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Alain Ptito is affiliated with McGill University in Canada, where research focuses primarily on Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly work extends into several subfields, including Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The research topics addressed by Alain Ptito notably center on Traumatic Brain Injury Research, covering 22 publications. Additional areas include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications.

Frequent publication venues for Ptito include Neuropsychologia and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with multiple works published in each. Other venues where research has appeared include Human Brain Mapping, Brain and Behavior, and Brain Structure and Function.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ptito are:

  • "Noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging techniques in mild traumatic brain injury research and diagnosis," 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • "A Prospective, Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Translingual Neurostimulation Plus Physical Therapy for the Treatment of a Chronic Balance Deficit Due to Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury," 2020, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • "Atypical resting state functional connectivity in mild traumatic brain injury," 2021, Brain and Behavior
  • "Structural abnormalities in thalamo-prefrontal tracks revealed by high angular resolution diffusion imaging predict working memory scores in concussed children," 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • "Multi-tract multi-symptom relationships in pediatric concussion," 2022, eLife

Alain Ptito frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Ekaterina Lunkova, Guido I. Guberman, Rajeet Singh Saluja, Maxime Descoteaux, and Jen-Kai Chen, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Functional abnormalities in symptomatic concussed athletes: an fMRI study

    J.-K. Chen;K. M. Johnston;Stephen Frey;Michael Petrides

  • Fronto-striatal connections in the human brain: a probabilistic diffusion tractography study.

    Sandra E. Leh;Alain Ptito;M. Mallar Chakravarty;Antonio P. Strafella;Antonio P. Strafella

  • A validation of the post concussion symptom scale in the assessment of complex concussion using cognitive testing and functional MRI

    Jen-Kai Chen;Karen M Johnston;Alex Collie;Paul R McCrory

  • Neural Substrates of Symptoms of Depression Following Concussion in Male Athletes With Persisting Postconcussion Symptoms

    Jen-Kai Chen;Karen M. Johnston;Michael Petrides;Alain Ptito

  • Retrosplenial and hippocampal brain regions in human navigation: complementary functional contributions to the formation and use of cognitive maps.

    Giuseppe Iaria;Giuseppe Iaria;Jen Kai Chen;Cecilia Guariglia;Alain Ptito

  • Feedback and Cognition in Arm Motor Skill Reacquisition After Stroke

    C.M. Cirstea;A. Ptito;M.F. Levin

  • Unconscious vision: new insights into the neuronal correlate of blindsight using diffusion tractography.

    Sandra E. Leh;Heidi Johansen-Berg;Alain Ptito

  • Theta burst stimulation-induced inhibition of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex reveals hemispheric asymmetry in striatal dopamine release during a set-shifting task – a TMS–[11C]raclopride PET study

    Ji H. Ko;Oury Monchi;Alain Ptito;Peter Bloomfield

  • Patterns of cortical thickness and surface area in early Parkinson's disease

    Thomas Jubault;Jean-François Gagnon;Sherif Karama;Alain Ptito

  • Role of advanced neuroimaging, fluid biomarkers and genetic testing in the assessment of sport-related concussion: a systematic review.

    Michael McCrea;Timothy Meier;Daniel Huber;Alain Ptito

  • Arm reaching improvements with short-term practice depend on the severity of the motor deficit in stroke

    M. C. Cirstea;A. Ptito;M. F. Levin

  • A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Working Memory in Youth after Sports-Related Concussion: Is It Still Working?

    Michelle L. Keightley;Rajeet Singh Saluja;Jen Kai Chen;Isabelle Gagnon

  • Contributions of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to sport concussion evaluation

    Alain Ptito;Jen-Kai Chen;Karen M. Johnston

  • Contributions of neuroimaging, balance testing, electrophysiology and blood markers to the assessment of sport-related concussion

    Gavin A Davis;G L Iverson;K M Guskiewicz;A Ptito

  • Recovery From Mild Head Injury in Sports: Evidence From Serial Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Male Athletes

    Jen-Kai Chen;Karen M Johnston;Michael Petrides;Alain Ptito

  • Blindsight in hemispherectomized patients as revealed by spatial summation across the vertical meridian

    F. Tomaiuolo;M. Ptito;Carlo Alberto Marzi;T. Paus

  • New frontiers in diagnostic imaging in concussive head injury.

    Karen M. Johnston;Alain Ptito;Jeffrey Chankowsky;Jen-Kai Chen

  • The connectivity of the human pulvinar: a diffusion tensor imaging tractography study

    Sandra E. Leh;M. Mallar Chakravarty;Alain Ptito

  • Electrophysiology and functional MRI in post-acute mild traumatic brain injury.

    Nadia Gosselin;Carolina Bottari;Jen-Kai Chen;Michael Petrides

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Ptito
Maurice Ptito University of Montreal
Michael Petrides
Michael Petrides McGill University
Antonio P. Strafella
Antonio P. Strafella University of Toronto
Jocelyn Faubert
Jocelyn Faubert University of Montreal
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Oury Monchi
Oury Monchi University of Montreal
Marco Tamietto
Marco Tamietto University of Turin
Eran Zaidel
Eran Zaidel University of California, Los Angeles
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University
Robert J. Zatorre
Robert J. Zatorre McGill University

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