Research

My research spans neuroscience, music therapy, brain plasticity, network science, and computational approaches to understanding cognitive disorders and collective intelligence.

Submitted Manuscripts

Neuroprotective Effects of Singing-Based Music Therapy on Left Anterior Hippocampal Integrity in Individuals With or at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease: A 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial

Bashevkin, T., Skouras, S., Gold, C., Sudmann, T.T., Flo, B.K., Matziorinis, A.M., & Koelsch, S. (2025)

Manuscript submitted for publication

Beyond the Hippocampus: Objective Memory Stages Capture Widespread Brain Aging in a Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline RCT Data

Flo, B.K., Skouras, S., Matziorinis, A.M., Gaser, C., & Koelsch, S. (2025)

Manuscript submitted for publication

Published Work

The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer's disease and memory decline

Matziorinis, A.M., Leemans, A., Skouras, S., Flo, B.K., Bashevkin, T., & Koelsch, S. (2024)

Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-23

https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00248

A 12-month Randomised Pilot Trial of the Alzheimer's and Music Therapy Study: A Feasibility Assessment of Music Therapy and Physical Activity in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Matziorinis, A.M., Flo, B.K., Skouras, S., Dahle, K., Henriksen, A., Hausmann, F., Sudmann, T.T., Gold, C., & Koelsch, S. (2023)

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), 61

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01287-1

The promise of music therapy for Alzheimer's disease: A review

Matziorinis, A.M., & Koelsch, S. (2022)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1516(1), 11-17

https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14864

Study Protocol for the Alzheimer and Music Therapy Study: An RCT to Compare the Efficacy of Music Therapy and Physical Activity on Brain Plasticity, Depressive Symptoms, and Cognitive Decline

Flo, B.K., Matziorinis, A.M., Skouras, S., Sudmann, T.T., Gold, C., & Koelsch, S. (2022)

PLOS ONE, 17(6), e0270682

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270682

Evidence for Reduced Long-Term Potentiation-Like Visual Cortical Plasticity in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Valstad, M., Roelfs, D., Slapø, N.B., Timpe, C.M.F., Rai, A., Matziorinis, A.M., Beck, D., Richard, G., Sæther, L.S., Haatveit, B., Nordvik, J.E., Hatlestad-Hall, C., Einevoll, G.T., Mäki-Marttunen, T., Haram, M., Ueland, T., Lagerberg, T.V., Steen, N.E., Melle, I., Westlye, L.T., Jönsson, E.G., Andreassen, O.A., Moberget, T., & Elvsåshagen, T. (2021)

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(6), 1751-1760

https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab049

Intact responses to non-drug rewards in long-term opioid maintenance treatment

Eikemo, M., Lobmaier, P.P., Pedersen, M.L., Kunøe, N., Matziorinis, A.M., Leknes, S., & Sarfi, M. (2019)

Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(8), 1456-1463

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-019-0377-9

The correlation between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Valstad, M., Alvares, G.A., Egknud, M., Matziorinis, A.M., Andreassen, O.A., Westlye, L.T., & Quintana, D.S. (2017)

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 78, 117-124

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.04.017

Towards a Non-Invasive Test Battery of Brain Plasticity: Visual Evoked Potential, Mismatch Negativity, and Prepulse Inhibition

Matziorinis, A.M. (2017)

Master's Thesis, University of Oslo

Preprints

Navigating the stages of objective memory impairment (SOMI) through the Papez circuit: hippocampal brain reserve, white matter microstructure, and structural network topology along the Alzheimer's continuum

Matziorinis, A.M., et al. (2023)

Research Square

https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3412028/v1