Narender Ramnani

P u b l i c a t i o n s

C o n t a c t

I n t r a n e t

P a p e r s

Balsters JH, Cussans E, Diedrichsen J, Phillips KA, Preuss TM, Rilling JK, Ramnani N (in press) Evolution of the cerebellar cortex: The selective expansion of prefrontal-projecting cerebellar lobules. Neuroimage.
Jill X. O’Reilly, Christian F. Beckmann, Valentina Tomassini, Narender Ramnani and Heidi Johansen-Berg. "Distinct and overlapping functional zones in the cerebellum defined by resting state functional connectivity", Cerebral Cortex, In press.

Diedrichsen J, Balsters JH, Flavell J, Cussans E, & Ramnani N. (2009). A probabilistic MR atlas of the human cerebellum. Neuroimage, 46(1), 39-46.

Balsters JH and Ramnani N (2009), "Symbolic Representations of Action in the Human Cerebellum", NeuroImage 43(2), 388-98.

Hayter AL, Langdon DW and Ramnani N (2007), "Cerebellar Contributions to Working Memory", NeuroImage, 36(3):943-54

Ramnani N. (2006) "The Primate Cortico-Cerebellar System", Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7(7):511-22

Ramnani N. et al. (2006), "The evolution of prefrontal inputs to the cortico-pontine system: Diffusion imaging evidence from macaque monkeys and humans", Cerebral Cortex, 16(6):811-8. (doi:10.1093/cercor/bhj024)
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Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Ramnani N, Woolrich MW, Bannister PR, Jenkinson M, Matthews PM, McGonigle DJ (2005). "Variability in FMRI: A Re-Examination of Intersession Differences".
Human Brain Mapping, 24(3):248-257.

Ramnani N and Owen AM (2004), "The Anterior Prefrontal Cortex: What can functional imaging tell us about function?" Nature Reviews: Neuroscience 5, 184-194. [Download PDF]

Ramnani N and Miall RC, (2004) “A system in the human brain for predicting the actions of others”, Nature Neuroscience, 2004, 7(1): 85 - 90. [Download PDF] [see News and Views article]

Ramnani N, Behrens TEJ, Penny W and Matthews PM (2004), "New approaches for exploring functional and anatomical connectivity in the human brain", Biological Psychiatry, 56(9):613-9; Invited Neuroscience Perspectives Review.

Ramnani N, Elliott, R, Athwal BS and Passingham RE (2004), "Prediction error for free monetary reward in the human prefrontal cortex". NeuroImage, 23(3):777-768.

Rogers RD, Ramnani N, Mackay C, Wilson JL, Jezzard P, Carter CS, Smith SM (2004), "Distinct portions of anterior cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex are activated by reward processing in separable phases of decision-making cognition", Biological Psychiatry, 55(6):594-602.

Lau H, Rogers RD, Ramnani N and Passingham RE (2004), “Willed Action and Attention to the Selection of Action”, Neuroimage. 21(4):1407-15.

Passingham RE and Ramnani N and Rowe J (2003). “Motor Control”, In “Human Brain Function”, 2^nd Edition, Academic Press.

Ramnani N and Miall RC (2003), ”Instructed Delay Activity In The Human Prefrontal Cortex Is Modulated By Monetary Reward Expectation”, Cerebral Cortex, 13(3): 318-327.

Sakai K, Ramnani N and Passingham RE (2002), “Learning of sequences of finger movements and timing: Frontal lobe and action-oriented representation”, Journal of Neurophysiology, 8: 2035-2046.

Ramnani N, Lee L, Mechelli A, Phillips C, Roebroeck A, Formisano E. (2002), “Exploring brain connectivity: a new frontier in systems neuroscience”, Trends in Neurosciences, 25:496-7.

Ramnani N and Miall RC (2001), ”Expanding cerebellar horizons”, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(4): 135-136.

Ramnani N and Passingham RE (2001), “Changes in the human brain during rhythm learning: A PET study”. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(7): 952-66.

Ramnani N, Toni I, Passingham, RE and Haggard, P (2001), “The Cerebellum and Parietal Cortex play a specific role in coordination: A PET Study”. NeuroImage, 14(4):899-911.

Toni I, Ramnani N, Josephs O, Ashburner J and Passingham RE (2001), ”Learning arbitrary visuo-motor associations: I. Temporal dynamics of brain activity”. NeuroImage, 14:1048-1057.

Ramnani N, Toni I, Josephs O, Ashburner J and Passingham RE (2000), “Learning- and expectation-related changes in the human brain during motor learning”. Journal of Neurophysiology, 84: 3026-3036.

Ramnani N and Yeo CH (1996), “Reversible inactivations of the cerebellum prevent the extinction of conditioned responses in rabbits”. Journal of Physiology (Lond), 495: 159-68.

Hardiman MJ, Ramnani N, and Yeo CH (1996). “Reversible inactivations of the cerebellum with muscimol prevent the acquisition and extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses in the rabbit”. Experimental Brain Res. 110(2): 235-47.

M e e t i n g A b s t r a c t s

Society for Neuroscience: Platform Presentations

2006:

a) Ramnani N et al., “Monetary reward error activates the human nucleus accumbens when contingent on behavior”

b) Balsters JH and Ramnani N, “Preparatory activity in the human premotor cortex: Comparing arbitrary and direct instructions”

2003: Ramnani et al., “Mapping corticocerebellar projections in the human brain: an 'in-vivo' diffusion imaging study.”

2002: Ramnani N and Miall RC, “Predicting the actions of others: An event-related fMRI study”.

2001: Ramnani N, Matthews PM and Miall RC, ”Delay activity in the human prefrontal and premotor cortex is modulated by the expectation of monetary rewards”.

2000:

(a)Ramnani N and Passingham RE, “Imaging timing error in the human brain during classical Eyeblink conditioning: an event-related fMRI study”.

(b) Sakai K, Ramnani N and Passingham RE, ”Neural Correlates For Learning Of Finger Sequences And Timing Sequences”

1999: Ramnani N and Passingham RE, ”Learning and expectation in human eyeblink conditioning: An event-related, whole-brain fMRI study”.

Society for Neuroscience: Poster Presentations

1995:

(a) Ramnani N, Hardiman MJ and Yeo CH, ”Temporary inactivation of the cerebellum prevents the extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses”. 479.12.

(b) Hardiman MJ, Ramnani N, Gilbert PFC and Yeo CH, ”Reversible inactivation of the cerebellum prevents the acquisition and extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses in rabbits”, 479.13.

Human Brain Mapping Meetings:

2007

a) Balsters JH and Ramnani N, “Symbolic information activates prefrontal-projecting areas of the cerebellum” (selected for oral presentation)

b) Hayter AL, Langdon DW and Ramnani N, “Cerebellar contributions to skilled operations in verbal working memory”

2005

Ramnani N. and Henson R., “Modelling the BOLD impulse response: Insufficiency of canonical basis functions”
2004

Narender Ramnani, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Marlene C. Richter, Wolfgang Richter, Mark A. Pinsk, Sabine Kastner, Charles G. Gross, Matthew D. Robson, Paul M. Matthews, "Comparing cortico-cerebellar organisation in human and macaque brains: An in-vivo diffusion imaging study".

Narender Ramnani , Peter Rudebeck, Timothy EJ Behrens, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Paul M Matthews, "The organisation of prefrontal projections to the cerebellum in the human brain: An in-vivo diffusion imaging study".

Motjaba Zarei, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Narender Ramnani, Paul M. Matthews, "In-vivo mapping of cortical sensorimotor tracts in the human internal capsule".

2003

Ramnani N and Matthews PM, “Initial learning and subsequent remapping of arbitrary visuomotor associations: An fMRI study of feedback-specific activity during conditional motor learning”. 2003.

Ramnani N, Alterescu K and Matthews PM, “Temporal information contributes to action preparation only when integrated with effector-specific information: A psychophysical and fMRI study”. 2003.

Ramnani N, Behrens TEJ, Johansen-Berg H, Woolrich MW, Smith SM, Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Boulby PA, Barker GJ, and Matthews PM., “Mapping the organisation of cortico-pontine projections in the human brain: An ‘in-vivo’ diffusion imaging study”. 2003.

Rogers RD, Ramnani N, Wilson J, Jezzard P, Carter SC, Smith SM, “Distinct portions of anterior and ventral cingulate cortices are activate during separable phases of positively-framed decision making”. 2003.

Lau HC, Rogers RD, Ramnani N and Passingham RE, “Dorsal prefrontal activation reflects attention to the selection of actions”. 2003.

Lau HC, Rogers RD, Ramnani N and Passingham RE. “Does Medial Frontal Activity On Free Selection Tasks Reflect Conflict Monitoring?” 2003.

Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Ramnani N, Woolrich MW, Bannister PR Jenkinson M, Matthews PM and McGonigle DJ, “Intersession variability in fMRI and the effect of different analysis methods”. 2003.

2002

Ramnani N and Miall RC, ”Predicting the actions of others: An event-related fMRI study”. 2002.

Ramnani N, Johansen-Berg H, Geyer S, Mohlberg H, Smith SM, Zilles K, Matthews PM, “The human primary motor cortex: Probabilistic cytoarchitecture and function in MNI reference space”. 2002.

2001

Ramnani N and Passingham RE, ”Timing error in the human brain during classical eyeblink conditioning: An event-related fMRI study”, 2001. Platform presentation.

Ramnani N, Matthews P and Miall RC, ”Motor preparation and selection: Measuring activity during instructed delays using event-related fMRI”, 2001.

2000

Ramnani N, Friston KJ and Passingham RE, ”Time-dependent functional connectivity between the neocortex and the cerebellum during stimulus omission”, NeuroImage, 2000, 11(5), 815. Platform presentation

Ramnani N and Passingham RE, ”The timecourse of rhythm learning in the human brain”. NeuroImage, 2000, 11(5), 841.

1999

Ramnani N, Toni I, Josephs O, Ashburner J and Passingham RE, “Learning-related plasticity during human classical eyeblink conditioning: Whole-brain, event-related fMRI”. NeuroImage, 1999, 9(6), 980.

Toni I, Ramnani N, Josephs O, Ashburner J and Passingham RE, ”Learning arbitrary visuo-motor associations: NeuroImage, 1999, 9(6): 417.

1998

Ramnani N, Toni I, Passingham RE and Haggard P, ”Neural correlates of arm-finger coordination: A PET Study”. NeuroImage, 1998, 7(4): 977.

Toni I, Rushworth MFS, Ramnani N, and Passingham RE, ”Visually instructed and visually guided movements”, NeuroImage, 1998, 7(4): 980.

O t h e r m e e t i n g s

Ramnani N, "Reward expectation and the cognitive control of action: From electrophysiology to fMRI", Journal of Psychophysiology, 17(2): 96, 2003 (keynote speaker).

Ramnani N, Athwal, BS and Passingham RE, ”Responses of the Human Orbitofrontal Cortex to Predicted and Unpredicted Rewards: An Event-related fMRI study”. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2000, 12, Supp. 11, pg. 89. (FENS)

Ramnani N and Yeo CH, “Post-trial inactivation of the cerebellar nuclei with muscimol does not impair motor learning.” Brain Research Association, Newcastle, 1996.