Maurice Ptito

Maurice Ptito

Guest researcher


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Brain structural changes in blindness: a systematic review and an anatomical likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis

    Paré, S., Bleau, M., Dricot, L., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 2023, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 150, 24 p., 105165.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  3. Published

    Cognitive map formation in the blind is enhanced by three-dimensional tactile information

    Bleau, M., van Acker, C., Martiniello, N., Nemargut, J. P. & Ptito, Maurice, 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 13 p., 9736.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Editorial: Brain plasticity following sensory loss: from basic mechanisms to therapy

    Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, 2023, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17, 3 p., 1331086.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    Age and Sex-Related Changes in Retinal Function in the Vervet Monkey

    Micaelo-Fernandes, C., Bouskila, J., Palmour, R. M., Bouchard, J. & Ptito, Maurice, 2022, In: Cells. 11, 17, 12 p., 2751.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Deductive Reasoning and Working Memory Skills in Individuals with Blindness

    Heled, E., Elul, N., Ptito, Maurice & Chebat, D. R., 2022, In: Sensors. 22, 5, 10 p., 2062.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Dose-Related Reduction in Hippocampal Neuronal Populations in Fetal Alcohol Exposed Vervet Monkeys

    Burke, M. W., Slimani, H., Ptito, Maurice, Ervin, F. R. & Palmour, R. M., 2022, In: Brain Sciences. 12, 9, 14 p., 1117.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Neural substrates of spatial processing and navigation in blindness: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

    Bleau, M., Pare, S., Chebat, D., Kupers, Ron, Nemargut, J. P. & Ptito, Maurice, 2022, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16, 28 p., 1010354.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  10. Published

    The functional characterization of callosal connections

    Innocenti, G. M., Schmidt, K., Milleret, C., Fabri, M., Knyazeva, M. G., Battaglia-Mayer, A., Aboitiz, F., Ptito, Maurice, Caleo, M., Marzi, C. A., Barakovic, M., Lepore, F. & Caminiti, R., 2022, In: Progress in Neurobiology. 208, 24 p., 102186.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  11. 2021
  12. Published

    A quantitative analysis of the retinofugal projections in congenital and late-onset blindness

    Ptito, Maurice, Paré, S., Dricot, L., Cavaliere, C., Tomaiuolo, F. & Kupers, Ron, 2021, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 32, 8 p., 102809.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Brain-Machine Interfaces to Assist the Blind

    Ptito, Maurice, Bleau, M., Djerourou, I., Paré, S., Schneider, F. C. & Chebat, D. R., 2021, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 15, 19 p., 638887.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  14. Published

    Presence of the Endocannabinoid System in the Inferior Pulvinar of the Vervet Monkey

    Micaelo-Fernandes, C., Bouskila, J., Bouchard, J. & Ptito, Maurice, 2021, In: Brain Sciences. 11, 6, 12 p., 770.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Spatial navigation with horizontally spatialized sounds in early and late blind individuals

    Pare, S., Bleau, M., Djerourou, I., Malotaux, V., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 2, 14 p., 0247448.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    The inhibition of the degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase alters the activity of the cone system in the vervet monkey retina

    Bouskila, J., Bleau, M., Micaelo-Fernandes, C., Bouchard, J. F. & Ptito, Maurice, 2021, In: Brain Sciences. 11, 11, 11 p., 1418.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The retina: A window into the brain

    Ptito, Maurice, Bleau, M. & Bouskila, J., 2021, In: Cells. 10, 12, 11 p., 3269.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  18. Published

    The vertical and horizontal pathways in the monkey retina are modulated by typical and atypical cannabinoid receptors

    Bouskila, J., Bleau, M., Micaelo-Fernandes, C., Bouchard, J. F. & Ptito, Maurice, 2021, In: Cells. 10, 11, 15 p., 3160.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  19. 2020
  20. Published

    Axon morphology is modulated by the local environment and impacts the noninvasive investigation of its structure-function relationship

    Andersson, M., Kjer, H. M., Rafael-Patino, J., Pacureanu, A., Pakkenberg, B., Thiran, J. P., Ptito, Maurice, Bech, M., Bjorholm Dahl, A., Andersen Dahl, V. & Dyrby, T. B., 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 52, p. 33649-33659 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Neural Networks Mediating Perceptual Learning in Congenital Blindness

    Chebat, D. R., Schneider, F. C. & Ptito, Maurice, 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10 p., 495.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Organization of the commissural fiber system in congenital and late-onset blindness

    Cavaliere, C., Aiello, M., Soddu, A., Laureys, S., Reislev, N. L., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 2020, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 25, 9 p., 102133.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Spatial Competence and Brain Plasticity in Congenital Blindness via Sensory Substitution Devices

    Chebat, D. R., Schneider, F. C. & Ptito, Maurice, 2020, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14, 18 p., 815.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  24. 2019
  25. Published

    A thalamocortical pathway for fast rerouting of tactile information to occipital cortex in congenital blindness

    Mueller, F., Niso, G., Samiee, S., Ptito, Maurice, Baillet, S. & Kupers, Ron, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 9 p., 5154 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2018
  27. Published

    Preserved sleep microstructure in blind individuals

    Aubin, S., Christensen, J. A. E., Jennum, Poul, Nielsen, T., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Feb 2018, In: Sleep Medicine. 42, p. 21-30 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Sleep structure in blindness is influenced by circadian desynchrony

    Aubin, S., Jennum, Poul, Nielsen, T., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Feb 2018, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 27, 1, p. 120-128 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Impact of Global Mean Normalization on Regional Glucose Metabolism in the Human Brain

    Mortensen, K. N., Gjedde, Albert, Thompson, G. J., Herman, P., Parent, M. J., Rothman, D. L., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice, Stender, J., Laureys, S., Riedl, V., Alkire, M. T. & Hyder, F., 2018, In: Neural Plasticity. 2018, 16 p., 6120925.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Uncertainty about the intensity of impending pain increases ensuing pain responses in congenital blindness

    Holten-Rossing, S., Slimani, H., Ptito, Maurice, Danti, S. & Kupers, Ron, 2018, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 346, p. 41-46 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 2017
  32. Published

    Melatonin and cortisol profiles in the absence of light perception

    Aubin, S., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice & Jennum, Poul, 15 Jan 2017, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 317, p. 515-521

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Global vs. regional differences in resting glucose metabolism across brain states

    Thompson, G. J., Mortensen, K. N., Gjedde, Albert, Herman, P., Parent, M. J., Rothman, D. L., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice, Stender, J., Laureys, S., Riedl, V., Alkire, M. T. & Hyder, F., 2017, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 37, 1 suppl, p. 96-168 71 p., PS01-081.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  34. Published

    Technology Enhanced Vision in Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals

    Due, Brian Lystgaard, Kupers, Ron, Lange, S. B. & Ptito, Maurice, 2017, In: Working papers on interaction and communication. p. 1-31 30 p., 3(1).

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. 2016
  36. Published

    Are Supramodality and Cross-Modal Plasticity the Yin and Yang of Brain Development? From Blindness to Rehabilitation

    Cecchetti, L., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice, Pietrini, P. & Ricciardi, E., 8 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 10, 8 p., 89.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Pain hypersensitivity in congenital blindness is associated with faster central processing of C-fibre input

    Slimani, H., Plaghki, L., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, Oct 2016, In: European Journal of Pain. 20, 9, p. 1519-1529

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Dreams in narcoleptic patients with and without cataplexy

    Meaidi, A., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice & Jennum, Poul, Sep 2016, In: Journal of Sleep Research Online. 25, S1, p. 245-245

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  39. Published

    Melatonin and cortisol profiles in blindness

    Aubin, S., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice & Jennum, Poul, Sep 2016, In: Journal of Sleep Research Online. 25, S1, p. 112-113

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

  40. Published

    Altered sleep-wake patterns in blindness: a combined actigraphy and psychometric study

    Aubin, S., Gacon, C., Jennum, Poul, Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, Aug 2016, In: Sleep Medicine. 24, p. 100-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Scotopic vision in the monkey is modulated by the G protein-coupled receptor 55

    Bouskila, J., Harrar, V., Javadi, P., Casanova, C., Hirabayashi, Y., Matsuo, I., Ohyama, J., Bouchard, J. & Ptito, Maurice, Jan 2016, In: Visual Neuroscience. 33, 8 p., E006.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    A Comparative Analysis of the Endocannabinoid System in the Retina of Mice, Tree Shrews, and Monkeys

    Bouskila, J., Javadi, P., Elkrief, L., Casanova, C., Bouchard, J. & Ptito, Maurice, 2016, In: Neural Plasticity. 2016, 13 p., 3127658.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Blindness alters the microstructure of the ventral but not the dorsal visual stream

    Reislev, N. L., Kupers, Ron, Siebner, Hartwig Roman, Ptito, Maurice & Dyrby, T. B., 2016, In: Brain Structure & Function. 221, 6, p. 2891–2903 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Cannabinoid Receptors CB1 and CB2 Modulate the Electroretinographic Waves in Vervet Monkeys

    Bouskila, J., Harrar, V., Javadi, P., Beierschmitt, A., Palmour, R., Casanova, C., Bouchard, J. & Ptito, Maurice, 2016, In: Neural Plasticity. 2016, 12 p., 1253245.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Cannabinoids in the Brain: New Vistas on an Old Dilemma

    Ptito, Maurice, Casanova, C. & Bouchard, J., 2016, In: Neural Plasticity. 2016, 9146713.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

  46. Published

    Congenital blindness affects diencephalic but not mesencephalic structures in the human brain

    Cecchetti, L., Ricciardi, E., Handjaras, G., Kupers, Ron, Ptito, Maurice & Pietrini, P., 2016, In: Brain Structure and Function. 221, 3, p. 1465-1480 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Prenatal alcohol exposure affects progenitor cell numbers in olfactory bulbs and dentate gyrus of vervet monkeys

    Burke, M. W., Inyatkin, A., Ptito, Maurice, Ervin, F. R. & Palmour, R. M., 2016, In: Brain Sciences. 6, 4, 13 p., 52.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Simultaneous Assessment of White Matter Changes in Microstructure and Connectedness in the Blind Brain

    Reislev, N. L., Dyrby, T. B., Siebner, Hartwig Roman, Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, 2016, In: Neural Plasticity. 2016, 12 p., 6029241.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2015
  50. Published

    Corrigendum: Prevalence of increases in functional connectivity in visual, somatosensory and language areas in congenital blindness

    Heine, L., Bahri, M. A., Cavaliere, C., Soddu, A., Reislev, N. L., Laureys, S., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 13 Aug 2015, In: Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 9, 1 p., 106.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  51. Published

    Prevalence of increases in functional connectivity in visual, somatosensory and language areas in congenital blindness

    Heine, L., Bahri, M. A., Cavaliere, C., Soddu, A., Reislev, N. L., Laureys, S., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, Jul 2015, In: Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 9, p. 1-13 13 p., 86.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Enhanced heat discrimination in congenital blindness

    Slimani, H., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 15 Apr 2015, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 283, p. 233-237 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Neural correlates of taste perception in congenital blindness

    Gagnon, L., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Apr 2015, In: Neuropsychologia. 70, p. 227-234 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Superior Orthonasal but Not Retronasal Olfactory Skills in Congenital Blindness

    Gagnon, L., Ismaili, A. R. A., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 30 Mar 2015, In: P L o S One. 10, 3, p. 1-9 9 p., e0122567.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    The endocannabinoid system within the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the vervet monkey

    Javadi, P., Bouskila, J., Bouchard, J. -. & Ptito, Maurice, 12 Mar 2015, In: Neuroscience. 288, p. 135-144 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Multimodal brain extraction from structural MRI using co-registered FDG-PET

    Jensen, H. G., Federspiel, F. V. K., Ptito, Maurice, Nielsen, Mads, Gjedde, Albert, Keller, S. H., Law, Ian, Kupers, Ron & Darkner, Sune, 2015. 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  57. 2014
  58. Published

    Interpolation of diffusion weighted imaging datasets

    Dyrby, T. B., Lundell, H., Burke, M. W., Reislev, N. L., Paulson, Olaf B., Ptito, Maurice & Siebner, Hartwig Roman, Dec 2014, In: NeuroImage. 103, p. 202-213 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Neural correlates of taste perception in congenital olfactory impairment

    Gagnon, L., Vestergaard, M., Madsen, K., Karstensen, H. G., Siebner, Hartwig Roman, Tommerup, Niels, Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Sep 2014, In: Neuropsychologia. 62, p. 297-305 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Response to letter to the editor

    Kupers, Ron, Slimani, H. & Ptito, Maurice, Feb 2014, In: Pain. 155, 2, p. 436-7 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  61. Published

    The sensory construction of dreams and nightmare frequency in congenitally blind and late blind individuals

    Meaidi, A., Jennum, P., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 2014, In: Sleep Medicine. 15, 5, p. 586-595 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  62. 2013
  63. Published

    Müller cells express the cannabinoid CB2 receptor in the vervet monkey retina

    Bouskila, J., Javadi, P., Casanova, C., Ptito, Maurice & Bouchard, J., 1 Aug 2013, In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 521, 11, p. 2399-415 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  64. Published

    Reduced taste sensitivity in congenital blindness

    Gagnon, L., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Jul 2013, In: Chemical Senses. 38, 6, p. 509-17 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  65. Published

    Cannabinoid receptor CB2 modulates axon guidance

    Duff, G., Argaw, A., Cecyre, B., Cherif, H., Tea, N., Zabouri, N., Casanova, C., Ptito, Maurice & Bouchard, J., 2013, In: PLOS ONE. 8, 8, p. e70849

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  66. Published

    Hypersensitivity to pain in congenital blindness

    Slimani, H., Danti, S., Ricciardi, E., Pietrini, P., Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 2013, In: Pain. 154, 10, p. 1973-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Published

    MEG reveals a fast pathway from somatosensory cortex to occipital areas via posterior parietal cortex in a blind subject

    Ioannides, A. A., Liu, L., Poghosyan, V., Saridis, G. A., Gjedde, Albert, Ptito, Maurice & Kupers, Ron, 2013, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7, p. 429

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  68. Published

    Physiology and plasticity of interhemispheric connections

    Caleo, M., Innocenti, G. M. & Ptito, Maurice, 2013, In: Neural Plasticity. 2013, p. 176183 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  69. Published

    Rod photoreceptors express GPR55 in the adult vervet monkey retina

    Bouskila, J., Javadi, P., Casanova, C., Ptito, Maurice & Bouchard, J., 2013, In: PLOS ONE. 8, 11, p. e81080

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  70. 2012
  71. Published

    Activation of the hippocampal complex during tactile maze solving in congenitally blind subjects

    Gagnon, L., Schneider, F. C., Siebner, Hartwig Roman, Paulson, Olaf B., Kupers, Ron & Ptito, Maurice, Jun 2012, In: Neuropsychologia. 50, 7, p. 1663-71 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  72. Published

    Crossmodal recruitment of the ventral visual stream in congenital blindness

    Ptito, Maurice, Matteau, I., Zhi Wang, A., Paulson, Olaf B., Siebner, Hartwig Roman & Kupers, Ron, 2012, In: Neural Plasticity. 2012, p. 304045

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  73. 2011
  74. Published

    Neural correlates of olfactory processing in congenital blindness

    Kupers, Ron, Beaulieu-Lefebvre, M., Schneider, F. C., Kassuba, T., Paulson, Olaf B., Siebner, Hartwig Roman & Ptito, Maurice, Jun 2011, In: Neuropsychologia. 49, 7, p. 2037-44 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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