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Isabelle Boileau is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Physiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Diet and Metabolism Studies, as well as the Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep.

Boileau's publication record includes numerous papers, with some prominent examples being:

  • Neuroinflammation After COVID-19 With Persistent Depressive and Cognitive Symptoms (2023) in JAMA Psychiatry
  • Lower brain fatty acid amide hydrolase in treatment-seeking patients with alcohol use disorder: a positron emission tomography study with [C-11]CURB (2020) in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Fatty acid amide hydrolase is lower in young cannabis users (2020) in Addiction Biology
  • Elevated fatty acid amide hydrolase in the prefrontal cortex of borderline personality disorder: a [11C]CURB positron emission tomography study (2020) in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • GABAergic signaling in alcohol use disorder and withdrawal: pathological involvement and therapeutic potential (2023) in Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Among frequently collaborating co-authors are:

  • Stephen J. Kish
  • Rachel F. Tyndale
  • Pablo Rusjan
  • Jerry J. Warsh
  • Laura M. Best

The venues where Boileau has published most frequently include:

  • Biological Psychiatry (24 publications)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Addiction Biology (2 publications)

Boileau has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Science+Business Media: Therapeutic Applications of Dopamine D3 Receptor Function (2023).

Best Publications

  • Alcohol promotes dopamine release in the human nucleus accumbens.

    Isabelle Boileau;Jean-Marc Assaad;Jean-Marc Assaad;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  • Amphetamine-Induced Increases in Extracellular Dopamine, Drug Wanting, and Novelty Seeking: A PET/[11C]Raclopride Study in Healthy Men

    Marco Leyton;Isabelle Boileau;Isabelle Boileau;Chawki Benkelfat;Chawki Benkelfat;Mirko Diksic

  • Modeling Sensitization to Stimulants in Humans: An [11C]Raclopride/Positron Emission Tomography Study in Healthy Men

    Isabelle Boileau;Alain Dagher;Marco Leyton;Roger N. Gunn

  • Dopamine Transmission in the Human Striatum during Monetary Reward Tasks

    David H. Zald;Isabelle Boileau;Wael El-Dearedy;Roger Gunn

  • Increased stress-induced dopamine release in psychosis.

    Romina Mizrahi;Romina Mizrahi;Jean Addington;Pablo M. Rusjan;Ivonne Suridjan

  • Brain serotonin transporter binding in non‐depressed patients with Parkinson's disease

    M. Guttman;I. Boileau;J. Warsh;J. A. Saint-Cyr

  • Conditioned Dopamine Release in Humans: A Positron Emission Tomography [11C]Raclopride Study with Amphetamine

    Isabelle Boileau;Alain Dagher;Marco Leyton;Krzysztof Welfeld

  • Distribution of Monoamine Oxidase Proteins in Human Brain: Implications for Brain Imaging Studies

    Junchao Tong;Jeffrey H Meyer;Yoshiaki Furukawa;Isabelle Boileau

  • Decreased cerebral cortical serotonin transporter binding in ecstasy users: a positron emission tomography/[11C]DASB and structural brain imaging study

    Stephen J. Kish;Jason Lerch;Yoshiaki Furukawa;Junchao Tong

  • In vivo evidence for greater amphetamine-induced dopamine release in pathological gambling: a positron emission tomography study with [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO.

    I Boileau;D Payer;B Chugani;D S S Lobo

  • Stress-induced dopamine release in humans at risk of psychosis: a [11C]raclopride PET study.

    Alexandra Soliman;Alexandra Soliman;Gillian A O'Driscoll;Gillian A O'Driscoll;Jens Pruessner;Anne-Lise V Holahan

  • Brain monoamine oxidase B and A in human parkinsonian dopamine deficiency disorders.

    Junchao Tong;Gausiha Rathitharan;Jeffrey H Meyer;Yoshiaki Furukawa

  • Elevated serotonin transporter binding in depressed patients with Parkinson's disease: A preliminary PET study with [11C]DASB

    Isabelle Boileau;Jerry J. Warsh;Mark Guttman;Jean A. Saint-Cyr;Jean A. Saint-Cyr

  • Higher Binding of the Dopamine D3 Receptor-Preferring Ligand [11C]-(+)-Propyl-Hexahydro-Naphtho-Oxazin in Methamphetamine Polydrug Users: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Isabelle Boileau;Doris Payer;Sylvain Houle;Arian Behzadi

  • The D2/3 dopamine receptor in pathological gambling: a positron emission tomography study with [11C]-(+)-propyl-hexahydro-naphtho-oxazin and [11C]raclopride.

    Isabelle Boileau;Doris Payer;Bindiya Chugani;Daniela Lobo

  • The hedonic response to cigarette smoking is proportional to dopamine release in the human striatum as measured by positron emission tomography and [11C]raclopride.

    Sean P. Barrett;Isabelle Boileau;Johanna Okker;Robert O. Pihl

  • Combined insular and striatal dopamine dysfunction are associated with executive deficits in Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment

    Leigh Christopher;Connie Marras;Sarah Duff-Canning;Yuko Koshimori;Yuko Koshimori;Yuko Koshimori

  • Methamphetamine use and schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study in California.

    Russell C. Callaghan;James K. Cunningham;Peter Allebeck;Peter Allebeck;Peter Allebeck;Tamara Arenovich;Tamara Arenovich;Tamara Arenovich

  • Neuroimaging of reward mechanisms in Gambling disorder: an integrative review

    Luke Clark;Isabelle Boileau;Martin Zack

  • Neuroinflammation After COVID-19 With Persistent Depressive and Cognitive Symptoms

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  • Heightened D3 Dopamine Receptor Levels in Cocaine Dependence and Contributions to the Addiction Behavioral Phenotype: A Positron Emission Tomography Study with [11C]-(+)-PHNO

    Doris E Payer;Arian Behzadi;Stephen J Kish;Sylvain Houle

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiaki Furukawa
Yoshiaki Furukawa Juntendo University
Jerry J. Warsh
Jerry J. Warsh University of Toronto
Ariel Graff-Guerrero
Ariel Graff-Guerrero Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Tony P. George
Tony P. George Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Martin Zack
Martin Zack University of Toronto
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Antonio P. Strafella
Antonio P. Strafella University of Toronto
Linda Booij
Linda Booij Concordia University
Alain Dagher
Alain Dagher Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Jean A. Saint-Cyr
Jean A. Saint-Cyr University of Toronto

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