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Ron Kupers is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and specializes in neuroscience research. Their body of work primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, with notable contributions also in radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cellular and molecular neuroscience, sensory systems, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • Brain Morphological Modifications in Congenital and Acquired Auditory Deprivation: A Systematic Review and Coordinate-Based Meta-Analysis, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Metabolic underpinnings of activated and deactivated cortical areas in human brain, 2021, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Spatial navigation with horizontally spatialized sounds in early and late blind individuals, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • A quantitative analysis of the retinofugal projections in congenital and late-onset blindness, 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Brain structural changes in blindness: a systematic review and an anatomical likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Ron Kupers has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • PLoS ONE

They have also contributed a book titled Brain Plasticity Following Sensory Loss: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapy, published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Laurence Dricot
  • Maurice Ptito
  • Samuel Paré
  • Maxime Bleau
  • Anaïs Grégoire

Best Publications

  • Cross-modal plasticity revealed by electrotactile stimulation of the tongue in the congenitally blind.

    Maurice Ptito;Solvej M Moesgaard;Albert Gjedde;Rron Kupers

  • Orbitofrontal cortex involvement in chronic analgesic-overuse headache evolving from episodic migraine.

    Arnaud Fumal;Steven Laureys;Laura Di Clemente;Mélanie Boly

  • Compensatory plasticity and cross-modal reorganization following early visual deprivation.

    Ron Kupers;Ron Kupers;Maurice Ptito;Maurice Ptito

  • Alterations of the visual pathways in congenital blindness.

    Maurice Ptito;Fabien C. G. Schneider;Olaf B. Paulson;Ron Kupers

  • Morphine differentially affects the sensory and affective pain ratings in neurogenic and idiopathic forms of pain

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  • Neural correlates of virtual route recognition in congenital blindness

    Ron Kupers;Daniel R. Chebat;Kristoffer H. Madsen;Olaf B. Paulson

  • A PET activation study of brush-evoked allodynia in patients with nerve injury pain.

    Nanna Witting;Ron C. Kupers;Peter Svensson;Troels S. Jensen

  • Emotional valence modulates activity in the posterior fusiform gyrus and inferior medial prefrontal cortex in social perception

    Jacob Geday;Albert Gjedde;Anne Sophie Boldsen;Ron Kupers

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex induces somatotopically organized qualia in blind subjects

    Ron Kupers;Arnaud Fumal;Alain Maertens de Noordhout;Albert Gjedde

  • Positron emission tomography study of a chronic pain patient successfully treated with somatosensory thalamic stimulation

    Ron C. Kupers;Jan M. Gybels;Albert Gjedde

  • Beyond visual, aural and haptic movement perception: hMT+ is activated by electrotactile motion stimulation of the tongue in sighted and in congenitally blind individuals

    Isabelle Matteau;Ron Kupers;Emiliano Ricciardi;Pietro Pietrini

  • Quantitative rates of brain glucose metabolism distinguish minimally conscious from vegetative state patients

    Johan Stender;Ron Kupers;Anders Rodell;Aurore Thibaut

  • Stimulation of human thalamus for pain relief: possible modulatory circuits revealed by positron emission tomography.

    G H Duncan;R C Kupers;S Marchand;J G Villemure

  • Navigation with a sensory substitution device in congenitally blind individuals.

    Daniel-Robert Chebat;Fabien C. Schneider;Ron Kupers;Maurice Ptito

  • Experimental brush-evoked allodynia activates posterior parietal cortex.

    N. Witting;R. C. Kupers;Peter Svensson;Lars Arendt-Nielsen

  • Brain imaging of clinical pain states: a critical review and strategies for future studies

    Ron Kupers;Henrik Kehlet

  • Neuromodulation of pain. A consensus statement prepared in Brussels 16-18 January 1998 by the following task force of the European Federation of IASP Chapters (EFIC).

    J. Gybels;S Erdine;J Maeyaert;B Meyerson

  • The Nature of Consciousness in the Visually Deprived Brain

    Ron Kupers;Pietro Pietrini;Emiliano Ricciardi;Maurice Ptito;Maurice Ptito

  • The Minimal Energetic Requirement of Sustained Awareness after Brain Injury

    Johan Stender;Johan Stender;Kristian Nygaard N. Mortensen;Aurore Thibaut;Sune Darkner

  • Photochemically-induced ischemia of the rat sciatic nerve produces a dose-dependent and highly reproducible mechanical, heat and cold allodynia, and signs of spontaneous pain

    Ron Kupers;Wei Yu;Jonas K.E. Persson;Xiao-Jun Xu

  • The cognitive modulation of pain: hypnosis- and placebo-induced analgesia

    Ron Kupers;Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville;Steven Laureys

  • Analgesic and placebo effects of thalamic stimulation.

    Serge Marchand;Ron C Kupers;M.Catherine Bushnell;Gary H Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Ptito
Maurice Ptito University of Montreal
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Pietro Pietrini
Pietro Pietrini IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Emiliano Ricciardi
Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Léon Plaghki
Léon Plaghki Université Catholique de Louvain
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen
Mélanie Boly
Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lars H. Pinborg
Lars H. Pinborg Copenhagen University Hospital
Martin Fabricius
Martin Fabricius University of Copenhagen

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