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Christina Tortorelli
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Latest papers
Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex Maturational Differences in Children and Adolescents With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
Early adversity, lasting impact: Characterizing cortical morphology in youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026
Associations between white matter asymmetry and communication skills in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025
Latest funding
- $879,750
Brain development and internalizing symptoms in youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
20 publications.
Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex Maturational Differences in Children and Adolescents With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.
Roeske J, Long X, Perdue MV, Long M, Geeraert B, Ghasoub M, Yeates KO, McMorris CA, Pei J, Ben Gibbard W, Tortorelli C, Lebel C
Early adversity, lasting impact: Characterizing cortical morphology in youth with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Scholten C, Gilchrist C, Geeraert B, McMorris C, Ben Gibbard W, Pei J, Beaulieu C, Landman B, Tortorelli C, Lebel C
Associations between white matter asymmetry and communication skills in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Ghasoub M, Scholten C, Perdue M, Long M, Ostertag C, Kar P, McMorris C, Tortorelli C, Gibbard WB, Dewey D, Lebel C
Sex-specific relationships between gray matter volume and executive function in young children with and without prenatal alcohol exposure.
Long M, Kar P, Forkert ND, Landman BA, Giesbrecht GF, Dewey D, Gibbard WB, Tortorelli C, McMorris CA, Huo Y, Lebel C
Properties of the prefrontal tracts and cingulum bundle in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Aghamohammadi-Sereshki A, McMorris CA, Gibbard WB, Tortorelli C, Pike GB, Lebel C
Decreased Cerebral Blood Flow in Young Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.
Ghasoub M, Long M, Roeske J, Perdue MV, Long X, McMorris C, Tortorelli C, Gibbard WB, Lebel C
Sex and age effects on gray matter volume trajectories in young children with prenatal alcohol exposure
Madison Long, Preeti Kar, Nils D. Forkert, Bennett A. Landman, William Ben Gibbard, Christina Tortorelli, Carly A. McMorris, Yuankai Huo, Catherine A. Lebel
Altered markers of brain metabolism and excitability are associated with executive functioning in young children exposed to alcohol in utero.
Perdue MV, Ghasoub M, Long M, DeMayo MM, Bell TK, McMorris CA, Dewey D, Gibbard WB, Tortorelli C, Harris AD, Lebel C
Limbic brain subregions associated with mental health symptoms in youth with and without prenatal alcohol exposure.
Nakhid D, Patel D, McMorris CA, Gibbard WB, Tortorelli C, Pei J, Lebel C
Arcuate fasciculus and pre-reading language development in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Ostertag C, Reynolds JE, Kar P, Dewey D, Gibbard WB, Tortorelli C, Lebel C
Brain development and internalizing symptoms in youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Principal investigators: Lebel, Catherine A
Keywords: Anxiety; Brain Connectivity; Depression; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Resting State Functional Mri
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Catherine Lebel and Gerald Giesbrecht: 70 shared papers
- Deborah Dewey and Catherine Lebel: 57 shared papers
- Deborah Dewey and Gerald Giesbrecht: 53 shared papers
- Christian Beaulieu and Catherine Lebel: 42 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Keith Yeates: 27 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Carly McMorris: 27 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Christina Tortorelli: 19 shared papers
- Keith Yeates and Ashley Harris: 18 shared papers
- Carly McMorris and Christina Tortorelli: 17 shared papers
- Christian Beaulieu and Keith Yeates: 14 shared papers
- Deborah Dewey and Carly McMorris: 12 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Ashley Harris: 10 shared papers
- Ashley Harris and Carly McMorris: 9 shared papers
- Christian Beaulieu and Jacqueline Pei: 6 shared papers
- Deborah Dewey and Sarah MacEachern: 5 shared papers
- Christian Beaulieu and Gilbert Pike: 5 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Jacqueline Pei: 5 shared papers
- Deborah Dewey and Christina Tortorelli: 4 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Gilbert Pike: 4 shared papers
- Gerald Giesbrecht and Carly McMorris: 4 shared papers
- Carly McMorris and Jacqueline Pei: 4 shared papers
- Jacqueline Pei and Christina Tortorelli: 4 shared papers
- Christian Beaulieu and Christina Tortorelli: 3 shared papers
- Carly McMorris and Gilbert Pike: 2 shared papers
- Catherine Lebel and Sarah MacEachern: 1 shared paper
- Keith Yeates and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Gerald Giesbrecht and Sarah MacEachern: 1 shared paper
- Gerald Giesbrecht and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Ashley Harris and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Sarah MacEachern and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Gilbert Pike and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Peter Choate and Christina Tortorelli: 1 shared paper
- Cumming School of Medicine
- Department of Child Studies and Social Work
- Werklund School of Education
- Educational Psychology Dept
- Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept
- Radiology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Eng.
- Department of Psychology
Co-authors at Mount Royal University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Catherine Lebel
Cumming School of Medicine
19 shared papers, latest 2026
Carly McMorris
Werklund School of Education
17 shared papers, latest 2026
Jacqueline Pei
Educational Psychology Dept
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Deborah Dewey
Cumming School of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Christian Beaulieu
Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Gilbert Pike
Radiology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Eng.
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Peter Choate
Department of Child Studies and Social Work
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Keith Yeates
Department of Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gerald Giesbrecht
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Ashley Harris
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Sarah MacEachern
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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