Alexandra Tinnermann

Alexandra Tinnermann is a Postdoc researcher at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), affiliated with the Institute of Systems Neuroscience within the Faculty of Medicine. Her research focuses on neuroimaging techniques, brain-spinal cord interactions, pain mechanisms, and placebo effects. She holds academic rank as a Researcher.

Her work spans studies on CNS structure, spinal cord activation during motor tasks, and the influence of opioid analgesia on neural pathways. She has contributed to open-access neuroimaging protocols and multi-center collaborations. Her studies often involve functional MRI, behavioral experiments, and translational pain research.

Key areas include exploring how expectations affect vaccine side effects, neural correlates of pain perception, and the role of the ventral premotor cortex in force generation. Her research bridges clinical neuroscience with quantitative neuroimaging, emphasizing reproducibility and interdisciplinary approaches.