
			Institute of Neuroscience

Professor Tomáš Paus

MD (Honors, Brno, Czech Republic, 1986; PhD “Voluntary maintenance of central-gaze fixation. Development, neuropsychology, and psychopathology of frontal-cortical functions in man”, Prague, Czech Republic, 1990).

Professor of Psychology and Mental Health
Schools of Psychology and Community Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Contact Details

	Phone:	+44 (0) 115 95 15362
	Fax:	+44 (0) 115 84 68274
	Email:	tomas.paus@nottingham.ac.uk
	Website:	www.brainbody.nottingham.ac.uk

Membership Status

Full Member

Institute Research Section

Cognitive, Systems & Developmental Neurosciences
Neuroimaging
Molecular Neuroscience & Neuropharmacology

Research Interests

Structural and functional organization of the human frontal cortex and related circuitry in adolescents and adults, with a particular emphasis on the neural mechanisms of action and emotion and their interaction.

Research Techniques

(1) In vivo morphometry using structural magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI);
(2) In vivo assessment of cortical connectivity and excitability with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) administered during positron emission tomography (PET) and electroencephalography (EEG);
(3) Mapping of brain-behaviour relationships with PET, functional MRI, TMS and EEG.

Recent Publications

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Grosbras MH, Osswald K, Jansen M, Toro R, McIntosh AR, Steinberg L, Poulsen C, Leonard G, Paus T. Neural Mechanisms of Resistance to Peer Influence in Early Adolescence. Journal of Neuroscience 27:8040-8045, 2007

Toro R, Leonard G, Lerner JV, Lerner RM, Perron M, Pike GB, Richer L, Veillette S, Pausova Z & Paus T (2007) Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking and the adolescent cerebral cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology [Epub ahead of print]

Toro R, Perron M, Pike B, Richer R, Veillette S, Pausova Z & Paus T (2008) Brain size and folding of the human cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex [Epub ahead of print]

Poulsen C, Picton TW & Paus T (2007) Age-related changes in transient and oscillatory brain responses to auditory stimulation during early adolescence. Developmental Science (in press)

Paus T (2007) Maturation of structural and functional connectivity in the human brain In: Jirsa, V and McIntosh, AR (Eds) Handbook of Brain Connectivity, Springer-Verlag

Paus T (2008) Combining brain imaging with brain stimulation: Causality and connectivity In: Wassermann E, Epstein, C.M., Ziemann U, Walsh, V., Paus, T. and Lisanby, S.H. (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation. Oxford University Press 539-548

Teaching Responsibilities

Teach cognitive neuroscience and brain mapping to medical and science students. Supervision of PhD students.

Funding

Royal Society-Wolfson Merit Award, 2005-2010, total award: £170,000
EU, Reinforcement-related behaviour in normal brain function and psychopathology (IMAGEN) 2006-2011 total budget: € 11 mil (€800,000 for Nottingham)

Canadian Institutes for Health Research “Long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking on brain structure, function and mental health in adolescence: role of genes and environment in brain development” 2008-2013 annual budget: $275,000

Students Supervised

Jamila Andoh
Lucy Cragg
Pierre-Yves Herve
Marije Jansen
Salomi Kafouri
Kerri Millward
Jennifer Perrin
Daniel Shaw
Catriona Syme
Roberto Toro

Internal & External Responsibilities

Director of the Brain & Body Centre
Administration: Chair of the MR Management Group
International: Organization for Human Brain Mapping (Councillor, 2001-2004)
International Neuropsychology Symposium (Elected member in 1995)
International Society for Behavioral Neuroscience (President)
Associate Editor of the journals Human Brain Mapping and Social Neuroscience
Member of Editorial Board of Brain Stimulation