter volume across the adult lifespan', Brain Research Bulletin, 200:1-9
De Looze C, Demnitz N, Knight S, Carey D, Meaney J, Kenny RA, McCrory C (2023), 'Examining the Impact of Socioeconomic Position Across the Life Course on Cognitive Function and Brain Structure in Healthy Aging', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 78(6):890-901
Nyberg L, Andersson M, Lundquist A, Baaré WFC, Bartrés-Faz D, Bertram L, Boraxbekk C, Brandmaier AM, Demnitz N, Drevon CA, Duezel S, Ebmeier KP, Ghisletta P, Henson R, Jensen DEA, Kievit RA, Knights E, Kühn S, Lindenberger U, Plachti A, Pudas S, Roe JM, Madsen KS, Solé-Padullés C, Sommerer Y, Suri S, Zsoldos E, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB (2022), 'Individual differences in brain aging', Cerebral Cortex, 33(9):5075-5081
Demnitz N, Hulme O, Siebner HR, Kjaer M, Ebmeier KP, Boraxbekk C, Gillan C (2023), unknown publication 6b79255c-89bd-459f-a078-b80c4c92a937
Lövdén M, Pagin A, Bartrés-Faz D, Boraxbekk C, Brandmaier AM, Demnitz N, Drevon CA, Ebmeier KP, Fjell AM, Ghisletta P, Gorbach T, Lindenberger U, Plachti A, Walhovd KB, Nyberg L (2023), 'No moderating influence of education on the association between changes in hippocampus volume and memory performance in aging', Aging brain, 4:1-9
De Looze C, Williamson W, Demnitz N, O'Connor D, Hernández B, Kenny RA (2022), 'Physical function, an adjunct to brain health score for phenotyping cognitive function trajectories in older age', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 77(8):1593-1602
Brugulat-Serrat A, Chen Y, Demnitz N, Ashour A, Adrion E, Ilinca S, Kinchin I, Almirall-Sanchez A, Öz D, Karanja W, Pintado M, Rogers N, Browning A, Petkuté I, Lawlor B (2022), unknown publication 67ba626d-46a1-4eb1-8298-393b14deec6d
Stathi A, Greaves CJ, Thompson JL, Withall J, Ladlow P, Taylor G, Medina-Lara A, Snowsill T, Gray S, Green C, Johansen-Berg H, Sexton CE, Bilzon JLJ, deKoning J, Bollen JC, Moorlock SJ, Western MJ, Demnitz N, Seager P, Guralnik JM, Rejeski WJ, Hillsdon M, Fox KR (2022), 'Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults', The Lancet Public Health, 7(4):316-326
Peeters G, Katelekha K, Lawlor B, Demnitz N (2022), unknown publication 027ad9c9-30b4-42b2-9d0a-e0db6e5daaeb
Demnitz N, Stathi A, Withall J, Stainer C, Seager P, De Koning J, Esser P, Wassenaar T, Dawes H, Brooks J, Ebmeier KP, Johansen-Berg H, Sexton CE (2021), 'Hippocampal maintenance after a 12-month physical activity intervention in older adults', NeuroImage: Clinical, 35:1-9
Demnitz N, Madsen KS, Johnsen LK, Kjaer M, Boraxbekk C, Siebner HR (2021), 'Right-left asymmetry in corticospinal tract microstructure and dexterity are uncoupled in late adulthood', NeuroImage, 240:1-9