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Martin Parent

ResearcherPsychiatrie et de neurosciencesUniversité Laval

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Martin Parent

Researcher

Psychiatrie et de neurosciences

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (5 NSERC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Acétylcholine Dopamine Ganglions De La Base Maladie De Parkinson Microcircuiterie Neuronale Noyau Subthalamique Primates Sérotonine

Latest papers

Improving Parkinson's disease diagnosis by non-invasive detection of retinal biomarkers in MPTP monkeys using ERG and pupillometry.
NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026 · senior author
WDR44 drives de novo α-synuclein aggregation at the lysosomal membrane and promotes neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
The impact of tau deletion on Huntington's disease: An in vivo perspective.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026

All 69 publications

Latest funding

Guiding DBS surgery optically with a novel and efficient wavelength-swept Raman spectroscopy strategy
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$439,875
Étude comparée des projections ascendantes à sérotonine vers les ganglions de la base chez les rongeurs et les primates
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$54,000
La neuroplasticité du noyau subthalamique et de ses afférences en provenance du tronc cérébral: Implications dans la physiopathologie de la maladie de Parkinson
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$761,175

All 14 grants and awards

69 publications.

Improving Parkinson's disease diagnosis by non-invasive detection of retinal biomarkers in MPTP monkeys using ERG and pupillometry.

Munro J, Lavigne AA, Fecteau S, Di Paolo T, Hébert M, Parent M

NPJ Parkinson's disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-026-01391-y PMID: 42236736

WDR44 drives de novo α-synuclein aggregation at the lysosomal membrane and promotes neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.

Teixeira M, Sheta R, Bérard M, Insinna C, Mahul-Mellier AL, Delmas CVL, Lépinay E, Idi W, Ricard A, Del Cid-Pellitero E, Trabolsi C, Gobeil S, Canron MH, Bézard E, Rajput A, Cicchetti F, Parent M, Fon EA, Ramalingam N, Dettmer U, Calon F, Westlake C, Lashuel HA, Oueslati A

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.03.716340 PMID: 41993512

The impact of tau deletion on Huntington's disease: An in vivo perspective.

Lepinay E, Saint-Pierre M, Teixeira M, Snapyan M, Oueslati A, Parent M, Alpaugh M, Cicchetti F

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2025.11.033 PMID: 41318997

Optimal Deep Brain Stimulation Locations for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.

Sahin IA, Butenko K, Johnson KA, Friedrich H, Oxenford S, Li N, Zvarova P, Hollunder B, Rajamani N, Meyer GM, Neudorfer C, Mustin M, Goede LL, Tietze A, Neumann WJ, Baldermann JC, Dembek T, van der Linden C, von Olberg AC, Kuhn J, Huys D, Andrade P, Schmahl R, Heiden P, Worbe Y, Pyatigorskaya N, Karachi C, Welter ML, Ackermans L, Smeets AYJM, Leentjens AFG, Zhang C, Sun B, Zhang JG, Meng FG, Yu X, Xu X, Ling Z, Servello D, Bona A, Porta M, Mogilner AY, Pourfar MH, Ostrem JL, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Zrinzo L, Joyce EM, Kefalopoulou Z, Postma AA, Romito LM, Vissani M, Mazzoni A, Vilela-Filho O, Lozano AM, Parent M, Sadikot AF, Foote KD, Butson CR, Visser-Vandewalle V, Okun MS, Horn A

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.21.26346772 PMID: 41810380

Distinct Ultrastructural Properties and Plasticity of Synapses Formed by Adult-Born and Early-Born Interneurons in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb.

Snapyan M, Constantinescu VS, Saghatelyan A, Parent M

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1358-24.2025 PMID: 41043993

Millennium Pathways for Tractography: 40 grand challenges to shape the future of tractography.

Descoteaux M, Schilling KG, Aydogan DB, Beaulieu C, Borra E, Chamberland M, Daducci A, Luca A, Dell'Acqua F, Dubois J, Dyrby TB, Farquharson S, Forkel S, Froeling M, Griffa A, Grotheer M, Guevara P, Haber SN, Jangir VK, Leemans A, Lefebvre J, Lin CP, Little G, Zac Lo CY, Maffei C, Mayberg HS, McNab JA, Mukherjee P, O'Donnell LJ, Parent M, Pierpaoli C, Rheault F, Rockland KS, Roebroeck A, Rokem A, Rushmore RJ, Sarubbo S, Schiavi S, Sotiropoulos SN, Szczupak D, de Schotten MT, Tournier JD, Vergani F, Yuan-Mou Yang J, Zhang F, Jones D, Petit L

ArXiv2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.096 PMID: 41256884

Catheter-based polarimetric imaging to complement MRI for deep brain stimulation neurosurgery.

Masoumi S, Sheft M, Quémener M, Bédard A, Noël VP, Parent M, Villiger M, Côté DC

Neurophotonics2025

DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.12.3.035001 PMID: 40735541

Mapping Caudolenticular Gray Matter Bridges in the Human Brain Striatum Through Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Tractography.

Little G, Poirier C, Bore A, Parent M, Petit L, Descoteaux M

Human brain mapping2025

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70245 PMID: 40459517

Brain connectivity: complex, not chaotic.

Borra E, Jones DK, Parent M, Petit L, Rockland KS, Rushmore RJ, Szczupak D

Brain structure & function2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-025-02943-3 PMID: 40445394

Adult Neurogenesis in the Subventricular Zone of Patients with Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases and following Long-Term Treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation.

Snapyan M, Desmeules F, Munro J, Bérard M, Saikali S, Gould PV, Richer M, Pourcher E, Langlois M, Dufresne AM, Prud'homme M, Cantin L, Parent A, Saghatelyan A, Parent M

Annals of neurology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ana.27181 PMID: 39829080

Guiding DBS surgery optically with a novel and efficient wavelength-swept Raman spectroscopy strategy

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Côté, Daniel

Keywords: Deep Brain Surgery; Mri Registration; Optical Spectroscopy; Raman; Track Identification; Wavelength-Swept

$439,875

Étude comparée des projections ascendantes à sérotonine vers les ganglions de la base chez les rongeurs et les primates

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

Keywords: noyaux du raphé; microcircuiterie neuronale; co-transmission; synapse; étude comparée; microscopie électronique; neuromorphologie; singes; tronc cérébral; ganglions de la base

$54,000

La neuroplasticité du noyau subthalamique et de ses afférences en provenance du tronc cérébral: Implications dans la physiopathologie de la maladie de Parkinson

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

Keywords: Acétylcholine; Dopamine; Dyskinésies; Ganglions De La Base; Maladie De Parkinson; Microcircuiterie Neuronale; Noyau Subthalamique; Primates; Stimulations Intracérébrales Profondes (Dbs); Sérotonine

$761,175

Real-time multimodal tools for high resolution image-guided surgery and better treatment of Parkinson's disease

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Côté, Daniel

$318,630

Étude comparée de l'organisation anatomique et neurochimique de la voie striatofuge chez les rongeurs et les primates.

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

$282,000

Développement de la spectrométrie rétinienne pour l'identification de nouveaux biomarqueurs précoces de la maladie de Parkinson

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

$100,000

Etude comparée de lòrganization anatomique et neurochimique de la vois striatofuge chez les rongeurs et le primates

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

$120,000

Real-time multimodal tools for high resolution image-guided surgery and better treatment of Parkinson's disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Côté, Daniel; Munro, Chad R; Parent, Martin

Keywords: Coherent Raman; Dbs; Neurosurgery; Optical Fibers; Parkinson; Reflectance; Spectroscopy

$318,630

La modulation des ganglions de la base par les afférences neurochimiques du tronc cérébral: implication dans la physiopathologie des troubles du mouvement

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parent, Martin

Keywords: Acétylcholine; Dopamine; Ganglions De La Base; Maladie De Parkinson; Microcircuiterie Neuronale; Noyau Subthalamique; Pallidum; Primates; Striatum; Sérotonine

$738,225

Mechanisms of therapeutic efficacy of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Di Paolo-Chenevert, Thérèse

Keywords: Autoradiography; Behavioral Measures; Deep Brain Stimulation; Dopamine; Dopaminomimetic-Induced Dyskinesias; Hplc; Monkey; Mptp; Parkinson; Western Blot

$688,229

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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Martin Parent

Research

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Latest funding

Improving Parkinson's disease diagnosis by non-invasive detection of retinal biomarkers in MPTP monkeys using ERG and pupillometry.

WDR44 drives de novo &#x3b1;-synuclein aggregation at the lysosomal membrane and promotes neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.

The impact of tau deletion on Huntington's disease: An in vivo perspective.

Optimal Deep Brain Stimulation Locations for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.

Distinct Ultrastructural Properties and Plasticity of Synapses Formed by Adult-Born and Early-Born Interneurons in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb.

Millennium Pathways for Tractography: 40 grand challenges to shape the future of tractography.

Catheter-based polarimetric imaging to complement MRI for deep brain stimulation neurosurgery.

Mapping Caudolenticular Gray Matter Bridges in the Human Brain Striatum Through Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Tractography.

Brain connectivity: complex, not chaotic.

Adult Neurogenesis in the Subventricular Zone of Patients with Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases and following Long-Term Treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation.

Guiding DBS surgery optically with a novel and efficient wavelength-swept Raman spectroscopy strategy

Étude comparée des projections ascendantes à sérotonine vers les ganglions de la base chez les rongeurs et les primates

La neuroplasticité du noyau subthalamique et de ses afférences en provenance du tronc cérébral: Implications dans la physiopathologie de la maladie de Parkinson

Real-time multimodal tools for high resolution image-guided surgery and better treatment of Parkinson's disease

Étude comparée de l'organisation anatomique et neurochimique de la voie striatofuge chez les rongeurs et les primates.

Développement de la spectrométrie rétinienne pour l'identification de nouveaux biomarqueurs précoces de la maladie de Parkinson

Etude comparée de lòrganization anatomique et neurochimique de la vois striatofuge chez les rongeurs et le primates

Real-time multimodal tools for high resolution image-guided surgery and better treatment of Parkinson's disease

La modulation des ganglions de la base par les afférences neurochimiques du tronc cérébral: implication dans la physiopathologie des troubles du mouvement

Mechanisms of therapeutic efficacy of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease

Frequent collaborators

Armen Saghatelyan

Francesca Cicchetti

Armen Saghatelyan

Abid Oueslati

Marie-Ève Tremblay

Shirley Fecteau

Thomas Durcan

Marie-Ève Tremblay

Janelle Drouin-Ouellet

Pierre Chaurand

Madeleine Sharp

Jean-Baptiste Poline

Philippe Huot

Jason Karamchandani

Jason Karamchandani

Jing Wang

Philippe Huot

Kevin Petrecca

Christian Beaulieu

Jean-Pierre Julien

Martin Lévesque

Kevin Petrecca

Alain Dagher

Younès Messaddeq

Louis-Eric Trudeau

Dusica Maysinger

Oury Monchi

Karl Fernandes

Michel Panisset

Angela Genge

Paul De Koninck

Frédéric Calon

Serge Rivest

WDR44 drives de novo α-synuclein aggregation at the lysosomal membrane and promotes neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.