Research fellow
Neuroimaging and Interindividual Differences
Phone: +49 231 1084-483
Email: narbutas@ifado.de
Curriculum Vitae:
- 2016 – 2020 PhD Candidate, GIGA-Cyclotron In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège
- 2012 – 2014 Graduate Student (Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience), University of Liège
- 2010 – 2012 Graduate Student (Health Psychology), Vytautas Magnus University
- 2006 – 2010 Undergraduate Student (Psychology), Vytautas Magnus University
Research topics:
- Neural networks and brain mechanisms implicated in fear learning and fear extinction.
- Factors associated with cognitive performance in normal aging such as education, affective state, cardiovascular health, sleep quality, brain structual and functional connectivity, neurotransmision, and genetic predisposition.
Key publications:
- Narbutas, J.*, Van Egroo, M.*, Chylinski, D.*, Villar González, P. , Garcia Jimenez, C., Besson, G., Ghaemmaghami Tabrizi, P., Hammad, G., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Maquet, P., Bastin, C. , Vandewalle, G., Collette, F. (2019). Cognitive efficiency in late midlife is linked to lifestyle characteristics and allostatic load, Aging (Albany NY), 11(17), 7169-7186, doi: 10.18632/aging.102243 *Equal contribution
- Narbutas, J., Chylinski, D., Van Egroo, M., Bahri, M.A., Koshmanova, E., M., Besson, G., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Luxen, A., Balteau, E., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Salmon, E., Vandewalle, G., Bastin, C., Collette, F. (2021). Positive effect of Cognitive Reserve on Episodic Memory, Executive and Attentional Functions taking into account Amyloid-beta, Tau and Apolipoprotein E status, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13(666181), 1-15, doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.666181
- Narbutas, J., Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Bahri, M.A., Koshmanova, E., M., Talwar, P., Besson, G., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Luxen, A., Balteau, E., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Salmon, E., Bastin, C., Vandewalle, G., Collette, F. (2021). Associations Between Cognitive Complaints, Memory Performance, Mood, and Amyloid-β Accumulation in Healthy Amyloid Negative Late-Midlife Individuals, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021 July 10 (Online ahead of print), 1-15, doi: 10.3233/JAD-210332
- Van Egroo, M.*, Narbutas, J.*, Chylinski, D.*, Villar González, P. , Ghaemmaghami Tabrizi, P., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Gaggioni, G., Besson, G., Pepin, X., Tezel, E., Marzoli, D., Le Goff, C., Cavalier, E., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Maquet, P., Bahri, M.A., Phillips, C., Bastin, C., Collette, F., Vandewalle, G., (2019). Preserved wake-dependent cortical excitability dynamics predict cognitive fitness beyond age-related brain alterations, Communications Biology, 2, 449, doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0693-y *Equal contribution
- Rizzolo L., Narbutas, J., Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Besson, G., Baillet, M., Bahri, M.A., Salmon, E., Maquet, P., Vandewalle, G., Bastin, C., Collette, F. (2021). Relationship between brain AD biomarkers and episodic memory performance in healthy aging. Brain and Cognition, 148, 105680, doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105680
- Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Narbutas, J., Besson, G., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Cardone, P., Villar González, P., Marzoli, D., Vandeleene, N., Grignard, M., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Lambert, C., Bastin, C., Collette, F., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Bahri, M.A., Balteau, E., Vandewalle, G., (2020). Early brainstem [18F]THK5351 uptake is linked to cortical hyper-excitability in healthy aging, JCI Insight, 6(2), e142514, doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.142514
