Jennifer Barr, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest papers

Midbrain and pallidal iron changes identify patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease.
NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025
Increased mean diffusivity of the caudal motor SNc identifies patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease.
NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2024
Subregional analysis of striatum iron in Parkinson's disease and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder.
NeuroImage. Clinical · 2023

All 4 publications

4 publications.

01

Midbrain and pallidal iron changes identify patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease.

Alushaj E, Kuurstra A, Menon RS, Ganjavi H, Morava A, Sharma M, Kashgari A, Barr J, Reisman W, Khan AR, MacDonald PA

NPJ Parkinson's disease2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-00916-1 PMID: 40268921

02

Increased mean diffusivity of the caudal motor SNc identifies patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease.

Alushaj E, Hemachandra D, Ganjavi H, Seergobin KN, Sharma M, Kashgari A, Barr J, Reisman W, Khan AR, MacDonald PA

NPJ Parkinson's disease2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-024-00731-0 PMID: 38951528

03

Subregional analysis of striatum iron in Parkinson's disease and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder.

Alushaj E, Hemachandra D, Kuurstra A, Menon RS, Ganjavi H, Sharma M, Kashgari A, Barr J, Reisman W, Khan AR, MacDonald PA

NeuroImage. Clinical2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103519 PMID: 37797434

04

Depression and hypomania symptoms are associated with high dose corticosteroids treatment for MS relapses.

Morrow SA, Barr J, Rosehart H, Ulch S

Journal of affective disorders2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.08.040 PMID: 26334182

Frequent collaborators

Hooman Ganjavi

Department of Psychiatry

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Barr, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Midbrain and pallidal iron changes identify patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's disease." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]