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SUMMARY:Neuro-X seminar: Dr Landelle - From cortex to spinal cord: Mapping
  sensorimotor integration across multiple levels using neuroimaging
DTSTART:20240521T110000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Caroline Landelle\nABSTRACT\nUtilizing advanced neuroimagin
 g techniques\, my research delves into sensorimotor integration at both th
 e brain and spinal cord levels\, spanning across healthy individuals and t
 hose affected by pathological conditions. I will first present how motor a
 nd sensory information (i.e.\, touch\, proprioception\, and audition) are 
 integrated within the brain to shape our body perception and environment i
 n young adults and elderly. Furthermore\, I will extent my presentation to
  the spinal cord level\, a pivotal sensorimotor system component\, by demo
 nstrating that fMRI can effectively capture spinal functional levels in yo
 ung adults and assess spinal damage in an elderly clinical population (Par
 kinson's disease). In a novel advancement\, I have recently integrated sim
 ultaneous cerebro-spinal fMRI acquisition protocols into my research. The 
 latter has unveiled the existence of functional somatotopic communication 
 between the brain and spinal cord. These results suggest that simultaneous
  brain-spinal cord fMRI acquisitions hold great potential to improve the c
 haracterization of somatotopic organization in vivo at multiple levels of 
 the human sensorimotor system.\n\nBIO\nCaroline Landelle is a post-doctora
 l researcher working in Prof. Doyon’s laboratory at the Neuro\, McGill U
 niversity\, Canada. She completed her PhD in cognitive neuroscience in 201
 9 at Aix-Marseille University\, France. There she studied sensorimotor pro
 cessing at the brain level combining neuroimaging and psychophysics approa
 ches. She then extended her investigation at the spinal levels using\nadva
 nced techniques such as simultaneous brain and spinal cord functional magn
 etic resonance imaging (fMRI). In her studies\, she investigated various d
 emographic groups\, ranging from healthy young and older adults to individ
 uals with Parkinson’s Disease. In addition to advancing our understandin
 g of the role of the spinal cord and its interaction with the brain\, thro
 ugh her research\, Caroline also demonstrates that brain-spinal cord fMRI 
 is a powerful research tool\, providing better insights into the functiona
 l interplay between the human brain and spinal cord\, in vivo\, that can b
 e used for both fundamental and clinical research.  
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 zoom.us/j/61864083685?pwd=Vlp5Mjk2b2tZVC8vdWQwVG4vU0w4dz09
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