Jacinta Thorne is a PhD candidate at Curtin University and the Perron Institute. Her area of research is mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion. In particular, she is interested in the relationship between exercise intolerance and cardiovascular changes following concussion, which is thought to be related to autonomic nervous system dysfunction. The main aim of her PhD is to better understand the pathophysiological basis of autonomic dysfunction, using advanced MRI techniques such as arterial spin labelling to quantify cerebral blood flow and functional MRI to assess functional connectivity.

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