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Sylvain Houle
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Latest papers
In Vivo Characterization of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A [11C]CURB Positron Emission Tomography Study.
Biological psychiatry · 2026
18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes.
Journal of neurology · 2024
Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024
Latest funding
- $990,676
Microglial Activation in Major Depressive Disorder: Relationship to Comorbidity and Loss of Synaptic Density
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $531,675
Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $707,625
The Endocannabinoid System in Borderline Personality Disorder: Relationships to Fluctuations in Anger and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
From the 150 most recent of 515 publications.
In Vivo Characterization of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A [11C]CURB Positron Emission Tomography Study.
Gaudette EV, Green DGJ, Watling SE, Dheda SS, Lora SJ, Zilberman M, Hill MN, Tyndale RF, Richardson JD, McCluskey T, Narciso L, Rusjan PM, Kloiber S, Houle S, Warsh JJ, Boileau I
18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes.
Vasilevskaya A, Anastassiadis C, Thapa S, Taghdiri F, Khodadadi M, Multani N, Rusjan P, Ozzoude M, Tarazi A, Mushtaque A, Wennberg R, Houle S, Green R, Colella B, Vasdev N, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Karikari T, Sato C, Moreno D, Rogaeva E, Mikulis D, Davis KD, Tator C, Tartaglia MC
Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.
Zack M, Behzadi A, Biback C, Chugani B, DiGiacomo D, Fang T, Houle S, Kalia A, Lobo D, Payer D, Poulos CX, Rusjan PM, Smart K, Tatone D, Warsh J, Wilson AA, Kennedy JL
Association Between Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase and Alcohol Response Phenotypes: A Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Study With [11C]CURB in Heavy-Drinking Youth.
Best LM, Hendershot CS, Buckman JF, Jagasar S, McPhee MD, Muzumdar N, Tyndale RF, Houle S, Logan R, Sanches M, Kish SJ, Le Foll B, Boileau I
First-in-Human PET Imaging of [18F]SDM-4MP3: A Cautionary Tale.
Desmond KL, Lindberg A, Garcia A, Tong J, Harkness MB, Dobrota E, Smart K, Uribe C, Meyer JH, Houle S, Strafella AP, Li S, Huang Y, Vasdev N
Investigating TSPO levels in occupation-related posttraumatic stress disorder
Tau‐PET in retired contact sport athletes
Anna V. Vasilevskaya, Foad Taghdiri, Namita Multani, Miracle Ozzoude, Apameh Tarazi, Mozhgan Khodadadi, Richard A Wennberg, Pablo Rusjan, Sylvain Houle, Robin Green, Brenda Colella, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Thomas K. Karikari, David John Mikulis, Karen Deborah Davis, Charles H. Tator, Maria Carmela Tartaglia
Imaging of astrocytes in posttraumatic stress disorder: A PET study with the monoamine oxidase B radioligand [11C]SL25.1188.
Gill T, Watling SE, Richardson JD, McCluskey T, Tong J, Meyer JH, Warsh J, Jetly R, Hutchison MG, Rhind SG, Houle S, Vasdev N, Kish SJ, Boileau I
Investigating the use of plasma pTau181 in retired contact sports athletes.
Vasilevskaya A, Taghdiri F, Multani N, Ozzoude M, Tarazi A, Khodadadi M, Wennberg R, Rusjan P, Houle S, Green R, Colella B, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Karikari T, Mikulis D, Hazrati LN, Kovacs GG, Davis KD, Tator C, Tartaglia MC
In vivo brain endocannabinoid metabolism is related to hippocampus glutamate and structure - a multimodal imaging study with PET, 1H-MRS, and MRI.
Watts JJ, Guma E, Chavez S, Tyndale RF, Ross RA, Houle S, Wilson AA, Chakravarty M, Rusjan PM, Mizrahi R
Microglial Activation in Major Depressive Disorder: Relationship to Comorbidity and Loss of Synaptic Density
Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H
Keywords: Anorexia Nervosa; Major Depressive Disorder; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Positron Emission Tomography; Translocator Protein
Imaging synaptic density in schizophrenia
Principal investigators: Mizrahi, Romina
Keywords: Biomarker; Molecular Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography; Schizophrenia; Synaptic Density; Synaptic Pruning
The Endocannabinoid System in Borderline Personality Disorder: Relationships to Fluctuations in Anger and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions
Principal investigators: Kolla, Nathan J
Keywords: Anger; Borderline Personality Disorder; Endocannabinoid System; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Positron Emission Tomography
Endocannabinoid Metabolism in Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Neuroimaging Studies with the Novel Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Probe, [11C]CURB
Principal investigators: Boileau, Isabelle
Keywords: Amygdala; Endocannabinoid; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Fmri; Positron Emission Tomography; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Threat
Investigating endocannabinoid signaling in relapse to alcohol drinking: neuroimaging studies of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in alcohol use disorder
Principal investigators: Boileau, Isabelle
Keywords: Alcohol Use Disorder; Biomarker; Endocannabinoid; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Relapse
Variation in Drug Metabolism and Response
Principal investigators: Tyndale, Rachel F
Keywords: Drug Dependence; Drug Metabolism; Neuropharmacology; Neurotoxicity; Opioids; Pharmacogenomics; Smoking
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Monoamine Oxidase B in Major Depressive Disorder With and Without Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury
Principal investigators: Meyer, Jeffrey H
Keywords: Depression; Monoamine Oxidase B; Positron Emission Tomography; Traumatic Brain Injury
In-vivo Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Principal investigators: Rusjan, Pablo M; Ameis, Stephanie H
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Genetic Polymorphism (Rs6971); High Resolution Research Tomograph (Hrrt); Microglia Activation; Neuroinflammation; Positron Emission Tomography; Translocator Protein 18 Kda; [18f]-Feppa
Investigating the Endocannabinoid System in Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder with Persistent Violence
Principal investigators: Kolla, Nathan J
Keywords: Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Endocannabinoid System; Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase; Persistent Violence; Positron Emission Tomography; Suicide
Cognitive complications in Parkinson's disease: the contribution of dopamine.
Principal investigators: Strafella, Antonio
Keywords: Cognition; Dopamine; Imaging; Parkinson'S Disease
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
- Sidney Kennedy and Gary Remington: 522 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Gary Remington: 458 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Sidney Kennedy: 369 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Sylvain Houle: 146 shared papers
- Aristotle Voineskos and Benoit Mulsant: 144 shared papers
- Gary Remington and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 127 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Sylvain Houle: 85 shared papers
- Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Benoit Mulsant: 77 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Sylvain Houle: 62 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Pablo Rusjan: 59 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Isabelle Boileau: 55 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Junchao Tong: 55 shared papers
- Neil Vasdev and Sylvain Houle: 53 shared papers
- Aristotle Voineskos and Gary Remington: 46 shared papers
- Antonio Strafella and Sylvain Houle: 46 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Isabelle Boileau: 43 shared papers
- Junchao Tong and Sylvain Houle: 40 shared papers
- Neil Vasdev and Junchao Tong: 37 shared papers
- Rachel Tyndale and Isabelle Boileau: 33 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Neil Vasdev: 30 shared papers
- Antonio Strafella and Pablo Rusjan: 29 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Rachel Tyndale: 28 shared papers
- Gary Remington and Sylvain Houle: 26 shared papers
- Marthe Hurteau and Sylvain Houle: 21 shared papers
- Aristotle Voineskos and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 20 shared papers
- Gary Remington and Benoit Mulsant: 20 shared papers
- Anthony McIntosh and Sylvain Houle: 18 shared papers
- Rachel Tyndale and Sylvain Houle: 16 shared papers
- Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Sylvain Houle: 16 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Sylvain Houle: 15 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Nathan Kolla: 14 shared papers
- Nathan Kolla and Isabelle Boileau: 14 shared papers
- Antonio Strafella and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 14 shared papers
- Antonio Strafella and Christine Ghadery: 14 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Donna Stewart: 12 shared papers
- Nathan Kolla and Sylvain Houle: 12 shared papers
- Benoit Mulsant and Sylvain Houle: 12 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Sidney Kennedy: 11 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Michael Kiang: 11 shared papers
- Gary Remington and Michael Kiang: 10 shared papers
- Isabelle Bourgeois and Marthe Hurteau: 10 shared papers
- Karen Davis and Sylvain Houle: 9 shared papers
- Michael Kiang and Sylvain Houle: 9 shared papers
- Donna Stewart and Sylvain Houle: 9 shared papers
- Sidney Kennedy and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Aristotle Voineskos and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Sandra Black and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Donna Stewart: 8 shared papers
- Stephen Fremes and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Isabelle Bourgeois and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Nathalie Ginovart and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Sylvain Houle and Christine Ghadery: 8 shared papers
- Aristotle Voineskos and Anthony McIntosh: 5 shared papers
- Sandra Black and Pablo Rusjan: 5 shared papers
- Sandra Black and Anthony McIntosh: 5 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Christine Ghadery: 5 shared papers
- Jeffrey Meyer and Nathalie Ginovart: 4 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Karen Davis: 4 shared papers
- Sandra Black and Stephen Fremes: 2 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Nathalie Ginovart: 2 shared papers
- Sidney Kennedy and Karen Davis: 1 shared paper
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- Département d’éducation et pédagogie
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Pablo Rusjan
Department of Psychiatry
146 shared papers, latest 2024
Jeffrey Meyer
Department of Psychiatry
85 shared papers, latest 2023
Romina Mizrahi
Positron, Emission Tomography (PET Centre)
77 shared papers, latest 2022
Isabelle Boileau
Department of Psychiatry
62 shared papers, latest 2026
Neil Vasdev
Department of Psychiatry
53 shared papers, latest 2024
Antonio Strafella
Department of Medicine
46 shared papers, latest 2023
Junchao Tong
Department of Psychiatry
40 shared papers, latest 2023
Jean DaSilva
Medicine/Cardiology
30 shared papers, latest 2003
Gary Remington
Department of Psychiatry
26 shared papers, latest 2019
Marthe Hurteau
Département d’éducation et pédagogie
21 shared papers, latest 2022
Anthony McIntosh
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
18 shared papers, latest 2007
Rachel Tyndale
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
16 shared papers, latest 2023
Ariel Graff-Guerrero
Department of Psychiatry
16 shared papers, latest 2018
Bernard Le Foll
Department of Family & Community Medicine
15 shared papers, latest 2023
Nathan Kolla
Institute of Medical Science
12 shared papers, latest 2022
Benoit Mulsant
Department of Psychiatry
12 shared papers, latest 2016
Michael Kiang
Department of Psychiatry
9 shared papers, latest 2020
Donna Stewart
Department of Psychiatry
9 shared papers, latest 2015
Karen Davis
Department of Surgery
9 shared papers, latest 2024
Christine Ghadery
Department of Medicine
8 shared papers, latest 2020
Isabelle Bourgeois
Faculty
8 shared papers, latest 2018
Foad Taghdiri
Department of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2024
Stephen Kish
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Jim Woodgett
Department of Medical Biophysics
3 shared papers, latest 2012
Charles Tator
Department of Surgery
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Alan Kahn
Department of Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Suvercha Pasricha
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Lucas Narciso
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Samah Hassan
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Morris Freedman
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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