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Overview

Ovidiu Lungu is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health, and General Health Professions. The main topics covered in their work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Motor Control and Adaptation, Vestibular and auditory disorders, Neurological disorders and treatments, and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Recent publications by Ovidiu Lungu include the following papers:

  • "Cerebellar Contribution to Motor and Non-motor Functions in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Findings" (2020), Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Resting-state brain and spinal cord networks in humans are functionally integrated" (2020), PLoS Biology
  • "Investigating the human spinal sensorimotor pathways through functional magnetic resonance imaging" (2021), NeuroImage
  • "Brain-spinal cord interaction in long-term motor sequence learning in human: An fMRI study" (2022), NeuroImage
  • "Altered Spinal Cord Functional Connectivity Associated with Parkinson's Disease Progression" (2023), Movement Disorders

Ovidiu Lungu has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Julien Doyon (16 collaborations)
  • Benjamin De Leener (11 collaborations)
  • Caroline Landelle (10 collaborations)
  • Véronique Marchand-Pauvert (9 collaborations)
  • Nawal Kinany (7 collaborations)

The scientist's work is published in multiple venues with recurring appearances in:

  • NeuroImage (3 publications)
  • Imaging Neuroscience (3 publications)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Neurology (2 publications)
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2 publications)

The scope of research contributions situates Ovidiu Lungu at the intersection of neuroimaging and neurological disorders, with a strong emphasis on brain and spinal cord functional connectivity using advanced MRI methodologies. Their studies on motor control and Parkinson's disease address both mechanistic insights and potential clinical implications.

Best Publications

  • Consolidation alters motor sequence-specific distributed representations.

    Basile Pinsard;Arnaud Boutin;Ella Gabitov;Ovidiu Lungu

  • Brain plasticity related to the consolidation of motor sequence learning and motor adaptation

    Karen Debas;Julie Carrier;Pierre Orban;Marc Barakat

  • Differential Effect of Reward and Punishment on Procedural Learning

    Tobias Wächter;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Daniel T. Willingham

  • Cortical control of motor sequences.

    James Ashe;Ovidiu V Lungu;Ovidiu V Lungu;Alexandra T Basford;Alexandra T Basford;Xiaofeng Lu

  • Enhancing both motor and cognitive functioning in Parkinson's disease: aerobic exercise as a rehabilitative intervention

    C Duchesne;C Duchesne;O Lungu;A Nadeau;A Nadeau;ME Robillard

  • Daytime Sleep Enhances Consolidation of the Spatial but Not Motoric Representation of Motor Sequence Memory

    Geneviève Albouy;Stuart Fogel;Hugo Pottiez;Vo An Nguyen

  • The impact of aging on gray matter structural covariance networks.

    Maxime Montembeault;Sven Joubert;Sven Joubert;Julien Doyon;Julien Doyon;Julie Carrier;Julie Carrier

  • Dystonia and the cerebellum: A new field of interest in movement disorders?

    Pavel Filip;Pavel Filip;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Martin Bareš;Martin Bareš

  • NREM2 and Sleep Spindles Are Instrumental to the Consolidation of Motor Sequence Memories

    Samuel Laventure;Stuart Fogel;Stuart Fogel;Ovidiu Lungu;Geneviève Albouy;Geneviève Albouy

  • Current issues related to motor sequence learning in humans

    J Doyon;E Gabitov;S Vahdat;O Lungu

  • Sleep Spindles Predict Neural and Behavioral Changes in Motor Sequence Consolidation

    Marc Barakat;Julie Carrier;Karen Debas;Ovidiu Lungu

  • Reactivation or transformation? Motor memory consolidation associated with cerebral activation time-locked to sleep spindles.

    Stuart Fogel;Genevieve Albouy;Bradley R. King;Ovidiu Lungu

  • The multifaceted nature of the relationship between performance and brain activity in motor sequence learning.

    Pierre Orban;Pierre Orban;Philippe Peigneux;Philippe Peigneux;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Geneviève Albouy;Geneviève Albouy

  • Impaired predictive motor timing in patients with cerebellar disorders.

    Martin Bares;Martin Bares;Ovidiu Lungu;Ovidiu Lungu;Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Tobias Waechter;Tobias Waechter

  • Simultaneous Brain–Cervical Cord fMRI Reveals Intrinsic Spinal Cord Plasticity during Motor Sequence Learning

    Shahabeddin Vahdat;Ovidiu Lungu;Julien Cohen-Adad;Veronique Marchand-Pauvert

  • Sex differences in effective fronto-limbic connectivity during negative emotion processing.

    Ovidiu Lungu;Stéphane Potvin;Andràs Tikàsz;Adrianna Mendrek;Adrianna Mendrek

  • Predictive motor timing performance dissociates between early diseases of the cerebellum and Parkinson's disease.

    Martin Bareš;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Ivica Husárová;Tomáš Gescheidt

  • Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals.

    Catherine Duchesne;Freja Gheysen;Arnaud Boré;Geneviève Albouy

  • Linking Essential Tremor to the Cerebellum: Physiological Evidence.

    Pavel Filip;Pavel Filip;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Mario-Ubaldo Manto;Martin Bareš;Martin Bareš;Martin Bareš

  • When gaze opens the channel for communication: Integrative role of IFG and MPFC.

    Andrea Cavallo;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Ovidiu V. Lungu;Cristina Becchio;Cristina Becchio;Caterina Ansuini

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Bareš
Martin Bareš Masaryk University
Julien Doyon
Julien Doyon Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Habib Benali
Habib Benali Concordia University
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier University of Montreal
Stuart M. Fogel
Stuart M. Fogel University of Ottawa
James Ashe
James Ashe University of Minnesota
Louis Bherer
Louis Bherer University of Montreal
Philippe Peigneux
Philippe Peigneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sheilagh Hodgins
Sheilagh Hodgins University of Montreal

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