Nicolaas Bohnen

Dr. Nicolaas Bohnen serves as Professor of Radiology and Neurology at the University of Michigan Medical School, holding clinical appointments across Radiology (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Neurology, and the Ann Arbor VA movement disorders clinic. His research leverages advanced neuroimaging to explore critical intersections between brain function, cognition, and mobility in neurodegenerative conditions and aging.

His educational journey includes:

• MD from Rabdoud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (1987)
• PhD in Neuropsychology from University of Limburg, Maastricht (1991)
• Neurology Residency at Mayo Clinic (1996)
• Nuclear Medicine Residency at University of Michigan (1998)

Research focuses on PET/MRI applications for Parkinson's disease and aging, with particular emphasis on cholinergic systems, gait/postural control mechanisms, and multisensory integration. The FNICOMO Lab investigates how brain architecture determines cognitive-motor performance through innovative paradigms like retro-walking analysis and dual-task walking studies.

As director of the Functional Neuroimaging, Cognitive and Mobility Laboratory, Dr. Bohnen leads multidisciplinary research bridging radiology, neurology, and geriatrics. His lab actively recruits mentees for projects examining neurobiological correlates of mobility disorders and developing imaging-based differentiation tools for parkinsonism.

Dr. Bohnen maintains active clinical engagement in movement disorders while producing high-impact publications in journals like Nature Communications and JAMA Neurology, with recent work spanning cholinergic subgroups in Parkinson's, automated imaging diagnostics, and striatal-muscle metabolic relationships in aging.