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Primate anterior cingulate cortex: where motor control, drive and cognition interfaceT Paus
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
Nat Rev Neurosci 2:417-24. 2001..I argue that the overlap of these three domains is key to distinguishing the anterior cingulate cortex from other frontal regions, placing it in a unique position to translate intentions to actions...- Synchronization of neuronal activity in the human primary motor cortex by transcranial magnetic stimulation: an EEG studyT Paus
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
J Neurophysiol 86:1983-90. 2001..As such, they corroborate previous studies of cortical oscillations in the motor cortex and point to the potential of the combined TMS/EEG approach for further investigations of cortical rhythms in the human brain... - Maturation of white matter in the human brain: a review of magnetic resonance studiesT Paus
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Brain Res Bull 54:255-66. 2001.... - Cortico-cortical connectivity of the human mid-dorsolateral frontal cortex and its modulation by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationT Paus
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada
Eur J Neurosci 14:1405-11. 2001..Future studies are needed to provide a direct link between the rTMS-induced modulation of cortical connectivity and its effects on specific behaviours... - Structural maturation of neural pathways in children and adolescents: in vivo studyT Paus
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
Science 283:1908-11. 1999..These findings provide evidence for a gradual maturation, during late childhood and adolescence, of fiber pathways presumably supporting motor and speech functions... - Imaging the brain before, during, and after transcranial magnetic stimulationT Paus
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Neuropsychologia 37:219-24. 1999..Finally, I point out the utility of PET and MRI for evaluating possible long-term effects of repetitive TMS... 
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the human frontal cortex: implications for repetitive TMS treatment of depressionTomas Paus
Neuropsychology Department, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Que
J Psychiatry Neurosci 29:268-79. 2004....- Transcranial magnetic stimulation during PET: reaching and verifying the target siteT Paus
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hum Brain Mapp 6:399-402. 1998..The latter is accomplished by identifying the coil on a transmission scan and coregistering it, e.g., with a model of the electrical field induced in the brain... - Negative associations between corpus callosum midsagittal area and IQ in a representative sample of healthy children and adolescentsHooman Ganjavi
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e19698. 2011..These findings suggest that the correlation between CC midsagittal area and IQ may be related to age and gender... - Cortical regions involved in eye movements, shifts of attention, and gaze perceptionMarie Helene Grosbras
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hum Brain Mapp 25:140-54. 2005.... - The neural response to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex. II. Thalamocortical contributionsYsbrand D Van Der Werf
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Exp Brain Res 175:246-55. 2006.... - Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human frontal eye field facilitates visual awarenessMarie Helene Grosbras
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A2B4
Eur J Neurosci 18:3121-6. 2003..These results show that modulating the neuronal activity of the FEF can enhance visual detection, thereby yielding new insights into the neural basis of visual awareness... - Brain networks involved in viewing angry hands or facesMarie Helene Grosbras
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Cereb Cortex 16:1087-96. 2006..These results complement the wealth of studies on the perception of affect from faces and provide further insights into the processes involved in the perception of others underlying, perhaps, social constructs such as empathy... - Right anterior cingulate cortical thickness and bilateral striatal volume correlate with child behavior checklist aggressive behavior scores in healthy childrenSimon Ducharme
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biol Psychiatry 70:283-90. 2011..The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and basal ganglia have been implicated in pathological aggression. This study aimed at identifying neuroanatomical correlates of impulsive aggression in healthy children... - The neural response to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex. I. Intracortical and cortico-cortical contributionsYsbrand D Van Der Werf
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Exp Brain Res 175:231-45. 2006.... 
Age-related changes in transient and oscillatory brain responses to auditory stimulation during early adolescenceCatherine Poulsen
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada
Dev Sci 12:220-35. 2009..These results indicate persistent maturation of the cortical mechanisms for auditory processing from childhood into middle adulthood...- Age-related changes in transient and oscillatory brain responses to auditory stimulation in healthy adults 19-45 years oldCatherine Poulsen
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Canada
Cereb Cortex 17:1454-67. 2007..These results indicate persistent adaptation of cortical auditory processes into middle adulthood. We speculate that experience-driven myelination and/or refinement of inhibitory circuits may underlie these changes... - Neural correlates of human body perceptionRosanne Aleong
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
J Cogn Neurosci 22:482-95. 2010..Although previous studies have found some degree of right hemisphere dominance in body perception, our results suggest that such a functional lateralization may differ between men and women... - Stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex interferes with arm trajectory adjustments during the learning of new dynamicsValeria Della-Maggiore
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
J Neurosci 24:9971-6. 2004..Our findings are consistent with a role of PPC in the adjustment of motor commands necessary for adapting to a novel mechanical environment... - In vivo morphometry of the intrasulcal gray matter in the human cingulate, paracingulate, and superior-rostral sulci: hemispheric asymmetries, gender differences and probability mapsT Paus
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
J Comp Neurol 376:664-73. 1996.... - Seeing and hearing speech excites the motor system involved in speech productionK E Watkins
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
Neuropsychologia 41:989-94. 2003..These results provide evidence that both auditory and visual speech perception facilitate the excitability of the motor system involved in speech production... - Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex induces dopamine release in the caudate nucleusA P Strafella
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
J Neurosci 21:RC157. 2001..This finding has implications for the therapeutic and research use of rTMS in neurological and psychiatric disorders... - Structural asymmetries in the human brain: a voxel-based statistical analysis of 142 MRI scansK E Watkins
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cereb Cortex 11:868-77. 2001..The above asymmetries were observed in men and women. Our results thus provide confirmation of the known structural asymmetries in the human brain as well as new findings that may stimulate further research of hemispheric specialization... - Directed attention after unilateral frontal excisions in humansL M Koski
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Neuropsychologia 36:1363-71. 1998..There was no correlation between lesion volume and benefit score in these patients... - Applications of random field theory to functional connectivityK J Worsley
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hum Brain Mapp 6:364-7. 1998..This can be applied to crosscorrelations between two different sets of images--such as activations under two different tasks, as well as autocorrelations within the same set of images... - Increased blood flow in the basal ganglia when using cues to direct attentionL Koski
Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Exp Brain Res 129:241-6. 1999..Blood flow in cortical regions commonly associated with attention was not related to cue ratio, a finding that may reflect automatization of the processes involved in interpreting and using the cues... - Anatomical correlates of dynamic auditory processing: relationship to literacy during early adolescenceMary Elizabeth Sutherland
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada
Neuroimage 60:1287-95. 2012.... - Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human frontal eye field: effects on visual perception and attentionMarie Helene Grosbras
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Cogn Neurosci 14:1109-20. 2002..Our results also underline that the disruptive or facilitative effect of TMS over a given region depends upon the behavioral context... - Cortical thickness correlates of specific cognitive performance accounted for by the general factor of intelligence in healthy children aged 6 to 18Sherif Karama
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Neuroimage 55:1443-53. 2011..Within a psychometric framework, cortical thickness correlates of cognitive performance on complex tasks are well captured by g in this demographically representative sample... - Unbiased average age-appropriate atlases for pediatric studiesVladimir Fonov
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
Neuroimage 54:313-27. 2011..The public availability of these atlases/templates will facilitate analysis of pediatric MRI data and enable comparison of results between studies in a common standardized space specific to pediatric research... - Cerebral blood-flow changes induced by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortexA P Strafella
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
J Neurophysiol 85:2624-9. 2001..The above pattern of CBF response to paired-pulse TMS supports the possibility that suppression and facilitation of the EMG response are mediated by different populations of cortical interneurons... - Propofol anesthesia and cerebral blood flow changes elicited by vibrotactile stimulation: a positron emission tomography studyV Bonhomme
Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A2, Canada
J Neurophysiol 85:1299-308. 2001..We conclude that propofol interferes with the processing of vibrotactile information first at the level of the cortex before attenuating its transfer through the thalamus... - Breastfeeding and brain structure in adolescenceSalomi Kafouri
Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Int J Epidemiol 42:150-9. 2013..The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate an association between duration of exclusive breastfeeding and structure of cortical regions implicated in general intelligence... - Affect-induced changes in speech productionJennifer Barrett
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
Exp Brain Res 146:531-7. 2002..This speech paradigm provides a model for studying how changes in mood states interact with the motor control of speech... - Anatomical correlates of learning novel speech soundsNarly Golestani
Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Neuron 35:997-1010. 2002..Greater asymmetry in the amount of white matter in faster learners may be related to greater myelination allowing more efficient neural processing, which is critical for the ability to process certain speech sounds... - T(2) relaxometry of normal pediatric brain developmentIlana R Leppert
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Magn Reson Imaging 29:258-67. 2009..To establish normal age-related changes in the magnetic resonance (MR) T(2) relaxation time constants of brain using data collected as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) MRI Study of Normal Brain Development... - The effect of template choice on morphometric analysis of pediatric brain dataUicheul Yoon
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Neuroimage 45:769-77. 2009..The results show that it is necessary to be cautious when interpreting results from pediatric imaging studies based on adult reference data... - Role of the human medial frontal cortex in task switching: a combined fMRI and TMS studyM F S Rushworth
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UD, United Kingdom
J Neurophysiol 87:2577-92. 2002..Second, the VS rTMS results suggest that just because an area is activated in two paradigms does not mean that it plays the same essential role in both cases...