SELECTED PAPERS



CORTICAL MICROSTRUCTURAL GRADIENTS CAPTURE MEMORY NETWORK REORGANIZATION IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

Royer J, Larivière S, Rodriguez-Cruces R, Cabalo DG, Tavakol S, Auer H, Ngo A, Park BY, Paquola C, Smallwood J, Jefferies E, Caciagli L, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Frauscher B, Bernhardt BC (2023) Brain, 146(9): 3923-37.
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ATYPICAL INTRINSIC NEURAL TIMESCALES IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

Xie K, Royer J, Lariviere S, Rodriguez-Cruces R, de Wael RV, Park BY, Auer H, Tavakol S, DeKraker J, Abdallah C, Caciagli L, Bassett DS, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Frauscher B, Concha L, Bernhardt BC (2023) Epilepsia, 64(4): 998-1011.
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BRAINSTAT: A TOOLBOX FOR BRAIN-WIDE STATISTICS AND MULTIMODAL FEATURE ASSOCIATIONS

Larivière S, Bayrak S, Vos de Wael R, Benkarim O, Herholz P, Rodriguez-Cruces R, Paquola C, Hong SJ, Misic B, Evans AC, Valk SL, Bernhardt BC (2023) Neuroimage, 266:119807.
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MICAPIPE: A PIPELINE FOR MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING AND CONNECTOME ANALYSIS

Cruces RR, Royer J, Herholz P, Larivière S, Vos de Wael R, Paquola C, Benkarim O, Park BY, Degré-Pelletier J, Nelson MC, DeKraker J, Leppert IR, Tardif C, Poline JB, Concha L, Bernhardt BC (2023) Neuroimage, 263:119612.
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CLOSING THE MECHANISTIC GAP: THE VALUE OF MICROARCHITECTURE IN UNDERSTANDING COGNITIVE NETWORKS

Paquola C, Amunts K, Evans A, Smallwood J, Bernhardt B (2023) TICS, 26(10):873-886.
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STRUCTURAL NETWORK ALTERATIONS IN FOCAL AND GENERALIZED EPILEPSY ASSESSED IN A WORLDWIDE ENIGMA STUDY FOLLOW AXES OF EPILEPSY RISK GENE EXPRESSION

Larivière S, Royer J, Rodríguez-Cruces R, Paquola C, ..., Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC. (2022) Nat Comms, 13(1):4320.
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ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT OF MULTISCALE STRUCTURAL WIRING AND FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS IN THE HUMAN CONNECTOME

Park BY, Paquola C, Bethlehem RAI, ... Smallwood J, Bullmore ET, Bernhardt BC (2022) PNAS, 119(27): e2116673119.
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GENETIC AND PHYLOGENTIC UNCOUPLING STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN HUMAN TRANSMODAL CORTEX

Valk SL, Xu T, Paquola C, Park BY, ..., Smallwood J, Eickhoff SB, Bernhardt BC. (2022) Nat Comms, 13(1):2341.
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DISORGANIZATION OF LANGUAGE AND WORKING MEMORY SYSTEMS IN FRONTAL VERSUS TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

Caciagli L, Paquola C, ... Bassett DS, Koepp MJ, Bernhardt BC (2022) Brain, 146(3):935-953.
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THE ENIGMA TOOLBOX: MULTISCALE NEURAL CONTEXTUALIZATION OF MULTISITE NEUROIMAGING DATASETS

Lariviere S, Paquola C, Park B, ..., Sisodiya SM, McDonald CR, Thompson PM, Bernhardt BC (2021). Nature Methods, 18, pages 698–700.
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DIFFERENCES IN SUBCORTICO-CORTICAL INTERACTIONS IDENTIFIED FROM CONNECTOME AND MICROCIRCUIT MODELS IN AUTISM

Park B, Hong S, Valk SL, ..., Yeo BTT, Smallwood J, Bernhardt BC (2021) Nature Communications, 12(2225).
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ATYPICAL NEURAL TOPOGRAPHIES UNDERPIN DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERN SEPARATION IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

Li Q, Tavakol S, Toyer J, ..., Smallwood J, Caciagli L, Li S, Bernhardt BC (2021).Brain, 144(8):2486-2498.
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NETWORK BASED ATROPHY MODELING IN THE COMMON EPILEPSIES: A WORLDWIDE ENIGMA STUDY

Lariviere S, et al. (2020). Science Advances, 6(47): eabc6457.
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MYELOARCHITECTURE GRADIENTS IN THE HUMAN INSULA: HISTOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS AND ASSOCIATION TO INTRINSIC FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY

Royer J, Paquola C, Larivière S, ..., Smallwood J, Frauscher B, Bernhardt BC (2020) Neuroimage, Volume 216, 1 August 2020, 116859.
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BRAINSPACE: A TOOLBOX FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MACROSCALE GRADIENTS IN NEUROIMAGING AND CONNECTOMICS DATASETS

Vos de Wael R, Benkarim O, Paquola C, ..., Margulies D, Smallwood J, Bernhardt BC (2020) Comms Biol. 3(1):103.
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MICROSTRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL GRADIENTS ARE INCREASINGLY DISSOCATED IN TRANSMODAL CORTICES

Paquola C, Vos de Wael R, Wagstyl K, ..., Margulies DS, Smallwood J, Bernhardt BC (2019) PLoS Biology. 2019 May 20;10(1):1022.
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ATYPICAL FUNCTIONAL CONNECTOME HIERARCHY IN AUTISM

Hong SJ, Vos de Wael R, Bethlehem RAI, ..., Margulies DS, Smallwood J, Bernhardt BC (2019) Nat Commun. 2019 Mar 4;10(1):1022.
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PEOPLE

We are always looking for talented and enthusiastic trainees to join our lab!
If you are interested in joining, please email us your CV and a cover letter


Boris Bernhardt, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Canada Research Chair for Cognitive Neuroinformatics
Neuroimaging | Connectomics | Epilepsy | Autism | Neuroinformatics
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Raul Rodriguez-Cruces, MD PhD
FRQS Postdoctoral Researcher, MNI Molson Fellow
Epilepsy | Neurodegeneration | Cognition | Multimodal
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Jordan DeKraker, PhD
NSERC Postdoctoral Researcher
Hippocampus | Hippocampus | Hippocampus
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Zhengchen Cai, PhD
FRQS Postdoctoral Researcher
Epilepsy | Multimodal | EEG-fMRI | Bayesian
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Nicole Eichert, PhD
Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Researcher
Structure-function | gradients | evolution | temporal lobe
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Jessica Royer, D Clin Psy
CIHR PhD student
Multi-scale | Epilepsy | Limbic System | Connectomics | EEG
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Yezhou Wang, MSc
Hiball PhD student, FRQNT Fellow
Gradients | Microstructure | Histology | Multi-scale
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Judy Chen
FRQS MD-PhD student
Childhood Epilepsy | Neuroimaging | Machine Learning
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Ella Sahlas
FRQS MD-PhD student
Epilepsy | Neuroimaging | Machine Learning
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Alex Ngo, BSc
CIHR PhD student
Imaging-Genetics | Connectomics | Epilepsy | Multimodal
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Hans Auer, BSc
FRQS MSc student/br> Multimodal imaging | Connectomics | Histology
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Jack Lam, MD
PhD student/br> Epilepsy | PET | Neurosurgery | Clinical Outcomes
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Yigu Zhou, MSc
MD-PhD student
Multimodal | Spatial | Epilepsy
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Ke Xie, Msc
CSC Fellow, PhD student
Epilepsy | Functional Imaging | Multimodal
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Donna Gift Cabalo, Msc
FRQS and Savoy Fellow, PhD Studemt
Mesiotemporal Lobe | Memory | Functional Imaging
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Paul Bautin, MSc
PhD student
Neuroimaging | Structure-function | Autism
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Youngeun Hwang, Msc
IPN-HIBALL PhD student
Ultra-high field imaging | Subcortex | Multiscale
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Arielle Dascal, MSc
QBIN PhD student
Neuroimaging | Epilepsy | Hubs
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Meaghan Smith, Bsc
CIHR MSc student
Ultra-high field imaging | Movies | fMRI
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ALUMNI

Oualid Benkarim, PhD
HBHL Postdoctoral Researcher, IVADO Postdoc Entrepreneur
AI | Autism | Epilepsy | Machine Learning
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Shahin Tavakol, Msc
CONP PhD student, faculty of medicine fellow
Mesiotemporal Lobe | Memory | Functional Imaging
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Valeria Kebets, PhD
TACC Postdoctoral Researcher
Now Manager of Machine Learning Projects at Concordia University
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Bo-Yong Park, PhD
FRQS Postdoctoral Researcher
Now faculty at INHA University
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Casey Paquola, PhD
FRQS Postdoctoral Researcher
Now Postdoc at FZ Julich, Hiball fellow
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Margie Garber, MSc
Rotation PhD student
Gradients | Histology | Networks
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Kristina Song, BSc
Undergraduate trainee
Multimodal imaging | connectomics | pediatric epilepsy
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Qiongling Li, PhD Student
CSC PhD student (with Beihan U)
Hippocampus | fMRI | Memory
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Janie Degree-Pelletier, Msc
Visiting PhD student (supervised by Isabelle Soulieres)
Autism | Neuroimaging | Cognition
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Yifei Wang, MD
CSC PhD student (with U Nanjing)
Epilepsy | Multimodal | Connectome
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Reinder Vos de Wael, PhD
Now research engineer for CMI North
Hippocampus | Neuroinformatics | Functional topography | Dynamics
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Sara Lariviere, PhD
Now Banting Postdoc at Harvard
Multiscale | Epilepsy | Brain Development | Connectome
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Elise Roger, PhD student
Visiting student
Hippocampus | functional MRI | Epilepsy
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Yun Lu, MSc
PhD student
Memory | Mesiotemporal Lobe | Multimodal | Gradients
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Shelly Yin, BHons
Honors student
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Sophie Haas, BSc
Visiting student from U Osnarbueck
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Alex Lowe, Msc
Graduate student, now at U Cambridge
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Seok-Jun Hong, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, now faculty at Sungkyunkwan University
Brain Development | Connectome | Autism | Machine Learning
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Brian Hyung, BHons
Honors student, now at UoFT
Brain Development | Microsture | Diffusion
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Tabea Haas-Heger, BHons
Honors Student
now: MD student KC London
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Zhengge-Wang, MD PhD
Visiting Professor
now back at Nanjing University
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Amadeus Kanaan, PhD
Visiting Postdoc
Max-Planck Institute Leipzig
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CONTACT

Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Lab
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
boris.bernhardt@mcgill.ca
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