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Simona Maria Brambati

Simona Maria Brambati

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
9035
World Ranking
6657
National Ranking
394

Psychology

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44
Citations
7467
World Ranking
6994
National Ranking
474

Overview

Simona Maria Brambati is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience as well as psychiatry and mental health. Additional subfields addressed in their work include radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Brambati has contributed to frequent publication venues such as:

  • Brain and Language
  • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Brain Communications
  • Neurobiology of Language

Recent papers include:

  • "Unisensory and multisensory temporal processing in autism and dyslexia: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Predicting Early Post-stroke Aphasia Outcome From Initial Aphasia Severity" (2020), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Sensorimotor skills in autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis" (2020), published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • "Task-Induced Functional Connectivity of Picture Naming in Healthy Aging: The Impacts of Age and Task Complexity" (2020), published in Neurobiology of Language
  • "Functional network and structural connections involved in picture naming" (2022), published in Brain and Language

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Karine Marcotte
  • Christophe Bedetti
  • Amélie Brisebois
  • Bérengère Houzé
  • Elizabeth Rochon

Best Publications

  • The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography

    Klaus H. Maier-Hein;Peter F. Neher;Jean-Christophe Houde;Marc-Alexandre Cote

  • The logopenic/phonological variant of primary progressive aphasia

    Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini;Simona Maria Brambati;Valeria Ginex;Jennifer M. Ogar;Jennifer M. Ogar;Jennifer M. Ogar

  • The role of age of acquisition and language usage in early, high-proficient bilinguals: an fMRI study during verbal fluency

    Daniela Perani;Jubin Abutalebi;Eraldo Paulesu;Simona Brambati

  • The cognitive and neural expression of semantic memory impairment in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease.

    Sven Joubert;Simona M Brambati;Jennyfer Ansado;Emmanuel J Barbeau

  • Language networks in semantic dementia

    Federica Agosta;Roland G. Henry;Raffaella Migliaccio;Raffaella Migliaccio;John Neuhaus

  • Atrophy progression in semantic dementia with asymmetric temporal involvement: A tensor-based morphometry study

    S.M. Brambati;S.M. Brambati;K.P. Rankin;J. Narvid;W.W. Seeley

  • The Neural Cost of the Auditory Perception of Language Switches: An Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Bilinguals

    Jubin Abutalebi;Simona M. Brambati;Jean Marie Annoni;Andrea Moro

  • Progressive nonfluent aphasia and its characteristic motor speech deficits.

    Jennifer M. Ogar;Nina F. Dronkers;Simona M. Brambati;Bruce L. Miller

  • Regional reductions of gray matter volume in familial dyslexia

    Simona Maria Brambati;Cristiano Termine;Milena Ruffino;Giacomo Stella

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and voxel based morphometry study in early progressive supranuclear palsy

    Alessandro Padovani;Barbara Borroni;Simona Maria Brambati;Chiara Agosti

  • The neural basis of surface dyslexia in semantic dementia

    Stephen M. Wilson;Simona M. Brambati;Roland G. Henry;Daniel A. Handwerker;Daniel A. Handwerker

  • The Anatomy of Category-specific Object Naming in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    S. M. Brambati;D. Myers;A. Wilson;K. P. Rankin

  • Evidence of White Matter Changes on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Frontotemporal Dementia

    Barbara Borroni;Simona Maria Brambati;Chiara Agosti;Stefano Gipponi

  • Clinical, Anatomical, and Pathological Features in the Three Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Review

    Maxime Montembeault;Simona Maria Brambati;Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini;Raffaella Migliaccio

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

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

  • Neuropsychological deficits and neural dysfunction in familial dyslexia.

    Simona Maria Brambati;Cristiano Termine;Milena Ruffino;Massimo Danna

  • Reading disorders in primary progressive aphasia: A behavioral and neuroimaging study

    S.M. Brambati;J. Ogar;J. Ogar;J. Neuhaus;B.L. Miller

  • Disorganization of anatomical connectivity in obsessive compulsive disorder: a multi-parameter diffusion tensor imaging study in a subpopulation of patients.

    V. Garibotto;P. Scifo;A. Gorini;Clarke R. Alonso

  • The neural correlates of verbal and nonverbal semantic processing deficits in neurodegenerative disease.

    Christopher R. Butler;Simona Maria Brambati;Bruce L. Miller;Maria-Luisa Gorno-Tempini

  • Anatomical Correlates of Sentence Comprehension and Verbal Working Memory in Neurodegenerative Disease

    Serena Amici;Simona M Brambati;David P Wilkins;Jennifer Ogar

  • Connected Speech Features from Picture Description in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review.

    Antoine Slegers;Renée-Pier Filiou;Maxime Montembeault;Simona Maria Brambati

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini University of California, San Francisco
Sven Joubert
Sven Joubert University of Montreal
Jennifer M. Ogar
Jennifer M. Ogar University of California, San Francisco
Sylvie Belleville
Sylvie Belleville University of Montreal
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Nina F. Dronkers
Nina F. Dronkers University of California, Davis
Julien Doyon
Julien Doyon Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Valentina Garibotto
Valentina Garibotto University of Geneva
Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier University of Montreal

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