Dr. Nasrallah is a neuroscientist with a background in magnetic resonance and interdisciplinary brain research. She graduated with a PhD in neurochemistry and NMR from the Neuroscience Research Australia Institute (NeurRA) at the University of New South Wales in 2009. In April 2009, She spent 3 years at the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (A*STAR) where she pioneered the use of magnetic resonance imaging as a tool in cognitive brain research in the rodent. In 2013, she was appointed as senior research fellow at the Clinical Imaging Research Center where she delved into the clinical realms of human imaging. In late 2015, she returned to Australia as a Motor Accident and Injury Commission fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at the University of Queensland (UQ) where she independently heads her own group. Her research spans basic and clinical brain research with the the overall aim of understanding how the brain functions in health and injury, specifically, developing methods for early diagnosis of primary biomarkers following injury and translating these findings.
Through her work, she has established herself as one of the world experts in the area of functional brain imaging in rodent models. Her most significant contribution was made in 2014 when she demonstrated for the first time, imaging resting state functional connectivity in the mouse brain using MRI. This has made a major impact to the field especially the potential to translate such a technique in human to mouse models. This work was published in the prestigious Neuroimage journal. More impactful was the discovery that these resting state networks could detect cognition in the rat brain after a spatial learning memory task, which was also published in Neuroimage. A major contribution to the field is applying these MRI methods for clinical applications of injury and stroke. She is now leading a nationwide multicenter trial in patients with traumatic brain injury with the hope of using advanced neuroimaging methods to improve patient outcomes.
Journal Article: A cross-comparative analysis of in vivo versus ex vivo MRI indices in a mouse model of concussion
Vinh To, Xuan, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Cummingc, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2023). A cross-comparative analysis of in vivo versus ex vivo MRI indices in a mouse model of concussion. Brain Research 148562, 148562. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148562
Other Outputs: Resting state functional Magnetic Resonance imaging of medetomidine and prior stimulation effects in the mice; structural data only
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2023). Resting state functional Magnetic Resonance imaging of medetomidine and prior stimulation effects in the mice; structural data only. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/43f0075
Journal Article: Cascaded multi-modal mixing transformers for Alzheimer’s disease classification with incomplete data
Liu, Linfeng, Liu, Siyu, Zhang, Lu, To, Xuan Vinh, Nasrallah, Fatima and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2023). Cascaded multi-modal mixing transformers for Alzheimer’s disease classification with incomplete data. NeuroImage, 277 120267, 120267. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120267
(2022–2025) Curtin University
Early diagnosis and prognosis of TBI sequalae: the triad of tau, amyloid and neuroinflammation
(2021–2024) Motor Accident Insurance Commission
(2021–2024) Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Structural and Functional changes in aged hippocampus following exercise as detected by MRI
Doctor Philosophy
Application of Magnetic Resonance methods for the in vivo imaging of a mouse model of concussion
(2021) Doctor Philosophy
Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia: Bridging the link
(2021) Doctor Philosophy
Functional MRI of neural plasticity and drug effect in the brain
Chuang, Kai-Hsiang and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2012). Functional MRI of neural plasticity and drug effect in the brain. Advances in bio-imaging: from physics to signal understanding issues. (pp. 17-25) edited by Nicolas Loménie, Daniel Racoceanu and Alexandre Gouaillard. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-25547-2_2
A cross-comparative analysis of in vivo versus ex vivo MRI indices in a mouse model of concussion
Vinh To, Xuan, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Cummingc, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2023). A cross-comparative analysis of in vivo versus ex vivo MRI indices in a mouse model of concussion. Brain Research 148562, 148562. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148562
Cascaded multi-modal mixing transformers for Alzheimer’s disease classification with incomplete data
Liu, Linfeng, Liu, Siyu, Zhang, Lu, To, Xuan Vinh, Nasrallah, Fatima and Chandra, Shekhar S. (2023). Cascaded multi-modal mixing transformers for Alzheimer’s disease classification with incomplete data. NeuroImage, 277 120267, 120267. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120267
To, Xuan Vinh, Vegh, Viktor, Owusu-Amoah, Naana, Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2023). Hippocampal demyelination is associated with increased magnetic susceptibility in a mouse model of concussion. Experimental Neurology, 365 114406, 114406. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114406
To, Xuan Vinh, Donnelly, Patrick, Maclachlan, Liam, Mahady, Kate, Apellaniz, Eduardo Miguel, Cumming, Paul, Winter, Craig and Nasrallah, Fatima (2023). Anti-inflammatory interleukin 1 receptor antagonist concentration in plasma correlates with blood-brain barrier integrity in the primary lesion area in traumatic brain injury patients. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 31 100653, 100653. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100653
Mohamed, Abdalla Z, Lagopoulos, Jim, Nasrallah, Fatima A. and Shan, Zack (2023). Self-reported Fatigue was Associated with Increased White-matter Alterations in Long-term Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Patients. Neuroscience, 520, 46-57. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.03.029
Editorial: Traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration: bridging the gap
Nasrallah, Fatima and Kurniawan, Nyoman D. (2023). Editorial: Traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration: bridging the gap. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17 1197376, 1197376. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1197376
Nasrallah, Fatima, Bellapart, Judith, Walsham, James, Jacobson, Esther, To, Xuan Vinh, Manzanero, Silvia, Brown, Nathan, Meyer, Jason, Stuart, Janine, Evans, Tracey, Chandra, Shekhar S., Ross, Jason, Campbell, Lewis, Senthuran, Siva, Newcombe, Virginia, McCullough, James, Fleming, Jennifer, Pollard, Clifford and Reade, Michael (2023). PREdiction and Diagnosis using Imaging and Clinical biomarkers Trial in Traumatic Brain Injury (PREDICT-TBI) study protocol: an observational, prospective, multicentre cohort study for the prediction of outcome in moderate-to-severe TBI. BMJ Open, 13 (4) e067740, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067740
Kn, Bhanu Prakash, Cs, Arvind, Mohammed, Abdalla, Chitta, Krishna Kanth, To, Xuan Vinh, Srour, Hussein and Nasrallah, Fatima (2023). An end-end deep learning framework for lesion segmentation on multi-contrast MR images—an exploratory study in a rat model of traumatic brain injury. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 61 (3), 847-865. doi: 10.1007/s11517-022-02752-4
To, Xuan Vinh, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2023). Association of sub-acute changes in plasma amino acid levels with long-term brain pathologies in a rat model of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16 1014081, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1014081
Gao, Yang, Xiong, Zhuang, Fazlollahi, Amir, Nestor, Peter J., Vegh, Viktor, Nasrallah, Fatima, Winter, Craig, Pike, G. Bruce, Crozier, Stuart, Liu, Feng and Sun, Hongfu (2022). Instant tissue field and magnetic susceptibility mapping from MRI raw phase using Laplacian enhanced deep neural networks. NeuroImage, 259 119410, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119410
Vinh To, Xuan, Soni, Neha, Medeiros, Rodrigo, Alateeq, Khawlah and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2022). Traumatic brain injury alterations in the functional connectome are associated with neuroinflammation but not tau in a P30IL tauopathy mouse model. Brain Research, 1789 147955, 147955. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147955
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul, Nasrallah, Fatima A. and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2022). Escalation of tau accumulation after a traumatic brain injury: findings from positron emission tomography. Brain Sciences, 12 (7) 876, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12070876
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2022). A mice resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging dataset on the effects of medetomidine dosages and prior-stimulation on functional connectivity. Data in Brief, 42 108279, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108279
Ellethy, Hanem, Chandra, Shekhar S. and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2022). Deep neural networks predict the need for CT in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury: a corroboration of the PECARN rule. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 19 (6), 769-778. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.02.024
To, Xuan Vinh, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2022). Subacute cytokine changes after a traumatic brain injury predict chronic brain microstructural alterations on advanced diffusion imaging in the male rat. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 102, 137-150. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.02.017
To, Xuan Vinh, Vegh, Viktor and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2022). Towards data-driven group inferences of resting-state fMRI data in rodents: comparison of group ICA, GIG-ICA, and IVA-GL. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 366 109411, 109411. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109411
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Yap, Hong Kai, Lai, Hwa Sen, Yeow, Chen-Hua and Lim, Jeong Hoon (2022). Effect of proprioceptive stimulation using a soft robotic glove on motor activation and brain connectivity in stroke survivors. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18 (6) 066049, 066049. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac456c
Zhou, Xiaoqing Alice, Blackmore, Daniel G., Zhuo, Junjie, Nasrallah, Fatima A., To, XuanVinh, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Carlisle, Alison, Vien, King-Year, Chuang, Kai-Hsiang, Jiang, Tianzi and Bartlett, Perry F. (2021). Neurogenic-dependent changes in hippocampal circuitry underlie the pro-cognitive effect of exercise in ageing mice. iScience, 24 (12) 103450, 103450. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103450
Patkar, Omkar L., Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Narayanan, Ashwin, Mardon, Karine, Cowin, Gary, Bhalla, Rajiv, Stimson, Damion H. R., Kassiou, Michael, Beecher, Kate, Belmer, Arnauld, Alvarez Cooper, Ignatius, Morgan, Michael, Hume, David A., Irvine, Katharine M., Bartlett, Selena E., Nasrallah, Fatima and Cumming, Paul (2021). A binge high sucrose diet provokes systemic and cerebral inflammation in rats without inducing obesity. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 11252, 11252. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90817-z
Cheng, Hsiao-Ju, Ng, Kwun Kei, Qian, Xing, Ji, Fang, Lu, Zhong Kang, Teo, Wei Peng, Hong, Xin, Nasrallah, Fatima Ali, Ang, Kai Keng, Chuang, Kai-Hsiang, Guan, Cuntai, Yu, Haoyong, Chew, Effie and Zhou, Juan Helen (2021). Task-related brain functional network reconfigurations relate to motor recovery in chronic subcortical stroke. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 8442, 8442. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87789-5
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). Traumatic brain injury augurs ill for prolonged deficits in the brain’s structural and functional integrity following controlled cortical impact injury. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 21559, 21559. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00660-5
Discriminating head trauma outcomes using machine learning and genomics
Ibrahim, Omar, Sutherland, Heidi G., Lea, Rodney A., Nasrallah, Fatima, Maksemous, Neven, Smith, Robert A., Haupt, Larisa M. and Griffiths, Lyn R. (2021). Discriminating head trauma outcomes using machine learning and genomics. Journal of Molecular Medicine, 100 (2), 303-312. doi: 10.1007/s00109-021-02158-z
Winter, Craig, Bjorkman, Tracy, Miller, Stephanie, Nichols, Paul, Cardinal, John, O’Rourke, Peter, Ballard, Emma, Nasrallah, Fatima and Vegh, Viktor (2021). Acute mountain sickness following incremental trekking to high altitude: correlation with plasma vascular endothelial growth factor levels and the possible effects of dexamethasone and acclimatization following re-exposure. Frontiers in Physiology, 12 746044, 746044. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.746044
Multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging in a mouse model of concussion
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). Multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging in a mouse model of concussion. Scientific Data, 8 (1) 207, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00985-w
The detection of mild traumatic brain injury in paediatrics using artificial neural networks
Ellethy, Hanem, Chandra, Shekhar S. and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). The detection of mild traumatic brain injury in paediatrics using artificial neural networks. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 135 104614, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104614
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Nestor, Peter J., Cumming, Paul, Nasrallah, Fatima A. and for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2021). Traumatic brain injury fast-forwards Alzheimer’s pathology: evidence from amyloid positron emission tomorgraphy imaging. Journal of Neurology, 269 (2), 873-884. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10669-5
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). White matter alterations are associated with cognitive dysfunction decades after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury and/or posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6 (11), 1100-1109. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.04.014
Soni, Neha, Medeiros, Rodrigo, Alateeq, Khawlah, To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). Diffusion tensor imaging detects acute pathology-specific changes in the P301L tauopathy mouse model following traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15 611451, 611451. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.611451
A roadmap of brain recovery in a mouse model of concussion: insights from neuroimaging
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2021). A roadmap of brain recovery in a mouse model of concussion: insights from neuroimaging. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 9 (1) 2, 2. doi: 10.1186/s40478-020-01098-y
Nichols, Paul, Urriola, Javier, Miller, Stephanie, Bjorkman, Tracey, Mahady, Kate, Vegh, Viktor, Nasrallah, Fatima and Winter, Craig (2021). Blood-brain barrier dysfunction significantly correlates with serum matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) following traumatic brain injury. NeuroImage: Clinical, 31 102741, 102741. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102741
Bellapart, Judith, Nasrallah, Fatima, Winearls, James, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Boots, Rob, Winter, Craig, Flaws, Dylan, Bulmer, Andrew, Jones, Lee and Laupland, Kevin BjØrn (2021). Diagnostic sensitivity of plasma Endothelin-1 for cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage, a multicentre double-blind study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 37 (6), 8850666211056568-775. doi: 10.1177/08850666211056568
To, Xuan Vinh, Benetatos, Joseph, Soni, Neha, Liu, Dedao, Abraha, Hyab Mehari, Yan, Wenyi, Panagiotopoulou, Olga and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2020). Ultra-high-field diffusion tensor imaging identifies discrete patterns of concussive Injury in the rodent brain. Journal of Neurotrauma, 38 (8) neu.2019.6944, 1-16. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6944
Soni, Neha, Vegh, Viktor, To, Xuan Vinh, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Borges, Karin and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2020). Combined diffusion tensor imaging and quantitative susceptibility mapping discern discrete facets of white matter pathology post-injury in the rodent brain. Frontiers in Neurology, 11 153, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00153
Evaluating spatiotemporal microstructural alterations following diffuse traumatic brain injury
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Corrigan, Frances, Collins-Praino, Lyndsey E., Plummer, Stephanie L., Soni, Neha and Nasrallah, Fatima (2020). Evaluating spatiotemporal microstructural alterations following diffuse traumatic brain injury. NeuroImage: Clinical, 25 102136, 102136. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102136
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Campbell, Megan EJ., Yap, Hong Kai, Yeow, Chen-Hua and Lim, Jeong Hoon (2019). Functional connectivity of brain associated with passive range of motion exercise: proprioceptive input promoting motor activation?. NeuroImage, 202 116023, 116023. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116023
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul and Nasrallah, Fatima (2019). Response to the letter concerning the publication: Amyloid pathology fingerprint differentiates post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Mohamed AZ, et al. NeuroImage Clinical 2018 June 5;19:716–726. NeuroImage: Clinical, 23 101867, 101867. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101867
Soni, Neha, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Borges, Karin and Nasrallah, Fatima (2019). Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging unveils the spatiotemporal microstructural gray matter changes following injury in the rodent brain. Journal of Neurotrauma, 36 (8), 1306-1317. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5972
Editorial: Neuroscientific research for management of dementia
Kamal, Mohammad A. and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2019). Editorial: Neuroscientific research for management of dementia. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11 31, 31. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00031
Evaluation of nuisance removal for functional MRI of rodent brain
Chuang, Kai-Hsiang, Lee, Hsu-Lei, Li, Zengmin, Chang, Wei-Tang, Nasrallah, Fatima A., Yeow, Ling Yun and Singh, Kavita Kaur D./O.Ranjit (2019). Evaluation of nuisance removal for functional MRI of rodent brain. NeuroImage, 188, 694-709. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.12.048
Venkataraman, Kavita, Pun, Vivian, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Luo, Miyang, Wong, Caroline, Zong, Fangrong, Khoo, Eric Y.H., Tai, E. Shyong and Nasrallah, Fatima (2019). Altered motor and motor perceptual cognitive imagery task-related activation in diabetic peripheral neuropathy: insights from functional MRI. Diabetes Care, 42 (10), 2004-2007. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0746
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul, Srour, Hussein, Gunasena, Tamara, Uchida, Aya, Haller, Courtney Nicole and Nasrallah, Fatima (2019). Corrigendum to ‘Amyloid pathology fingerprint differentiates post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury’ NeuroImage: CLINICAL. 19 (2018) 716–726 (NeuroImage: Clinical (2018) 19 (716–726), (S2213158218301621), (10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.016)). NeuroImage: Clinical, 22 101829, 101829. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101829
Tauopathy in veterans with long-term posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul, Götz, Jürgen and Nasrallah, Fatima (2019). Tauopathy in veterans with long-term posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 46 (5), 1139-1151. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4241-7
Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Cumming, Paul, Srour, Hussein, Gunasena, Tamara, Uchida, Aya, Haller, Courtney Nicole, Nasrallah, Fatima and Department of Defense Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2018). Amyloid pathology fingerprint differentiates post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. NeuroImage: Clinical, 19 101829, 716-726. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.05.016
Yap, Hong Kai, Lim, Jeong Hoon, Nasrallah, Fatima and Yeow, Chen-Hua (2018). Correction: Design and preliminary feasibility study of a soft robotic glove for hand function assistance in stroke survivors. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12 (MAY) 323, 323. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00323
Blackmore, Daniel G., Turpin, Fabrice, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Zong, Fangrong, Pandit, Rucha, Pelekanos, Matthew, Nasrallah, Fatima, Sah, Pankaj, Bartlett, Perry F. and Gotz, Juergen (2018). Multimodal analysis of aged wild-type mice exposed to repeated scanning ultrasound treatments demonstrates long-term safety. Theranostics, 8 (22), 6233-6247. doi: 10.7150/thno.27941
Yap, Hong Kai, Lim, Jeong Noon, Nasrallah, Fatima and Yeow, Chen-Hua (2017). Design and Preliminary Feasibility Study of a Soft Robotic Glove for Hand Function Assistance in Stroke Survivors. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11 (OCT) 547, 547. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00547
Functional networks and network perturbations in rodents
Chuang, Kai-Hsiang and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2017). Functional networks and network perturbations in rodents. Neuroimage, 163, 419-436. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.038
Hong, Xin, Lu, Zhong Kang , Teh, Irvin , Nasrallah, Fatima Ali , Teo, Wei Peng , Ang, Kai Keng , Phua, Kok Soon , Guan, Cuntai , Chew, Efe and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2017). Brain plasticity following MI-BCI training combined with tDCS in a randomized trial in chronic subcortical stroke subjects: a preliminary study. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 9222, 9222. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08928-5
GABAergic effect on resting-state functional connectivity: dynamics under pharmacological antagonism
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Singh, Kavita Kaur D./O. Ranjit, Yeow, Ling Yun and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2017). GABAergic effect on resting-state functional connectivity: dynamics under pharmacological antagonism. NeuroImage, 149, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.01.040
Furlong, Teri M., Duncan, Jhodie R., Corbit, Laura H., Rae, Caroline D., Rowlands, Benjamin D., Maher, Anthony D., Nasrallah, Fatima A., Milligan, Carol J., Petrou, Steven, Lawrence, Andrew J. and Balleine, Bernard W. (2016). Toluene inhalation in adolescent rats reduces flexible behaviour in adulthood and alters glutamatergic and GABAergic signalling. Journal of Neurochemistry, 139 (5), 806-822. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13858
Yap, Hong, Kamaldin, Nazir, Lim, Jeong, Nasrallah, Fatima, Goh, James Cho Hong and Yeow, Chen-Hua (2016). A magnetic resonance compatible soft wearable robotic glove for hand rehabilitation and brain imaging. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25 (99), 782-793. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2016.2602941
Resting state functional connectivity data supports detection of cognition in the rodent brain
Nasrallah, Fatima A., To, Xuan Vinh, Chen, Der-Yow, Routtenberg, Aryeh and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2016). Resting state functional connectivity data supports detection of cognition in the rodent brain. Data in Brief, 7, 1156-1164. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.041
Yap, Hong Kai, Lim, Jeong Hoon, Nasrallah, Fatima, Cho Hong Goh, James and Yeow, Chen-Hua (2016). Characterisation and evaluation of soft elastomeric actuators for hand assistive and rehabilitation applications. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 40 (4), 199-209. doi: 10.3109/03091902.2016.1161853
Functional connectivity MRI tracks memory networks after maze learning in rodents
Nasrallah, Fatima A., To, Xuan Vinh, Chen, Der-Yow, Routtenberg, Aryeh and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2016). Functional connectivity MRI tracks memory networks after maze learning in rodents. NeuroImage, 127, 196-202. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.08.013
Metabolomic approaches to defining the role(s) of GABAρ receptors in the brain
Rae, Caroline, Nasrallah, Fatima A., Balcar, Vladimir J., Rowlands, Benjamin D., Johnston, Graham A. R. and Hanrahan, Jane R. (2015). Metabolomic approaches to defining the role(s) of GABAρ receptors in the brain. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 10 (3), 445-456. doi: 10.1007/s11481-014-9579-4
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Yeow, Ling Yun, Biswal, Bharat and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2015). Dependence of BOLD signal fluctuation on arterial blood CO2 and O2: Implication for resting-state functional connectivity. NeuroImage, 117, 29-39. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.05.035
Pharmacokinetics of Gd(DO3A-Lys) and MR imaging studies in an orthotopic U87MG glioma tumor model
Chandrasekharan, Prashant, Yang, Chang-Tong, Nasrallah, Fatima Ali, Tay, Hui Chien, Chuang, Kai-Hsiang and Robins, Edward G. (2015). Pharmacokinetics of Gd(DO3A-Lys) and MR imaging studies in an orthotopic U87MG glioma tumor model. Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging, 10 (3), 237-244. doi: 10.1002/cmmi.1634
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Low, Si-Min, Lew, Si Kang, Chen, Kaina and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2014). Pharmacological insight into neurotransmission origins of resting-state functional connectivity: α2-adrenergic agonist vs antagonist. NeuroImage, 103, 364-373. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.004
Rae, Caroline D., Davidson, Joanne E., Maher, Anthony D., Rowlands, Benjamin D., Kashem, Mohammed A., Nasrallah, Fatima A., Rallapalli, Sundari K., Cook, James M. and Balcar, Vladimir J. (2014). Ethanol, not detectably metabolized in brain, significantly reduces brain metabolism, probably via action at specific GABA(A) receptors and has measureable metabolic effects at very low concentrations. Journal of Neurochemistry, 129 (2), 304-314. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12634
Detection of functional connectivity in the resting mouse brain
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Tay, Hui-Chien and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2014). Detection of functional connectivity in the resting mouse brain. NeuroImage, 86, 417-424. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.025
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Lew, Si Kang, Low, Amanda Si-Min and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2014). Neural correlate of resting-state functional connectivity under α2 adrenergic receptor agonist, medetomidine. NeuroImage, 84, 27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.004
Imaging brain deoxyglucose uptake and metabolism by glucoCEST MRI
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Pages, Guilhem, Kuchel, Philip W., Golay, Xavier and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2013). Imaging brain deoxyglucose uptake and metabolism by glucoCEST MRI. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 33 (8), 1270-1278. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.79
Metabolism, compartmentation, transport and production of acetate in the cortical brain tissue slice
Rae, Caroline, Fekete, Aurelie D., Kashem, Mohammed A., Nasrallah, Fatima A. and Broeer, Stefan (2012). Metabolism, compartmentation, transport and production of acetate in the cortical brain tissue slice. Neurochemical Research, 37 (11), 2541-2553. doi: 10.1007/s11064-012-0847-5
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Lee, Eugene L. Q. and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2012). Optimization of flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) for perfusion functional MRI of rodent brain. NMR in Biomedicine, 25 (11), 1209-1216. doi: 10.1002/nbm.2790
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Tan, Jolena and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2012). Pharmacological modulation of functional connectivity: α2-adrenergic receptor agonist alters synchrony but not neural activation. NeuroImage, 60 (1), 436-446. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.026
Activity-dependent γ-aminobutyric acid release controls brain cortical tissue slice metabolism
Nasrallah, Fatima A. , Balcar, Vladimir J. and Rae, Caroline D. (2011). Activity-dependent γ-aminobutyric acid release controls brain cortical tissue slice metabolism. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 89 (12), 1935-1945. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22649
A metabonomic study of inhibition of GABA uptake in the cerebral cortex
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Balcar, Vladimir J. and Rae, Caroline (2010). A metabonomic study of inhibition of GABA uptake in the cerebral cortex. Metabolomics, 6 (1), 67-77. doi: 10.1007/s11306-009-0176-0
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Maher, Anthony D., Hanrahan, Jane R., Balcar, Vladimir J. and Rae, Caroline D. (2010). γ-Hydroxybutyrate and the GABAergic footprint: A metabolomic approach to unpicking the actions of GHB. Journal of Neurochemistry, 115 (1), 58-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06901.x
Rae, Caroline, Nasrallah, Fatima A. and Bröer, Stefan (2009). Metabolic effects of blocking lactate transport in brain cortical tissue slices using an inhibitor specific to MCT1 and MCT2. Neurochemical Research, 34 (10), 1783-1791. doi: 10.1007/s11064-009-9973-0
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Griffin, Julian L., Balcar, Vladimir J. and Rae, Caroline (2009). Understanding your inhibitions: Effects of GABA and GABAA receptor modulation on brain cortical metabolism. Journal of Neurochemistry, 108 (1), 57-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05742.x
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Garner, Brett, Ball, Graham E. and Rae, Caroline (2008). Modulation of brain metabolism by very low concentrations of the commonly used drug delivery vehicle dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Journal of Neuroscience Research, 86 (1), 208-214. doi: 10.1002/jnr.21477
Understanding your inhibitions: Modulation of brain cortical metabolism by GABAB receptors
Nasrallah, Fatima A., Griffin, Julian L., Balcar, Vladimir J. and Rae, Caroline (2007). Understanding your inhibitions: Modulation of brain cortical metabolism by GABAB receptors. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 27 (8), 1510-1520. doi: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600453
ALANINE METABOLISM, TRANSPORT AND CYCLING IN THE BRAIN
Bröer, Stefan, Bröer, Angelika, Hansen, Jonas T., Bubb, William A., Balcar, Vladimir J., Nasrallah, Fatima A., Garner, Brett and Rae, Caroline (2007). ALANINE METABOLISM, TRANSPORT AND CYCLING IN THE BRAIN. Journal of Neurochemistry, 102 (6), 1758-1770. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.004654.x
TriFormer: A Multi-modal Transformer Framework For Mild Cognitive Impairment Conversion Prediction
Liu, Linfeng, Lyu, Junyan, Liu, Siyu, Tang, Xiaoying, Chandra, Shekhar S. and Nasrallah, Fatima A. (2023). TriFormer: A Multi-modal Transformer Framework For Mild Cognitive Impairment Conversion Prediction. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/isbi53787.2023.10230709
Venkataraman, K., Pun, V., Mohamed, A. Z., Luo, M., Wong, C., Zong, F., Khoo, E. Y. H., Tai, E. S. and Nasrallah, F. (2019). Altered motor and motor imagery task related activation in diabetic peripheral neuropathy: insights from functional magnetic resonance imaging. 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Barcelona, Spain, 16-20 September, 2019. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Fluorinated benzimidazole sulfones as candidate radioligands for CB2 PET-imaging
Kallinen, Annukka, Boyd, Rochelle, Lane, Samuel, Bhalla, Rajiv, Mardon, Karine, Stimson, Damion, Cowin, Gary, Nasrallah, Fatima, Werry, Eryn, Connor, Mark and Kassiou, Michael (2019). Fluorinated benzimidazole sulfones as candidate radioligands for CB2 PET-imaging. 23rd International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences (ISRS 2019), Beijing, China, 26-31 May 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
Hu, Mengjiao, Ji, Fang, Lu, Zhongkang, Huang, Weimin, Khosrowabadi, Reza, Zhao, Ling, Ang, Kai Keng, Phua, Kok Soon, Nasrallah, Fatima Ali, Chuang, Kai-Hsiang, Stephenson, Mary C, Totman, John, Jiang, Xudong, Chew, Effie, Guan, Cuntai and Zhou, Juan (2018). Differential amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in brain networks after BCI training with and without tDCS in stroke. 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, HI, United States, 18-21 July 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512395
Yap, Hong Kai, Lim, Jeong Hoon, Nasrallah, Fatima, Goh, James C. H. and Yeow, Raye C. H. (2015). A soft exoskeleton for hand assistive and rehabilitation application using pneumatic actuators with variable stiffness. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA, Seattle, WA USA, 26-30 May 2015. Washington, DC USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139889
Combining EPI and motion correction for fMRI human brain images with big motion
Lu, Zhongkang, Phua, Kok Soon, Huang, Weimin, Hong, Xin, Nasrallah, Fatima Ali, Chuang, Kai-Hsiang and Guan, Cuntai (2015). Combining EPI and motion correction for fMRI human brain images with big motion. 3Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Milan, Italy, 25-29 August 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319624
MRC-glove: A fMRI compatible soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation application
Yap, Hong Kai, Lim, Jeong Hoon, Nasrallah, Fatima, Low, Fan-Zhe, Goh, James C.H. and Yeow, Raye C.H. (2015). MRC-glove: A fMRI compatible soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation application. IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2015.7281289
Rae, Caroline, Nasrallah, Fatima A., Griffin, Julian L. and Balcar, Vladimir J. (2009). Now i know my ABC. A systems neurochemistry and functional metabolomic approach to understanding the GABAergic system. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05803.x
Stewart, Ashley, O'Brien, Kieran, Kim, Jinsuh, Maréchal, Bénédicte, Nasrallah, Fatimah, Kean, Michael, Barth, Markus and Bollmann, Steffen eds. (2019). Quantitative susceptibility mapping for routine clinical use – an inline automated QSM reconstruction pipeline. ISMRM 2019, Montreal, Canada, 11-16 May, 2019. Concord, CA USA: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2023). Resting state functional Magnetic Resonance imaging of medetomidine and prior stimulation effects in the mice; structural data only. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/43f0075
Registered quantitative susceptibility mapping image collection of mouse model concussion
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2023). Registered quantitative susceptibility mapping image collection of mouse model concussion. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/98780e7
MRI collection of mouse model concussion - superseded version.
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2021). MRI collection of mouse model concussion - superseded version.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/de9aa47
MRI collection of mouse model concussion - updated version
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2021). MRI collection of mouse model concussion - updated version. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/aae348e
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2021). Resting state functional Magnetic Resonance imaging of medetomidine and prior stimulation effects in the mice. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/3b35b94
To, Xuan Vinh and Nasrallah, Fatima (2021). Resting state functional connectivity after Traumatic Brain Injury in a P301L tauopathy mouse model: effects of neuroinflammation and phosphorylated tau. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/c1f6deb
(2022–2025) Curtin University
Early diagnosis and prognosis of TBI sequalae: the triad of tau, amyloid and neuroinflammation
(2021–2024) Motor Accident Insurance Commission
(2021–2024) Motor Accident Insurance Commission
(2021–2022) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
(2020–2025) NHMRC MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission
Dissolution DNP Hyperpolariser
(2019) UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
Equipment for naturalistic sleep-wake, circadian rhythm, and stress measurement
(2018–2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2018) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Biomolecular Imager and microscope for preclinical radiopharmaceutical development
(2018) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Sports concussion: informing recovery by imaging the brain abnormality in a rodent model
(2018) UQ Early Career Researcher
(2017–2019) NHMRC Project Grant
Dr Fatima Nasrallah - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
(2017) Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
MAIC QBI Senior Research Fellowship
(2015–2021) Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Structural and Functional changes in aged hippocampus following exercise as detected by MRI
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Development of a model for prognostication of patient outcome following traumatic brain injury
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Development of precision medicine biomarkers for ketamine as a treatment for TRD and PTSD
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Application of Magnetic Resonance methods for the in vivo imaging of a mouse model of concussion
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia: Bridging the link
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Defining key structural and functional changes in the adult brain in a mouse model of depression
(2018) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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