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Jocelyn Zwicker

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Jocelyn Zwicker

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Cramps as the initial presentation of CANVAS/RFC1-related disorder.
Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026
Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study of Longitudinal Palliative Care for Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Muscle & nerve · 2026 · first author
Atypical features including acquired oculomotor apraxia in C9orf72-associated familial primary lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Human Rights Law and Communication Neuroprostheses: Freedom of Thought and Speech, Mental Privacy, and Equality
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$474,211
NMD4C: the neuromuscular network for Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000

All 2 grants and awards

22 publications.

Cramps as the initial presentation of CANVAS/RFC1-related disorder.

Machado J, Zwicker J, Bourque PR, Lochmüller H, Warman-Chardon J, Aleman A, Oelbrandt F, Breiner A

Journal of neuromuscular diseases2026

DOI: 10.1177/22143602261485644 PMID: 42758088

Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study of Longitudinal Palliative Care for Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Zwicker J, Smith IC, Bush SH, Rice J, Murphy R, Breiner A, Buenger U, Zehrt B, Warman-Chardon J, Watt CL

Muscle & nerve2026First author

DOI: 10.1002/mus.70283 PMID: 42151714

Atypical features including acquired oculomotor apraxia in C9orf72-associated familial primary lateral sclerosis.

Hostetler N, Zakutney S, Pringle CE, Zwicker J, Breiner A

Journal of neuromuscular diseases2026

DOI: 10.1177/22143602251380427 PMID: 41004400

Case Series Assessing the Use of Levetiracetam for Gait Improvement in Primary Lateral Sclerosis.

Allen MD, Carter D, Warman-Chardon J, Zwicker J, Breiner A

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2025

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10465 PMID: 41332131

Qualitative Analysis of Initial Palliative Care Consultations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Watt CL, Smith IC, Rice J, Murphy R, Breiner A, Duff MLV, Nogo D, Bush SH, McNeely S, Buenger U, Zehrt B, Zwicker J

Journal of pain and symptom management2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.03.024 PMID: 38574876

Brachial Plexopathy Following Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Fereshtehnejad SM, Ruel M, Bourque PR, Warman-Chardon J, Kontolemos M, Zwicker J

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2023.240 PMID: 37272520

Palliative care at any stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective feasibility study.

Zwicker J, Smith IC, Rice J, Murphy R, Breiner A, McNeely S, Duff M, Buenger U, Zehrt B, Nogo D, Watt CL

Frontiers in medicine2023First author

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1204816 PMID: 37780560

The Case for Peer Review in EEG: An Institution's Call to Arms.

Zwicker J, Cortel-Leblanc A, Benbadis S, Fantaneanu TA

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2023First author

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2022.15 PMID: 35189988

Novel Homozygous Variant in COQ7 in Siblings With Hereditary Motor Neuropathy.

Smith IC, Pileggi CA, Wang Y, Kernohan K, Hartley T, McMillan HJ, Sampaio ML, Melkus G, Woulfe J, Parmar G, Bourque PR, Breiner A, Zwicker J, Pringle CE, Jarinova O, Lochmüller H, Dyment DA, Brais B, Boycott KM, Care4Rare Canada Consortium,, Hekimi S, Harper ME, Warman-Chardon J

Neurology. Genetics2023

DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200048 PMID: 37077559

Quantitative vs qualitative muscle MRI: Imaging biomarker in patients with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD).

Melkus G, Sampaio ML, Smith IC, Rakhra KS, Bourque PR, Breiner A, Zwicker J, Lochmüller H, Brais B, Warman-Chardon J

Neuromuscular disorders : NMD2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2022.09.010 PMID: 36462961

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Jocelyn Zwicker

Research

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Cramps as the initial presentation of CANVAS/RFC1-related disorder.

Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study of Longitudinal Palliative Care for Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Atypical features including acquired oculomotor apraxia in C9orf72-associated familial primary lateral sclerosis.

Case Series Assessing the Use of Levetiracetam for Gait Improvement in Primary Lateral Sclerosis.

Qualitative Analysis of Initial Palliative Care Consultations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Brachial Plexopathy Following Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Palliative care at any stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective feasibility study.

The Case for Peer Review in EEG: An Institution's Call to Arms.

Novel Homozygous Variant in COQ7 in Siblings With Hereditary Motor Neuropathy.

Quantitative vs qualitative muscle MRI: Imaging biomarker in patients with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD).

Human Rights Law and Communication Neuroprostheses: Freedom of Thought and Speech, Mental Privacy, and Equality

NMD4C: the neuromuscular network for Canada

Frequent collaborators

Jodi Warman Chardon

Jill Rice

Gerd Melkus

Peter Tanuseputro

Bernard Brais

John Scott

Olga Jarinova

Paula Enright

Pierre Bourque

Sarah Walsh

Sharon Chih

Kristin Kernohan

Bernard Brais

Taila Hartley

Colleen Webber

Siegfried Hekimi

Christine Watt

Marc Ruel

Mary-Ellen Harper

John Woulfe

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