Pierre Bellec, McGill University

Research

Dementia Quality Of Life Therapy Brain Disease Cognition Diagnosis Prevention Treatment

Latest papers

Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action.
Science bulletin · 2025 · senior author
Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions.
Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023
Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry.
Biological psychiatry · 2023

All 53 publications

Latest funding

Central nervous system mechanisms underlying the effects of exercise therapy on chronic low back pain .
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$642,600
The effect of chronic anti-hypertensive treatment on emotional and autobiographical memory
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$439,589
H. Chertkow Expression of Interest for CCNA
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$71,606

All 5 grants and awards

53 publications.

01

Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action.

Zhang Y, Fan L, Hao Y, Dagher A, Jiang T, Bellec P

Science bulletin2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.08.029 PMID: 39256082

02

Brain functional connectivity mirrors genetic pleiotropy in psychiatric conditions.

Moreau CA, Kumar K, Harvey A, Huguet G, Urchs SGW, Schultz LM, Sharmarke H, Jizi K, Martin CO, Younis N, Tamer P, Martineau JL, Orban P, Silva AI, Hall J, van den Bree MBM, Owen MJ, Linden DEJ, Lippé S, Bearden CE, Almasy L, Glahn DC, Thompson PM, Bourgeron T, Bellec P, Jacquemont S

Brain : a journal of neurology2023

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac315 PMID: 36059063

03

Genetic Heterogeneity Shapes Brain Connectivity in Psychiatry.

Moreau CA, Harvey A, Kumar K, Huguet G, Urchs SGW, Douard EA, Schultz LM, Sharmarke H, Jizi K, Martin CO, Younis N, Tamer P, Rolland T, Martineau JL, Orban P, Silva AI, Hall J, van den Bree MBM, Owen MJ, Linden DEJ, Labbe A, Lippé S, Bearden CE, Almasy L, Glahn DC, Thompson PM, Bourgeron T, Bellec P, Jacquemont S

Biological psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.024 PMID: 36372570

04

Functional connectivity subtypes associate robustly with ASD diagnosis.

Urchs SGW, Tam A, Orban P, Moreau C, Benhajali Y, Nguyen HD, Evans AC, Bellec P

eLife2022Senior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.56257 PMID: 36444973

05

Predicting future cognitive decline from non-brain and multimodal brain imaging data in healthy and pathological aging.

Hebling Vieira B, Liem F, Dadi K, Engemann DA, Gramfort A, Bellec P, Craddock RC, Damoiseaux JS, Steele CJ, Yarkoni T, Langer N, Margulies DS, Varoquaux G

Neurobiology of aging2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.06.008 PMID: 35878565

06

Beyond advertising: New infrastructures for publishing integrated research objects.

DuPre E, Holdgraf C, Karakuzu A, Tetrel L, Bellec P, Stikov N, Poline JB

PLoS computational biology2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009651 PMID: 34990466

07

Data-Driven Analyses of Longitudinal Hippocampal Imaging Trajectories: Discrimination and Biomarker Prediction of Change Classes.

Drouin SM, McFall GP, Potvin O, Bellec P, Masellis M, Duchesne S, Dixon RA, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2022

DOI: 10.3233/jad-215289 PMID: 35570482

08

Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics.

Moreau CA, Raznahan A, Bellec P, Chakravarty M, Thompson PM, Jacquemont S

Brain : a journal of neurology2021

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab096 PMID: 33704401

09

Functional annotation of human cognitive states using deep graph convolution.

Zhang Y, Tetrel L, Thirion B, Bellec P

NeuroImage2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117847 PMID: 33582272

10

Cerebral functional networks during sleep in young and older individuals.

Daneault V, Orban P, Martin N, Dansereau C, Godbout J, Pouliot P, Dickinson P, Gosselin N, Vandewalle G, Maquet P, Lina JM, Doyon J, Bellec P, Carrier J

Scientific reports2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84417-0 PMID: 33649377

Central nervous system mechanisms underlying the effects of exercise therapy on chronic low back pain .

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Roy, Mathieu

Keywords: Brain Imaging; Chronic Low Back Pain; Inflammation; Physical Exercise

$642,600

The effect of chronic anti-hypertensive treatment on emotional and autobiographical memory

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pruessner, Jens C

Keywords: Emotional Memory; Hypertension; Memory Consolidation; Neuroimaging; Propranolol

$439,589

H. Chertkow Expression of Interest for CCNA

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging - EOI

Principal investigators: Chertkow, Howard M; Andrew, Melissa K; Bartha, Robert; Bellec, Pierre; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bergman, Howard; Black, Sandra E; Borrie, Michael J; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Cashman, Neil R; Collins, Donald L; Cuello, A. Claudio G; Darvesh, Sultan; Dixon, Roger A; Duchesne, Simon; Evans, Alan C; Feldman, Howard; Gauthier, Serge G; Greenwood, Carol E; Herrmann, Nathan; Hogan, David B; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Jacklin, Kristen M; Masellis, Mario; Mihailidis, Alex; Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Morgan, Debra G; Naglie, Gary; Phillips, Natalie A; Poirier, Judes; Rockwood, Kenneth; Rylett, Jane R; Sadavoy, Joel; Smith, Eric E; ST GEORGE-HYSLOP, Peter H; Wellington, Cheryl L; Westaway, David

Keywords: Brain Disease; Cognition; Dementia; Diagnosis; Prevention; Quality Of Life; Therapy; Treatment

$71,606

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging - Full Proposal

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigators: Chertkow, Howard M; Andrew, Melissa K; Bartha, Robert; Bellec, Pierre; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bergman, Howard; Bherer, Louis; Black, Sandra E; Borrie, Michael J; Bourassa, Carrie A; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Cashman, Neil R; Collins, Donald L; Cuello, A. Claudio G; Darvesh, Sultan; Dixon, Roger A; Duchesne, Simon; Einstein, Gillian; Evans, Alan C; Feldman, Howard; Gauthier, Serge G; Greenwood, Carol E; Herrmann, Nathan; Hogan, David B; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Jacklin, Kristen M; Lanctôt, Krista L; Masellis, Mario; McGilton, Katherine S; Mihailidis, Alex; Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Morgan, Debra G; Naglie, Gary; Phillips, Natalie A; Poirier, Judes; Rapoport, Mark J; Rockwood, Kenneth; Rylett, Jane R; Sadavoy, Joel; Schipper, Hyman M; Seitz, Dallas P; Smith, Eric E; ST GEORGE-HYSLOP, Peter H; Tierney, Mary C; Vedel, Isabelle; Wellington, Cheryl L; Westaway, David

Keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Biomarkers; Brain; Brain Imaging; Comorbidity; Dementia; Epigenetics; Neurodegeneration; Quality Of Life; Therapy

$22,010,000

Functional connectivity of resting state activity as a neuroimaging biomarker for Alzheimer's disease

SupervisorCIHR2011Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Dickinson, Philip G

Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer'S Disease; Biomarkers; Brain Networks; Fmri; Functional Connectivity; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Neuroimaging; Resting State

$105,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Jean Gotman and Jean Gotman: 221 shared papers
Julien Doyon and Julien Doyon: 105 shared papers
Christophe Grova and Christophe Grova: 69 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Pierre Bellec: 53 shared papers
Jean Gotman and Christophe Grova: 29 shared papers
Jean Gotman and Christophe Grova: 29 shared papers
Christophe Grova and Jean Gotman: 29 shared papers
Christophe Grova and Jean Gotman: 29 shared papers
Amanpreet Badhwar and Amanpreet Badhwar: 29 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Oury Monchi: 28 shared papers
Julie Carrier and Julien Doyon: 28 shared papers
Julie Carrier and Julien Doyon: 28 shared papers
Sylvia Villeneuve and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 22 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Pierre Orban: 13 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Pierre Orban: 13 shared papers
Alain Dagher and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 9 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Julien Doyon: 8 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Julien Doyon: 8 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Julien Doyon: 8 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Julie Carrier: 7 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Mario Masellis: 7 shared papers
Julien Doyon and Pierre Orban: 7 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Alain Dagher: 6 shared papers
Julie Carrier and Gilles Vandewalle: 6 shared papers
Julie Carrier and Oury Monchi: 6 shared papers
Gilles Vandewalle and Julien Doyon: 5 shared papers
Gilles Vandewalle and Julien Doyon: 5 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Amanpreet Badhwar: 5 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Amanpreet Badhwar: 5 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Amanpreet Badhwar: 5 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Amanpreet Badhwar: 5 shared papers
Mario Masellis and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 5 shared papers
Alain Dagher and Julien Doyon: 5 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Michael Petrides: 4 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Pierre Bellec: 4 shared papers
Julie Carrier and Pierre Bellec: 4 shared papers
Howard Chertkow and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 4 shared papers
Alain Dagher and Oury Monchi: 4 shared papers
Alain Dagher and Amir Shmuel: 4 shared papers
Pedro Rosa-Neto and Amir Shmuel: 4 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Pierre Bellec: 3 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Pierre Bellec: 3 shared papers
Michael Petrides and Julien Doyon: 3 shared papers
Michael Petrides and Julien Doyon: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Christophe Grova: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Alain Dagher: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Sylvia Villeneuve: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Christophe Grova: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Amir Shmuel: 3 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Sylvia Villeneuve: 3 shared papers
Pierre Orban and Adrianna Mendrek: 3 shared papers
Oury Monchi and Howard Chertkow: 2 shared papers
Michael Petrides and Pierre Bellec: 2 shared papers
Jean Gotman and Pierre Bellec: 2 shared papers
Gilles Vandewalle and Pierre Bellec: 2 shared papers
Howard Chertkow and Pierre Bellec: 2 shared papers
Howard Chertkow and Mario Masellis: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Mario Masellis: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Oury Monchi: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Adrianna Mendrek: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Sebastien Jacquemont: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Jean Gotman: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Adrianna Mendrek: 2 shared papers
Pierre Bellec and Sebastien Jacquemont: 2 shared papers
Pierre Orban and Sebastien Jacquemont: 1 shared paper

Neurology and Neurosurgery
Psychology
Informatique et recherche opérationnelle
Brain Imaging Centre
Centre d'étude du sommeil
Centre de recherche
Biomedical Engineering
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1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Dementia Dear Professor Bellec, 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 "Connectome-constrained neural decoding reveals a representational hierarchy from perception to cognition to action." (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]