Author(s): Soucy JP; Belasso CJ; Cai Z; Bezgin G; Stevenson J; Rahmouni N; Tissot C; Lussier FZ; Rosa-Neto P; Rivaz HJ; Benali H;

Background: Tau aggregates in Alzheimer's disease (AD) induce loss of synapses and neurons, leading to cognitive impairment. Predicting tau and neurodegeneration temporal evolution could be used for prognostication and for assessing results of therapeutic trials. Tau PET and MRI volumetry are ...

Article GUID: 39782975

Author(s): Soucy JP; Belasso CJ; Cai Z; Bezgin G; Stevenson J; Rahmouni N; Tissot C; Lussier FZ; Rosa-Neto P; Rivaz HJ; Benali H;

Background: Tau aggregates in Alzheimer's disease (AD) induce loss of synapses and neurons, leading to cognitive impairment. Predicting tau and neurodegeneration temporal evolution could be used for prognostication and for assessing results of therapeutic trials. Tau PET and MRI volumetry are ...

Article GUID: 39784152

Author(s): Lee K; Wang Y; Cross NE; Jegou A; Razavipour F; Pomares FB; Perrault AA; Nguyen A; Aydin Ü; Uji M; Abdallah C; Anticevic A; Frauscher B; Benali H; Dang-Vu TT; Grova C;

Decrease in cognitive performance after sleep deprivation followed by recovery after sleep suggests its key role, and especially non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, in the maintenance of cognition. It remains unknown whether brain network reorganization in NREM sleep stages N2 and N3 can uniquel ...

Article GUID: 39005401

Author(s): Belasso CJ; Cai Z; Bezgin G; Pascoal T; Stevenson J; Rahmouni N; Tissot C; Lussier F; Rosa-Neto P; Soucy JP; Rivaz H; Benali H;

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis in its early stages remains difficult with current diagnostic approaches. Though tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) generally follow the stereotypical pattern described by the Braak staging scheme, the network degeneration hypothesis (NDH) has su ...

Article GUID: 37920382

Author(s): Soltanzadeh M; Blanchard S; Soucy JP; Benali H;

Emerging evidence emphasizes lactate's involvement in both physiological processes (energy metabolism, memory, etc.) and disease (traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.). Furthermore, the usefulness of mathematical modeling in deciphering underlying dynamics of the brain to investigate lactate roles and mechanisms of action has been well established. ...

Article GUID: 37865309

Author(s): Cai Z; Pellegrino G; Lina JM; Benali H; Grova C;

Investigating the relationship between task-related hemodynamic responses and cortical excitability is challenging because it requires simultaneous measurement of hemodynamic responses while applying noninvasive brain stimulation. Moreover, cortical excitability and task-related hemodynamic responses are both associated with inter-/intra-subject variabili ...

Article GUID: 36250709

Author(s): Karimi R; Mohammadi A; Asif A; Benali H;

Recent advancements in Electroencephalographic (EEG) sensor technologies and signal processing algorithms have paved the way for further evolution of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) in several practical applications, ranging from rehabilitation systems to smart consumer technologies. When it comes to Signal Processing (SP) for BCI, there has been a surge ...

Article GUID: 35408182

Author(s): Cross NE; Pomares FB; Nguyen A; Perrault AA; Jegou A; Uji M; Lee K; Razavipour F; Ali OBK; Aydin U; Benali H; Grova C; Dang-Vu TT;

Sleep deprivation (SD) leads to impairments in cognitive function. Here, we tested the hypothesis that cognitive changes in the sleep-deprived brain can be explained by information processing within and between large-scale cortical networks. We acquired functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI ...

Article GUID: 34735431

Author(s): Masoumi N; Belasso CJ; Ahmad MO; Benali H; Xiao Y; Rivaz H;

Purpose: Accurate multimodal registration of intraoperative ultrasound (US) and preoperative computed tomography (CT) is a challenging problem. Construction of public datasets of US and CT images can accelerate the development of such image registration techniques. This can help ensure the accuracy and safety of spinal surgeries using image-guided surgery ...

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Author(s): Jeancolas L; Petrovska-Delacrétaz D; Mangone G; Benkelfat BE; Corvol JC; Vidailhet M; Lehéricy S; Benali H;

Many articles have used voice analysis to detect Parkinson's disease (PD), but few have focused on the early stages of the disease and the gender effect. In this article, we have adapted the latest speaker recognition system, called x-vectors, in order to detect PD at an early stage using voi ...

Article GUID: 33679361

Author(s): Belasso CJ; Behboodi B; Benali H; Boily M; Rivaz H; Fortin M;

Background: Among the paraspinal muscles, the structure and function of the lumbar multifidus (LM) has become of great interest to researchers and clinicians involved in lower back pain and muscle rehabilitation. Ultrasound (US) imaging of the LM muscle is a useful clinical tool which can be used in the assessment of muscle morphology and ...

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