GENEVIEVE ALBOUY portrait
  • Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology
  • Guest Professor, KU Leuven

Research Keywords

  • Sleep
  • Neuroscience
  • Multimodal Neuroimaging
  • Motor Learning
  • Memory
  • Hippocampus
  • Functional neuroimaging of human cognition
  • Electroencephalography
  • Basal Ganglia

Publications

  • Fang Z., Smith D.M., Albouy G., King B.R., Vien C., Benali H., Carrier J., Doyon J, Fogel S. (2021) Differential Effects of a Nap on Motor Sequence Learning-Related Functional Connectivity Between Young and Older Adults. Front Aging Neurosci. Oct 28;13:747358. Published, 10/28/2021.
  • Gann, M.A., King, B.R., Dolfen, N., Veldman, M.P., Davare, M., Swinnen, S.P., Mantini, D., Robertson, E.M., Albouy, G. (2021) Prefrontal stimulation prior to motor sequence learning alters multivoxel patterns in the striatum and the hippocampus. Sci Rep. Oct 18;11(1):20572. Published, 10/18/2021.
  • Dolfen, N., Veldman, M.P., Gann, M.A., von Leupoldt, A., Puts, N.A.J., Edden, R.A.E., Mikkelsen, M., Swinnen, S., Schwabe, L., Albouy, G., King, B.R. (2021). A role for GABA in the modulation of striatal and hippocampal systems under stress. Commun Biol. 2021 Sep 2;4(1):1033. Published, 09/02/2021.
  • Veldman, M.P., Dolfen, N., Gann, M.A., Carrier, J., King, B.R., Albouy, G. (2021). Somatosensory targeted memory reactivation modulates oscillatory brain activity but not motor memory consolidation. Neuroscience. Neuroscience. 2021 Apr 3:S0306-4522(21)00161-5. Published, 04/03/2021.
  • Gann, M.A., King, B.R., Dolfen, N., Veldman, M.P., Chan, K.L., Puts, N.A.J., Edden, R.A.E., Davare, M., Swinnen, S.P., Mantini, D., Robertson, E.M., Albouy, G. (2021). Hippocampal and striatal responses during motor learning are modulated by prefrontal cortex stimulation. Neuroimage. 2021 May 12:118158. Published, 05/12/2021.
  • Dolfen N, King BR, Schwabe L, Gann MA, Veldman MP, von Leupoldt A, Swinnen SP & Albouy G (2021). Stress Modulates the Balance between Hippocampal and Motor Networks during Motor Memory Processing. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). Vol. 31, 1365-1382. Published, 01/01/2021.
  • Gabitov E, Lungu O, Albouy G, Doyon J (2020). Movement errors during skilled motor performance engage distinct prediction error mechanisms. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 3 (1), Art.No. ARTN 763. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01465-4. Published, 12/11/2020.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01465-4
  • King BR, Rumpf JJ, Heise KF, Veldman MP, Peeters R, Doyon J, Classen J, Albouy G & Swinnen SP (2020). Lateralized effects of post-learning transcranial direct current stimulation on motor memory consolidation in older adults: An fMRI investigation. NeuroImage. Vol. 223, 117323. Published, 12/01/2020.
  • Maes C, Swinnen SP, Albouy G, Sunaert S, Gooijers J, Chalavi S & Pauwels L (2020). The role of the PMd in task complexity: functional connectivity is modulated by motor learning and age. Neurobiology of aging. Vol. 92, 12-27. Published, 11/01/2020.
  • King BR, Rumpf JJ, Verbaanderd E, Heise KF, Dolfen N, Sunaert S, Doyon J, Classen J, Mantini D, Puts NAJ, Edden RAE, Albouy G & Swinnen SP (2020). Baseline sensorimotor GABA levels shape neuroplastic processes induced by motor learning in older adults. Human brain mapping. Vol. 41, 3680-3695. Published, 08/01/2020.
  • Goossens N, Janssens L, Caeyenberghs K, Albouy G & Brumagne S (2020). Differences in brain processing of proprioception related to postural control in patients with recurrent non-specific low back pain and healthy controls. NeuroImage. Clinical. Vol. 23, 101881. Published, 06/01/2020.
  • King BR, Dolfen N, Gann MA, Renard Z, Swinnen SP & Albouy G (2020). Schema and Motor-Memory Consolidation. Psychological science. Vol. 30, 963-978. Published, 05/01/2020.
  • Dolfen N, King BR, Schwabe L, Swinnen S & Albouy G (2019). Glucocorticoid response to stress induction prior to learning is negatively related to subsequent motor memory consolidation. Neurobiology of learning and memory. Vol. 158, 32-41. Published, 12/01/2019.
  • Jegou A, Schabus M, Gosseries O, Dahmen B, Albouy G, Desseilles M, Sterpenich V, Phillips C, Maquet P, Grova C & Dang-Vu TT (2019). Cortical reactivations during sleep spindles following declarative learning. NeuroImage. Vol. 195, 104-112. Published, 12/01/2019.
  • Gabitov, E., Lungu, O., Albouy, G., Doyon, J. (2019). Weaker Inter-hemispheric and Local Functional Connectivity of the Somatomotor Cortex During a Motor Skill Acquisition Is Associated With Better Learning. FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, 10, Art.No. ARTN 1242. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01242. Published, 11/27/2019.
    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur...
  • King BR, van Ruitenbeek P, Leunissen I, Cuypers K, Heise KF, Santos Monteiro T, Hermans L, Levin O, Albouy G, Mantini D & Swinnen SP (2019). Age-Related Declines in Motor Performance are Associated With Decreased Segregation of Large-Scale Resting State Brain Networks. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). Vol. 28, 4390-4402. Published, 11/01/2019.
  • Pauwels L, Chalavi S, Gooijers J, Maes C, Albouy G, Sunaert S & Swinnen SP (2019). Challenge to Promote Change: The Neural Basis of the Contextual Interference Effect in Young and Older Adults. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Vol. 38, 3333-3345. Published, 10/01/2019.
  • King BR, Hoedlmoser K, Hirschauer F, Dolfen N & Albouy G (2018). Sleeping on the motor engram: The multifaceted nature of sleep-related motor memory consolidation. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. Vol. 80, 1-22. Published, 07/01/2018.
  • King BR, Saucier P, Albouy G, Fogel SM, Rumpf JJ, Klann J, Buccino G, Binkofski F, Classen J, Karni A & Doyon J (2018). Cerebral Activation During Initial Motor Learning Forecasts Subsequent Sleep-Facilitated Memory Consolidation in Older Adults. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). Vol. 27, 1588-1601. Published, 03/01/2018.
  • Gheysen F, Lasne G, Pélégrini-Issac M, Albouy G, Meunier S, Benali H, Doyon J & Popa T (2018). Taking the brakes off the learning curve. Human brain mapping. Vol. 38, 1676-1691. Published, 02/01/2018.
  • Santos Monteiro T, Beets IAM, Boisgontier MP, Gooijers J, Pauwels L, Chalavi S, King B, Albouy G & Swinnen SP (2018). Relative cortico-subcortical shift in brain activity but preserved training-induced neural modulation in older adults during bimanual motor learning. Neurobiology of aging. Vol. 58, 54-67. Published, 02/01/2018.
  • Appleman ER, Albouy G, Doyon J, Cronin-Golomb A & King BR (2017). Sleep quality influences subsequent motor skill acquisition. Behavioral neuroscience. Vol. 130, 290-7. Published, 11/01/2017.
  • Gooijers J, Beets IA, Albouy G, Beeckmans K, Michiels K, Sunaert S & Swinnen SP (2017). Movement preparation and execution: differential functional activation patterns after traumatic brain injury. Brain : a journal of neurology. Vol. 139, 2469-85. Published, 06/01/2017.
  • Bellec P, Benhajali Y, Carbonell F, Dansereau C, Albouy G, Pelland M, Craddock C, Collignon O, Doyon J, Stip E & Orban P (2016). Impact of the resolution of brain parcels on connectome-wide association studies in fMRI. NeuroImage. Vol. 123, 212-28. Published, 08/01/2016.
  • Albouy G, Fogel S, King BR, Laventure S, Benali H, Karni A, Carrier J, Robertson EM & Doyon J (2016). Maintaining vs. enhancing motor sequence memories: respective roles of striatal and hippocampal systems. (pp. 423-34). Vol. 108. NeuroImage. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Dormal G, Lepore F, Harissi-Dagher M, Albouy G, Bertone A, Rossion B & Collignon O (2015). Tracking the evolution of crossmodal plasticity and visual functions before and after sight restoration. (pp. 1727-42). Vol. 113. Journal of neurophysiology. Published, 11/01/2015.
  • Fogel SM, Albouy G, Vien C, Popovicci R, King BR, Hoge R, Jbabdi S, Benali H, Karni A, Maquet P, Carrier J & Doyon J (2015). fMRI and sleep correlates of the age-related impairment in motor memory consolidation. Human brain mapping. Vol. 35, 3625-45. Published, 02/01/2015.
  • Albouy G, King BR, Maquet P & Doyon J (2014). Hippocampus and striatum: dynamics and interaction during acquisition and sleep-related motor sequence memory consolidation. Hippocampus. Vol. 23, 985-1004. Published, 06/01/2014.
  • Vandewalle G, Collignon O, Hull JT, Daneault V, Albouy G, Lepore F, Phillips C, Doyon J, Czeisler CA, Dumont M, Lockley SW & Carrier J (2014). Blue light stimulates cognitive brain activity in visually blind individuals. Journal of cognitive neuroscience. Vol. 25, 2072-85. Published, 06/01/2014.
  • Vachon-Presseau E, Roy M, Martel MO, Albouy G, Sullivan MJ, Jackson PL & Rainville P (2014). The two sides of pain communication: effects of pain expressiveness on vicarious brain responses revealed in chronic back pain patients. The journal of pain. Vol. 14, 1407-15. Published, 06/01/2014.
  • Urbain C, Houyoux E, Albouy G & Peigneux P (2014). Consolidation through the looking-glass: sleep-dependent proactive interference on visuomotor adaptation in children. Journal of sleep research. Vol. 23, 44-52. Published, 06/01/2014.
  • Collignon O, Dormal G, Albouy G, Vandewalle G, Voss P, Phillips C & Lepore F (2013). Impact of blindness onset on the functional organization and the connectivity of the occipital cortex. Brain : a journal of neurology. Vol. 136, 2769-83. Published, 11/01/2013.
  • Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Desseilles M, Boly M, Dang-Vu T, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A & Maquet P (2013). Interaction between hippocampal and striatal systems predicts subsequent consolidation of motor sequence memory. (pp. e59490). Vol. 8. PloS one. Published, 09/01/2013.
  • Albouy G, Vandewalle G, Sterpenich V, Rauchs G, Desseilles M, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A & Maquet P (2013). Sleep stabilizes visuomotor adaptation memory: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of sleep research. Vol. 22, 144-54. Published, 09/01/2013.
  • Albouy G, Fogel S, Pottiez H, Nguyen VA, Ray L, Lungu O, Carrier J, Robertson E & Doyon J (2013). Daytime sleep enhances consolidation of the spatial but not motoric representation of motor sequence memory. PloS one. Vol. 8, e52805. Published, 08/01/2013.
  • Vachon-Presseau E, Martel MO, Roy M, Caron E, Albouy G, Marin MF, Plante I, Sullivan MJ, Lupien SJ & Rainville P (2013). Acute stress contributes to individual differences in pain and pain-related brain activity in healthy and chronic pain patients. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Vol. 33, 6826-33. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Vachon-Presseau E, Roy M, Martel MO, Caron E, Marin MF, Chen J, Albouy G, Plante I, Sullivan MJ, Lupien SJ & Rainville P (2013). The stress model of chronic pain: evidence from basal cortisol and hippocampal structure and function in humans. Brain : a journal of neurology. Vol. 136, 815-27. Published, 04/01/2013.
  • Mascetti L, Muto V, Matarazzo L, Foret A, Ziegler E, Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Schmidt C, Degueldre C, Leclercq Y, Phillips C, Luxen A, Vandewalle G, Vogels R, Maquet P & Balteau E (2013). The impact of visual perceptual learning on sleep and local slow-wave initiation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Vol. 33, 3323-31. Published, 04/01/2013.
  • Vachon-Presseau E, Roy M, Martel MO, Albouy G, Chen J, Budell L, Sullivan MJ, Jackson PL & Rainville P (2013). Neural processing of sensory and emotional-communicative information associated with the perception of vicarious pain. NeuroImage. Vol. 63, 54-62. Published, 01/01/2013.
  • Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Desseilles M, Boly M, Dang-Vu T, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A & Maquet P (2012). Neural correlates of performance variability during motor sequence acquisition. NeuroImage. Vol. 60, 324-31. Published, 07/01/2012.
  • Darsaud A, Wagner U, Balteau E, Desseilles M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Collette F, Boly M, Schabus M, Degueldre C, Luxen A & Maquet P (2011). Neural precursors of delayed insight. Journal of cognitive neuroscience. Vol. 23, 1900-10. Published, 09/01/2011.
  • Doyon J, Orban P, Barakat M, Debas K, Lungu O, Albouy G, Fogel S, Proulx S, Laventure S, Deslauriers J, Duchesne C, Carrier J & Benali H (2011). [Functional brain plasticity associated with motor learning]. (pp. 413-20). Vol. 27. Medecine sciences : M/S. Published, 08/01/2011.
  • Collignon O, Vandewalle G, Voss P, Albouy G, Charbonneau G, Lassonde M & Lepore F (2011). Functional specialization for auditory-spatial processing in the occipital cortex of congenitally blind humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 108, 4435-40. Published, 05/01/2011.
  • Orban P, Peigneux P, Lungu O, Albouy G, Breton E, Laberenne F, Benali H, Maquet P & Doyon J (2010). The multifaceted nature of the relationship between performance and brain activity in motor sequence learning. NeuroImage. Vol. 49, 694-702. Published, 01/01/2010.
  • Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Schmidt C, Vandewalle G, Dang Vu TT, Desseilles M, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Balteau E, Collette F, Luxen A & Maquet P (2009). Sleep promotes the neural reorganization of remote emotional memory. (pp. 5143-52). Vol. 29. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Published, 05/01/2009.
  • Desseilles M, Balteau E, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Vandewalle G, Albouy G, Salmon E, Peters F, Schmidt C, Schabus M, Gais S, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A, Ansseau M, Maquet P & Schwartz S (2009). Abnormal neural filtering of irrelevant visual information in depression. (pp. 1395-403). Vol. 29. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Published, 02/01/2009.
  • Albouy G & Maquet P (2009). [Hippocampus, striatum and sequences]. (pp. 921-2). Vol. 24. Medecine sciences : M/S. Published, 01/01/2009.
  • Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Albouy G, Boly M, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Carrier J, Moonen G, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Phillips C & Maquet P (2008). Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 105, 15160-5. Published, 10/01/2008.
  • Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Balteau E, Vandewalle G, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Darsaud A, Ruby P, Luppi PH, Degueldre C, Peigneux P, Luxen A & Maquet P (2008). Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory. Neuron. Vol. 58, 261-72. Published, 05/01/2008.
  • Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Boly M, Vandewalle G, Darsaud A, Balteau E, Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, D'Argembeau A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Collette F & Maquet P (2008). Sleep-related hippocampo-cortical interplay during emotional memory recollection. PLoS biology. Vol. 5, e282. Published, 03/01/2008.
  • Gais S, Albouy G, Boly M, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Maquet P & Peigneux P (2008). Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 104, 18778-83. Published, 01/01/2008.
  • Vandewalle G, Gais S, Schabus M, Balteau E, Carrier J, Darsaud A, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Dijk DJ & Maquet P (2008). Wavelength-dependent modulation of brain responses to a working memory task by daytime light exposure. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). Vol. 17, 2788-95. Published, 01/01/2008.
  • Schabus M, Dang-Vu TT, Albouy G, Balteau E, Boly M, Carrier J, Darsaud A, Degueldre C, Desseilles M, Gais S, Phillips C, Rauchs G, Schnakers C, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Luxen A & Maquet P (2007). Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 104, 13164-9. Published, 09/01/2007.
  • Vandewalle G, Balteau E, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Moreau V, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Peigneux P, Luxen A, Dijk DJ & Maquet P (2006). Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses. (pp. 1616-21). Vol. 16. Current biology : CB. Published, 11/01/2006.
  • Majerus S, Poncelet M, Van der Linden M, Albouy G, Salmon E, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Collette F & Maquet P (2006). The left intraparietal sulcus and verbal short-term memory: focus of attention or serial order?. NeuroImage. Vol. 32, 880-91. Published, 10/01/2006.
  • Albouy G, Ruby P, Phillips C, Luxen A, Peigneux P & Maquet P (2006). Implicit oculomotor sequence learning in humans: Time course of offline processing. Brain research. Vol. 1090, 163-71. Published, 09/01/2006.
  • Sterpenich V, D'Argembeau A, Desseilles M, Balteau E, Albouy G, Vandewalle G, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Collette F & Maquet P (2006). The locus ceruleus is involved in the successful retrieval of emotional memories in humans. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Vol. 26, 7416-23. Published, 07/01/2006.
  • Maquet P, Ruby P, Maudoux A, Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M, Perrin F, Peigneux P & Laureys S (2005). Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data. Progress in brain research. Vol. 150, 219-27. Published, 12/01/2005.
  • Maquet P, Ruby P, Schwartz S, Laureys S, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M, Melchior G & Peigneux P (2005). Regional organisation of brain activity during paradoxical sleep (PS). Archives italiennes de biologie. Vol. 142, 413-9. Published, 01/01/2005.
  • Dolfen N, King BR, Schwabe L & Gann MA (2022). Stress Modulates the Balance between Hippocampal and Motor Networks during Motor Memory Processing. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). Vol. 31, 136513821365-1382. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Gann MA, King BR, Dolfen N, Veldman MP, Chan KL & Puts NAJ (2021). Hippocampal and striatal responses during motor learning are modulated by prefrontal cortex stimulation. NeuroImage. Vol. 237, 118158118158. Published, 10/01/2021.
  • Veldman MP, Dolfen N & Gann MA (2021). Somatosensory Targeted Memory Reactivation Modulates Oscillatory Brain Activity but not Motor Memory Consolidation. Neuroscience. Vol. 465, 203218203-218. Published, 06/01/2021.