Researcher
Akila Weerasekera
- Disciplines:Medical imaging and therapy, Other paramedical sciences
Affiliations
- Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group (Division)
Member
From1 Jan 2019 → 28 Feb 2019 - Biomedical MRI (Division)
Member
From1 Dec 2013 → 31 May 2019
Publications
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- Motor cortex metabolite alterations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis assessed in vivo using edited and non-edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy(2019)
Authors: Akila Weerasekera, Ronald Peeters, Diana Sima, Tom Dresselaers, Stefan Sunaert, Joke De Vocht, Kristl Claeys, Sabine Van Huffel, Philip Van Damme, Uwe Himmelreich
Pages: 22 - 31 - Effects of alcohol exposure on the glutamatergic system: a combined longitudinal 18F-FPEB and 1H-MRS study in rats(2019)
Authors: Bart de Laat, Akila Weerasekera, Willy Gsell, Guy Bormans, Uwe Himmelreich, Cindy Casteels, Koen Van Laere
Pages: 696 - 706 - Ferritin nanocages can deliver inhibitors of hyperactive protein kinases for a targeted treatment of breast cancer(2019)
Authors: Akila Weerasekera
Pages: 627 - 631Number of pages: 5 - Non-invasive assessment of disease progression and neuroprotective effects of dietary coconut oil supplementation in the ALS SOD1 G93a mouse model : a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopic study(2018)
Authors: Akila Weerasekera, Diana Sima, Tom Dresselaers, Sabine Van Huffel, Philip Van Damme, Uwe Himmelreich
Pages: 1092 - 1105 - Glutamatergic biomarkers for cocaine addiction: a longitudinal study using MRS and GluR5 PET in self-administering rats(2018)
Authors: Bart de Laat, Akila Weerasekera, Guy Bormans, Uwe Himmelreich, Cindy Casteels, Koen Van Laere
Pages: 952 - 959 - High fat diet treatment impairs hippocampal long-term potentiation without alterations of the core neuropathological features of Alzheimer disease(2018)
Authors: Isabel Salas Hernández, Akila Weerasekera, Tariq Ahmed, Uwe Himmelreich, Rudi D'Hooge, Detlef Balschun, Bart De Strooper, Carlos Dotti
Pages: 82 - 96 - Altered mGluR5 binding potential and glutamine concentration in the 6-OHDA rat model of acute Parkinson’s disease and levodopa-induced dyskinesia(2018)
Authors: Melissa Crabbé, Akila Weerasekera, Uwe Himmelreich, Veerle Baekelandt, Koen Van Laere, Cindy Casteels
Pages: 82 - 92 - Cerebral dopaminergic and glutamatergic transmission relate to different subjective responses of acute alcohol intake: an in vivo multimodal imaging study(2017)
Authors: Gil Leurquin-Sterk, Jenny Ceccarini, Akila Weerasekera, Bart de Laat, Uwe Himmelreich, Guy Bormans, Koen Van Laere
Pages: 1 - 14 - On the conformational stability of the smallest RNA kissing complexes maintained through two G.C base pairs(2017)
Authors: Wally Chu, Akila Weerasekera, Chul-Hyun Kim
Pages: 39 - 44 - Positive Association Between Limbic Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Availability and Novelty-Seeking Temperament in Humans: a 18F-FPEB PET study(2016)
Authors: Gil Leurquin-Sterk, Jan Van den Stock, Bart de Laat, Akila Weerasekera, Uwe Himmelreich, Guy Bormans, Koen Van Laere
Pages: 1746 - 1752