Numa Dancause, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal (Power Corporation Chair of Canada in Physiological Sciences), Member, Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central (GRSNC), Associate researcher, CRIR
Phone: 514 343-6317
Fax: 514 343-6113
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.numadancause.com
Education
- B.Sc., Physical therapy, Université de Montréal, 1996
- M. Sc., Neurological sciences, Université de Montréal, 2000
- Ph.D. (Honnor), Molecular and integrative physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC), Kansas City KS, 2005
- Postdoctorate, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiologie, University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC), Kansas City KS, 2006
- Postdoctorate, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY, 2009
Research interests
Motor and premotor cortex; plasticity; stroke; motor recovery
Recent publications
Dancause, N. & Nudo, R.J. (2011). Shaping plasticity to increase recovery after injury. Progress in Brain Research 192, 273-95.
Dancause, N. & Schieber, M.H. (2010). The impact of head direction on lateralized choices of target and hand. Experimental Brain Research, 201(4), 821-835.
Kraskov, A., Dancause, N., Quallo, M.M., Shepherd, S. & Lemon, R.N. (2009). Corticospinal neurons in macaque ventral premotor cortex with mirror properties: A potential mechanism for action suppression? Neuron, 64(6), 922-930.
Dancause, N., Duric, V., Barbay, S., Frost, S.B., Stylianou, A. & Nudo, R.J. (2008). An additional motor-related field in the lateral frontal cortex of squirrel monkeys. Cerebral Cortex, 18(12), 2719-2728.
Dancause, N., Barbay, S., Frost, S.B., Mahnken, J.D. & Nudo, R.J. (2007). Interhemispheric connections of the ventral premotor cortex in a new world primate. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 505(6), 701-715.
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