prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader Senior, Irena Rektorová Research Group

Office: bldg. E35/1S055
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

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Field of study: Clinical Psychology

Effects of intensive dance-motion intervention on cognitive functions of healthy seniors and patients with mild cognitive impairment – graduate 2019

Mírná kognitivní porucha u Parkinsonovy nemoci a demence s Lewyho tělísky: prediktory a terapie – ongoing study
Řečové, kognitivní a další nemotorické projevy Parkinsonovy nemoci a jiných neurodegenerací – ongoing study
Evaluating the effect of therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: pharmaco-fMRI – graduate 2023

The use of transkranial magnetic stimulation for modulating speech and cognitive disorders in patients with neurodegenerative brain diseases – graduate 2015
Changes in the default mode network and its connectivity in neurodegenerative diseases, functional magnetic resonance study – graduate 2014
Pathopsysiological mechanism od neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson s disease and the possibility of their influence by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation – graduate 2012
"Effects of rTMS on motor features, cognitive functions and cortical excitability in patients with Parkinson disease and patients with cerebrovascular disease – graduate 2009

Cognitive and speech functions in neurodegenerative diseases, functional magnetic resonance study – graduate 2019
The effect of rTMS on cognitive functions in patients with neurodegenerative diseases – graduate 2016
Development and use of standardized tools for diagnosis of neurogenic communication disorders – graduate 2015

Multimodální přístupy ke stratifikaci různých typů synukleinopatií – ongoing study
Elektrofyziologické a klinické markery degenerativních onemocnění mozku pro časnou diagnostiku, monitorování progrese a studium efektu neuromodulace – ongoing study
The effect of non-pharmacological intervention on brain plasticity in normal and pathological ageing – graduate 2023
Effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on changes in brain plasticity (rTMS / tDCS - fMRI human study) – graduate 2023
Study of cognitive reserve and its modulation by non-pharmacological interventions – graduate 2022
Combining Brain stimulation and Brain imaging to study Cognitive functions – graduate 2022
Multimodal MRI techniques and their use in the study of normal and pathological aging – graduate 2021
Effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on speech and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease – graduate 2020

Multimodal imaging of dementias with Parkinsonism. A cross-sectional study. – ongoing study

Neurodegenerative brain diseases: Neural correlates of clinical symptoms and therapeutic intervention – graduate 2022