Marie-Hélène Boudrias, pht., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University;
Researcher, CRIR – Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval
Phone: 514 398-5457
Email: [email protected]
Education
- B.Sc., Physiotherapy, Université de Montréal, 1997
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2007
- Postdoctorate, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2007-2009
- Postdoctorate, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, University College London, United Kingdom, 2009-2013
Research interests
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the reorganisation of motor areas after a stroke and identifying biomarkers associated with motor recovery through the use of electrophysiology and brain imaging techniques.
Laboratory
Brain Research and Imaging of Neurorehabilitation Laboratory (BRAIN Lab)
Recent publications
O’Shea, J., Boudrias, M.H., Stagg, C.J., Bachtiar, V., Kischka, U., Blicher, J.U. & Johansen-Berg, H. (2014). Predicting behavioural response to TDCS in chronic motor stroke. Neuroimage, 85, 924-933.
Rossiter, H.E., Davis, E.M., Clark, E.V., Boudrias, M.H. & Ward, N.S. (2014). Beta oscillations reflect changes in motor cortex inhibition in healthy ageing. NeuroImage.
Park, C.H., Kou, N., Boudrias, M.H., Playford, E.D. & Ward, N. S. (2013). Assessing a standardised approach to measuring corticospinal integrity after stroke with DTI. NeuroImage: clinical, 2, 521-533.
Rossiter, H.E., Eaves, C., Davis, E., Boudrias, M.H., Park, C.H., Farmer, S., … & Ward, N. S. (2013). Changes in the location of cortico-muscular coherence following stroke. NeuroImage: clinical, 2, 50-55.
Boudrias, M.H., Gonçalves, C.S., Penny, W.D., Park, C.H., Rossiter, H.E., Talelli, P. & Ward, N.S. (2012). Age-related changes in causal interactions between cortical motor regions during hand grip. Neuroimage, 59(4), 3398-3405.
Park, C.H., Boudrias, M.H., Rossiter, H. & Ward, N.S. (2010). Age-related changes in topological architecture of the brain during a hand grip task. Neurobiology of Aging, 33(4), 833e27-833e37.
Schulz, R., Park, C.H., Boudrias, M.H., Gerloff, C., Hummel, F.C. & Ward, N.S. (2012). Assessing the integrity of corticospinal pathways from primary and secondary cortical motor areas after stroke. Stroke, 43(8), 2248-2251.
Talelli, P., Wallace, A., Dileone, M., Hoad, D., Cheeran, B., Oliver, R., VandenBos, M., Hammerbeck, U., Barrat, K., Tizianna, A., Gillini, C., Musumeci, G., Boudrias, M.H., … & Rothwell, J.C. (2012). Theta Burst Stimulation in the Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb A Semirandomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Chronic Stroke Patients. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 26(8), 976-987.
Boudrias, M.H., Lee, S.P., Svojanovsky, S. & Cheney, P.D. (2010). Forelimb muscle representations and output properties of motor areas in the mesial wall of rhesus macaques. Cerebral Cortex, 20(3), 704-719.
Boudrias, M.H., McPherson, R.L., Frost, S.B. & Cheney, P.D. (2010). Output properties and organization of the forelimb representation of motor areas on the lateral aspect of the hemisphere in rhesus macaques. Cerebral Cortex, 20(1), 169-186.
Stepens, A., Stagg, C.J., Platkājis, A., Boudrias, M.H., Johansen-Berg, H. & Donaghy, M. (2010). White matter abnormalities in methcathinone abusers with an extrapyramidal syndrome. Brain, 133(12), 3676-3684.
Research orientation
Axis 1
Research topic
Research Site
CRIR – Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval
University Affiliation
