Click here to get a copy of my PhD thesis, entitled:

Diffusion tensor tractography of temporal lobe epilepsy.

 One of the figures of our paper on axonal/myelin degradation after callosotomy was selected as the cover figure for Neuroimage (September, 2006).

Selected Publications:

(feel free to download my CV) 

Concha L, Beaulieu C, Gross DW. 

Bilateral limbic diffusion abnormalities in unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2005; 57: 188-196.Link to pdf

Beaulieu C, Plewes C, Paulson LA, Roy D, Snook L, Concha L, et al. Imaging brain connectivity in children with diverse reading ability. Neuroimage 2005; 25: 1266-71. Link to pdf

Concha L, Gross DW, Beaulieu C.
Diffusion tensor tractography of the limbic system.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005; 26: 2267-74. Link to pdf

Gross DW, Concha L, Beaulieu C.
Extratemporal White Matter Abnormalities in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Demonstrated with Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Epilepsia 2006; 47: 1360-1363. Link to pdf

Concha L, Gross DW, Wheatley BM, Beaulieu C.
Diffusion tensor imaging of time-dependent axonal and myelin degradation after corpus callosotomy in epilepsy patients. Neuroimage 2006; 32: 1090-9. Link to pdf

Concha L, Beaulieu C, Wheatley BM, Gross DW. Bilateral White Matter Diffusion Changes Persist after Epilepsy Surgery. Epilepsia 2007; 48: 931-940. Link to pdf

Wong JCT, Concha L, Beaulieu C, Johnston W, Allen PS, Kalra S. Spatial profiling of the corticospinal tract in anyotrophic lateral sclerosis using diffusion tensor imaging. J Neuroimaging 2007;17:234-240. Link to pdf

Gong G, Shi F, Concha L, Beaulieu C and Gross DW. Insights into the sequence of structural consequences of convulsive status epilepticus: A longitudinal MRI study. Epilepsia  2008 49(11):1941-45. Link to pdf

Gong G, He Y, Concha L, Lebel C, Gross DW, Evans AC
and Beaulieu C. Mapping anatomical connectivity patterns of human cerebral cortex using in vivo diffusion tensor imaging tractography. Cereb Cortex  2008 19(3):524-36. Link to pdf

Gong G, Concha L, Beaulieu C and Gross DW. Thalamic  diffusion and volumetry in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial temporal sclerosis. Epilepsy Res  2008 80:184-193. Link to pdf

Bernhardt BC, Worsley KJ, Besson P, Concha L, Lerch JP, Evans AC and Bernasconi N. Mapping limbic network organization in temporal lobe epilepsy using morphometric correlations: Insights on the relation between  mesiotemporal connectivity and cortical atrophy. Neuroimage, 2008 42(2) 515-24. Link to pdf

Concha L, Beaulieu C, Collins DL and Gross DW.  White matter diffusion abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial temporal sclerosis. JNNP 2009 80: 312-319. Link to pdf

Malykhin N, Concha L, Seres P, Beaulieu C, Coupland NJ. Diffusion tensor imaging tractography and reliability analysis for limbic and paralimbic white matter tracts. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Oct 20;164(2):132-142.

Pyra T, Hui B, Hanstock C, Concha L, Wong J, Beaulieu C, et al. Combined structural and neurochemical evaluation of the corticospinal tract in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2009 Feb 25;:1-9.

Concha L, Livy DJ, Beaulieu C, Wheatley BM, Gross DW. In Vivo Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Histopathology of the Fimbria-Fornix in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. J. Neurosci. 2010 Jan 20;30(3):996-1002. Link to pdf

Bernhardt BC, Bernasconi N, Concha L, Bernasconi A. Cortical thickness analysis in temporal lobe epilepsy: Reproducibility and relation to outcome. Neurology. 2010 Jun 1;74(22):1776-1784.

Wiltshire K, Concha L, Gee M, Bouchard T, Beaulieu C, Camicioli R. Corpus callosum and cingulum tractography in Parkinson's disease. Can J Neurol Sci. 2010 Sep;37(5):595-600.

Related work:

From axons to tracts: a journey through the brain's wiring.

Work in collaboration with Daniel Torres. Winner, second prize, NeuroArt 2006. Barcelona, Spain.