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Gilles Plourde

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ProfessorDepartment of AnesthesiaMcGill University

Gilles Plourde

Professor

Department of Anesthesia

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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MNI - Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital

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Research

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Clinical anesthetic care functional brain imaging neural circuits use of drug administration methods

Latest papers

Effects of propofol on high-density EEG in disorders of consciousness: An exploratory study of patient-specific neurophysiological modulation.
NeuroImage · 2026
Electroencephalogram spectral power changes signalling the loss of volitional control induced by propofol: a secondary analysis of an observational study in spinal surgery patients.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026 · senior author
Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia.
Anesthesiology · 2025

All 14 publications

14 publications.

Effects of propofol on high-density EEG in disorders of consciousness: An exploratory study of patient-specific neurophysiological modulation.

Girard Pepin R, Jutras R, Lahaie L, Bazregarzadeh H, Martin A, Maschke C, Badawy M, Létourneau J, Plourde G, Briand MM, Bernard F, Blain-Moraes S, Duclos C

NeuroImage20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121915 PMID: 41967785

Electroencephalogram spectral power changes signalling the loss of volitional control induced by propofol: a secondary analysis of an observational study in spinal surgery patients.

Tanabe S, Rokos A, Duc F, Arseneau F, Shahiri S, Plourde G

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03099-2 PMID: 42009990

Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia.

Vincent KF, Pal D, Xie Z, Fox AP, White ER, Kelz MB, García PS, Calderon DP, Plourde G, Vlisides PE, Solt K

Anesthesiology2025

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005600 PMID: 40923827

A neurophysiological basis for aperiodic EEG and the background spectral trend.

Brake N, Duc F, Rokos A, Arseneau F, Shahiri S, Khadra A, Plourde G

Nature communications2024152 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45922-8 PMID: 38374047

Brain Responses to Propofol in Advance of Recovery from Coma and Disorders of Consciousness: A Preliminary Study.

Duclos C, Maschke C, Mahdid Y, Nadin D, Rokos A, Arbour C, Badawy M, Létourneau J, Owen AM, Plourde G, Blain-Moraes S

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2022

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202105-1223oc PMID: 34748722

Brain network motif topography may predict emergence from disorders of consciousness: a case series.

Nadin D, Duclos C, Mahdid Y, Rokos A, Badawy M, Létourneau J, Arbour C, Plourde G, Blain-Moraes S

Neuroscience of consciousness202011 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nc/niaa017 PMID: 33376599

Handgrip dynamometry for continuous assessment of volitional control during induction of anesthesia: a prospective observational study.

Guay CS, Plourde G

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-018-1224-x PMID: 30229542

Attenuation of High-Frequency (50–200 Hz) Thalamocortical Electroencephalographic Rhythms by Isoflurane in Rats Is More Pronounced for the Thalamus Than for the Cortex

Gilles Plourde, Sean J. Reed, C. Andrew Chapman

Anesthesia & Analgesia201612 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001166 PMID: 26836135

Attenuation of high-frequency (50-200 Hz) thalamocortical EEG rhythms by propofol in rats is more pronounced for the thalamus than for the cortex.

Reed SJ, Plourde G

PloS one2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123287 PMID: 25875024

The sensory thalamus and cerebral motor cortex are affected concurrently during induction of anesthesia with propofol: a case series with intracranial electroencephalogram recordings.

Verdonck O, Reed SJ, Hall J, Gotman J, Plourde G

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie201420 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-0100-y PMID: 24449402

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Gilles Plourde

Research

Latest papers

Effects of propofol on high-density EEG in disorders of consciousness: An exploratory study of patient-specific neurophysiological modulation.

Electroencephalogram spectral power changes signalling the loss of volitional control induced by propofol: a secondary analysis of an observational study in spinal surgery patients.

Current and Developing Approaches for Facilitating Emergence from General Anesthesia.

A neurophysiological basis for aperiodic EEG and the background spectral trend.

Brain Responses to Propofol in Advance of Recovery from Coma and Disorders of Consciousness: A Preliminary Study.

Brain network motif topography may predict emergence from disorders of consciousness: a case series.

Handgrip dynamometry for continuous assessment of volitional control during induction of anesthesia: a prospective observational study.

Attenuation of High-Frequency (50–200 Hz) Thalamocortical Electroencephalographic Rhythms by Isoflurane in Rats Is More Pronounced for the Thalamus Than for the Cortex

Attenuation of high-frequency (50-200 Hz) thalamocortical EEG rhythms by propofol in rats is more pronounced for the thalamus than for the cortex.

The sensory thalamus and cerebral motor cortex are affected concurrently during induction of anesthesia with propofol: a case series with intracranial electroencephalogram recordings.

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Duclos

Caroline Arbour

Stefanie Blain-Moraes

Pierre Fiset

Clifton Chapman

Anmar Khadra

Francis Bernard

Jean Gotman

Alain Deschamps

Jeffrey Mogil