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Amir Shmuel

ResearcherMcGill University

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Amir Shmuel

Researcher

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (8 NSERC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Research

Brain Cerebral Cortex Cortical Areas Functional Mri Histology Immunohistochemistry Parcellation Resting-State Functional Connectivity

Latest papers

Optimizing Ex Vivo MRI and Controlling the Roll of the Specimen Using Container- and Brain-Specific 3D-Printed Holders.
Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2026 · senior author
Geometric Microstructural Characteristics of White Matter Differentiate Patients With Facial Dyskinesias and Palsy.
CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026
fMRI measures of interocular luminance masking reflect rapid binocular plasticity.
Vision research · 2026

All 50 publications

Latest funding

Synthetic Synapses: Engineering Next-Generation Biomimetic Electrodes for Enhanced Neural Integration
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$913,410
A cutting-edge radio-frequency coil for structural and functional MRI of the primate brain at ultra-high magnetic field
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$148,861
Mapping the functional topography in the human visual cortex with model-guided functional imaging
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$581,400

All 18 grants and awards

50 publications.

Optimizing Ex Vivo MRI and Controlling the Roll of the Specimen Using Container- and Brain-Specific 3D-Printed Holders.

Boopathy Jegathambal SK, Bambace S, Kim S, Wang J, Zhu AX, Kumar GMK, Hao Z, Liu HR, Bortel A, Fouquet JP, Rudko DA, Shmuel A

Magnetic resonance in medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70591 PMID: 42764723

Geometric Microstructural Characteristics of White Matter Differentiate Patients With Facial Dyskinesias and Palsy.

Zhu H, Yang A, Luan J, Xu M, Liu B, Lv K, Hu P, Shmuel A, Zhu H, Yuan Z, Shu N, Cheng J, Ma G

CNS neuroscience & therapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1002/cns.70733 PMID: 41603069

fMRI measures of interocular luminance masking reflect rapid binocular plasticity.

Sujanthan S, Farahani A, Kingdom FAA, Shmuel A, Mendola JD

Vision research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2025.108712 PMID: 41175682

Reduced local functional connectivity correlates with atypical performances in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Ye F, Hu P, Yang A, Du L, Xu X, Liu J, Luan J, Xu M, Lv K, Liu B, Wang K, Wang Y, Shu N, Ouyang G, Yu H, Wang Y, Yuan Z, Shmuel A, Xu P, Zhang Q, Ma G

Brain imaging and behavior2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11682-025-00990-2 PMID: 40047998

Individual Variability in the Structural Connectivity Architecture of the Human Brain.

Huang 黄伟杰 W, Chen 陈豪杰 H, Liu 刘桢钊 Z, Dong 董心怡 X, Feng 冯国政 G, Liu 刘广芳 G, Yang 杨奡偲 A, Zhang 张占军 Z, Shmuel A, Su 苏里 L, Ma 马国林 G, Shu 舒妮 N

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2139-23.2024 PMID: 39667899

Regional brain iron correlates with transcriptional and cellular signatures in Alzheimer's disease.

Yang A, Luan J, Xu M, Du L, Lv K, Hu P, Shu N, Yuan Z, Shmuel A, Ma G

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

DOI: 10.1002/alz.14459 PMID: 39876820

Exploring the prognostic value and biological pathways of transcriptomics and radiomics patterns in glioblastoma multiforme.

Luan J, Zhang D, Liu B, Yang A, Lv K, Hu P, Yu H, Shmuel A, Zhang C, Ma G

Heliyon2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33760 PMID: 39071633

Disrupted cerebellar structural connectome in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 and its association with transcriptional profiles.

Dong X, Liu B, Huang W, Chen H, Zhang Y, Yao Z, Shmuel A, Yang A, Dai Z, Ma G, Shu N

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2024

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae238 PMID: 38850215

Decreased brain iron deposition based on quantitative susceptibility mapping correlates with reduced neurodevelopmental status in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Du L, Ye F, Gao W, Yang A, Luan J, Xu M, Lv K, Hu P, Liu B, Yu H, Wang Y, Huang W, Shu N, Ouyang G, Yin Q, Shmuel A, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Xu P, Ma G

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2024

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae081 PMID: 38696609

Associations of quantitative susceptibility mapping with cortical atrophy and brain connectome in Alzheimer's disease: A multi-parametric study.

Chen H, Yang A, Huang W, Du L, Liu B, Lv K, Luan J, Hu P, Shmuel A, Shu N, Ma G

NeuroImage2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120555 PMID: 38447683

Synthetic Synapses: Engineering Next-Generation Biomimetic Electrodes for Enhanced Neural Integration

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kennedy, Timothy E

Keywords: Heparan Sulfate; Hspg; Molecular Biomimicry; Neural Biocompatibility; Neural Prosthetic; Polyelectrolyte; Synaptogenesis; Synthetic Synapse

$913,410

A cutting-edge radio-frequency coil for structural and functional MRI of the primate brain at ultra-high magnetic field

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Shmuel, Amir

$148,861

Mapping the functional topography in the human visual cortex with model-guided functional imaging

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bashivan, Pouya

Keywords: Artificial Neural Networks; Category-Selectivity; Face Patch; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Inferotemporal Cortex; Parahippocampal Place Area; Topographical Organizat; V4; Ventral Visual Cortex; Visual Cortex

$581,400

Unraveling the mesoscopic functional organization of the human visual cortex using high-field MRI

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Shmuel, Amir

$235,000

Evaluation, optimization and validation of structural and functional MRI-based parcellation of the cerebral cortex

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shmuel, Amir

Keywords: Brain; Cerebral Cortex; Cortical Areas; Functional Mri; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Parcellation; Resting-State Functional Connectivity; Structural Mri

$983,025

Scanning histology and immunohistochemistry-prepared tissue for bridging across scales of molecular, cellular, systems and imaging neuroscience

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Shmuel, Amir

$150,000

McGill's Neuroimaging Computing Platform

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Baillet, Sylvain

$139,000

The cellular basis of neurovascular coupling in the cerebral cortex.

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Hamel, Edith

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Cerebral Blood Flow; Electrical Stimulation; In Vivo Electrophysiological Recordings; Modulation Of Cortical Activity; Neuronal Pathways; Optogenetic Stimulation

$772,094

Mechanisms of high-resolution functional imaging and of decoding information conveyed by cortical columns

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Shmuel, Amir

$285,000

NSERC CREATE Program in Medical Image Analysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Siddiqi, Kaleem

$1,650,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Amir Shmuel

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Optimizing Ex Vivo MRI and Controlling the Roll of the Specimen Using Container- and Brain-Specific 3D-Printed Holders.

Geometric Microstructural Characteristics of White Matter Differentiate Patients With Facial Dyskinesias and Palsy.

fMRI measures of interocular luminance masking reflect rapid binocular plasticity.

Reduced local functional connectivity correlates with atypical performances in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Individual Variability in the Structural Connectivity Architecture of the Human Brain.

Regional brain iron correlates with transcriptional and cellular signatures in Alzheimer's disease.

Exploring the prognostic value and biological pathways of transcriptomics and radiomics patterns in glioblastoma multiforme.

Disrupted cerebellar structural connectome in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 and its association with transcriptional profiles.

Decreased brain iron deposition based on quantitative susceptibility mapping correlates with reduced neurodevelopmental status in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Associations of quantitative susceptibility mapping with cortical atrophy and brain connectome in Alzheimer's disease: A multi-parametric study.

Synthetic Synapses: Engineering Next-Generation Biomimetic Electrodes for Enhanced Neural Integration

A cutting-edge radio-frequency coil for structural and functional MRI of the primate brain at ultra-high magnetic field

Mapping the functional topography in the human visual cortex with model-guided functional imaging

Unraveling the mesoscopic functional organization of the human visual cortex using high-field MRI

Evaluation, optimization and validation of structural and functional MRI-based parcellation of the cerebral cortex

Scanning histology and immunohistochemistry-prepared tissue for bridging across scales of molecular, cellular, systems and imaging neuroscience

McGill's Neuroimaging Computing Platform

The cellular basis of neurovascular coupling in the cerebral cortex.

Mechanisms of high-resolution functional imaging and of decoding information conveyed by cortical columns

NSERC CREATE Program in Medical Image Analysis

Frequent collaborators

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Alain Dagher

Pierre Bellec

Pierre Bellec

Pierre Orban

John Breitner

Jamie Near

Douglas Arnold

Serge Gauthier

Serge Gauthier

Howard Chertkow

Amanpreet Badhwar

Amanpreet Badhwar

Sylvie Belleville

Stefan Everling

Edith Hamel

Oury Monchi

Oury Monchi

Sylvie Belleville