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Numa Dancause

ResearcherNeurosciencesUniversité de Montréal

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Numa Dancause

Researcher

Neurosciences

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

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.
13 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 11 research grants (6 CIHR, 5 NSERC), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2026.

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Research

Plasticity Recovery Stroke Contralesional Cortex Monkey Motor Recovery Connections

Latest papers

Sex-Specific Differences in Response to Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Recovery From Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Retrospective Analysis of the NORTHSTAR Trial.
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over premotor and parietal cortex improves upper limb proprioception.
Brain research · 2026 · senior author
Motor Recovery After a Hemispherectomy: Review of Mechanisms and the Potential of Neuromodulation to Enhance Motor Outcomes.
Journal of child neurology · 2026

All 29 publications

Latest funding

Une neuroprothese autonome et flexible supportant la production de stimulations personnalisees
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$120,000
RE-MOVE: Restoring movement, removing barriers
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Reorganization of physiological connectivity across the sensorimotor network after stroke
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$1,124,550

All 15 grants and awards

29 publications.

Sex-Specific Differences in Response to Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Recovery From Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Retrospective Analysis of the NORTHSTAR Trial.

Jo D, Hildesheim FE, Dancause N, Thiel A, Edwards JD

Neurorehabilitation and neural repair2026

DOI: 10.1177/15459683261477086 PMID: 42703961

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over premotor and parietal cortex improves upper limb proprioception.

Allahverdloo E, Abdollahi I, Quessy S, Neva J, Dancause N

Brain research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2026.150297 PMID: 41905603

Motor Recovery After a Hemispherectomy: Review of Mechanisms and the Potential of Neuromodulation to Enhance Motor Outcomes.

Bergeron D, Barthélemy D, Hadjinicolaou A, Bonizzato M, Martinez M, Dancause N, Weil AG

Journal of child neurology2026

DOI: 10.1177/08830738251413830 PMID: 41686708

Local Field Potential Recordings Using Deep Brain Stimulation: A Practical Workflow and Open-Source Signal Processing Pipeline.

Guillemette A, Gobeil MA, Dominguez-Vargas AU, Silhadi M, Bergeron D, Vogt R, Moradi N, Niazi F, Weil AG, Hadjinicolaou A, Obaid S, Assi EB, Jodoin N, Iorio-Morin C, Dancause N, Fournier-Gosselin MP

Brain topography2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10548-026-01211-9 PMID: 42366242

Local Field Potential Biomarkers of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Insights From the Subthalamic Nucleus in Deep Brain Stimulation.

Gobeil MA, Guillemette A, Silhadi M, Charbonneau L, Bergeron D, Dominguez-Vargas AU, Dancause N, Jodoin N, Assi EB, Amzica F, Obaid S, Fournier-Gosselin MP

The European journal of neuroscience2025

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.70046 PMID: 40040306

3D ultrasound localization microscopy of the nonhuman primate brain.

Xing P, Perrot V, Dominguez-Vargas AU, Porée J, Quessy S, Dancause N, Provost J

EBioMedicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105457 PMID: 39708427

Differential Modulation of Local Field Potentials in the Primary and Premotor Cortices during Ipsilateral and Contralateral Reach to Grasp in Macaque Monkeys.

Falaki A, Quessy S, Dancause N

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1161-23.2024 PMID: 38589229

Gaussian-process-based Bayesian optimization for neurostimulation interventions in rats.

Choinière L, Guay-Hottin R, Picard R, Lajoie G, Bonizzato M, Dancause N

STAR protocols2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102885 PMID: 38358881

Autonomous optimization of neuroprosthetic stimulation parameters that drive the motor cortex and spinal cord outputs in rats and monkeys.

Bonizzato M, Guay Hottin R, Côté SL, Massai E, Choinière L, Macar U, Laferrière S, Sirpal P, Quessy S, Lajoie G, Martinez M, Dancause N

Cell reports. Medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101008 PMID: 37044093

The International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance.

Bernhardt J, Corbett D, Dukelow S, Savitz S, Solomon JM, Stockley R, Sunnerhagen KS, Verheyden G, Walker M, Murphy MA, Bonkhoff AK, Cadilhac D, Carmichael ST, Dalton E, Dancause N, Edwards J, English C, Godecke E, Hayward K, Kamalakannan S, Kim J, Kwakkel G, Lang CE, Lannin N, Levin M, Lynch E, Mead G, Saa JP, Ward N

The Lancet. Neurology2023

DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(23)00072-8 PMID: 36931801

Une neuroprothese autonome et flexible supportant la production de stimulations personnalisees

SupervisorCIHR2026DRA: Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Deneuville, Emma

Keywords: Accident Vasculocerebral; Apprentissage Automatique; Cortex Moteur; Medecine Personalisee; Neuroprotheses; Neurostimulation Adaptative; Readaptation; Recuperation Motrice

$120,000

RE-MOVE: Restoring movement, removing barriers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Iorio-Morin, Christian

$4,000,000

Reorganization of physiological connectivity across the sensorimotor network after stroke

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

Keywords: Connections; Contralesional Cortex; Cortical Stimulation; Electrophysiology; Hand Movements; Interhemispheric; Plasticity; Recovery; Stroke; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

$1,124,550

A new adaptive-neuroprosthetic treatment to shape post-stroke plasticity and facilitate motor recovery

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

Keywords: Bayesian Optimization; Machine-Learning; Neuroprothetics; Plasticity; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stimulation Parameters; Stroke

$898,876

Cortical interactions involved in the production of hand movements

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

$165,000

Ultrafast Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Brain

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Rungta, Ravi

$150,000

Functional dynamic ultrasound localization microscopy: from the fundamental study of brain hemodynamics to clinical application

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Provost, Jean

Keywords: Ultrasound imaging; Ultrasound localization microscopy; functional brain imaging; microvasculature; hemodynamic response ; neurovascular coupling; brain mapping

$122,375

A transcranial magnetic stimulation setup for animal research

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

$147,813

The impact of lesion location on contralesional plasticity and its role in motor recovery after ischemic brain injury

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

Keywords: Contralesional; Cortex; Hand Function; Ischemic Lesions; Monkey; Motor Recovery; Neural Recordings; Neuroanatomy; Plasticity

$902,700

The effect of cortical interactions on motor output by the primary motor cortex

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Dancause, Numa

$120,000

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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Numa Dancause

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sex-Specific Differences in Response to Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Recovery From Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Retrospective Analysis of the NORTHSTAR Trial.

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over premotor and parietal cortex improves upper limb proprioception.

Motor Recovery After a Hemispherectomy: Review of Mechanisms and the Potential of Neuromodulation to Enhance Motor Outcomes.

Local Field Potential Recordings Using Deep Brain Stimulation: A Practical Workflow and Open-Source Signal Processing Pipeline.

Local Field Potential Biomarkers of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Insights From the Subthalamic Nucleus in Deep Brain Stimulation.

3D ultrasound localization microscopy of the nonhuman primate brain.

Differential Modulation of Local Field Potentials in the Primary and Premotor Cortices during Ipsilateral and Contralateral Reach to Grasp in Macaque Monkeys.

Gaussian-process-based Bayesian optimization for&#xa0;neurostimulation interventions in rats.

Autonomous optimization of neuroprosthetic stimulation parameters that drive the motor cortex and spinal cord outputs in rats and monkeys.

The International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance.

Une neuroprothese autonome et flexible supportant la production de stimulations personnalisees

RE-MOVE: Restoring movement, removing barriers

Reorganization of physiological connectivity across the sensorimotor network after stroke

A new adaptive-neuroprosthetic treatment to shape post-stroke plasticity and facilitate motor recovery

Cortical interactions involved in the production of hand movements

Ultrafast Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Brain

Functional dynamic ultrasound localization microscopy: from the fundamental study of brain hemodynamics to clinical application

A transcranial magnetic stimulation setup for animal research

The impact of lesion location on contralesional plasticity and its role in motor recovery after ischemic brain injury

The effect of cortical interactions on motor output by the primary motor cortex

Frequent collaborators

Marco Bonizzato

Mohamad Sawan

Mohamad Sawan

Marina Martinez

Guillaume Lajoie

Alexander Thiel

Christian Iorio-Morin

Philippe Huot

Ralf Schirrmacher

Philippe Huot

Alexey Kostikov

Jodi Edwards

Jean Provost

Mohit Kapoor

Mindy Levin

Johanne Martel-Pelletier

Hassan Fahmi

Mohit Kapoor

Sean Dukelow

Dale Corbett

Jiangping Wu

Mohit Kapoor

Gaussian-process-based Bayesian optimization for neurostimulation interventions in rats.