This study uses multiparametric quantitative MRI to identify microstructural changes in the putamen of Parkinson's Disease patients, revealing spatial gradients and asymmetries linked to motor symptoms.

npj Parkinson s Disease · Jul 3, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A qMRI approach for mapping microscopic water populations and tissue relaxivity in the in vivo human brain.

Shir Filo, Lee Cohen, Gilad Yahalom, Aviv Mezer

This paper introduces a qMRI approach to map microscopic water populations and tissue relaxivity in the human brain, showing its effectiveness in imaging white matter hyperintensities.

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Analysis of common and rare VPS13C variants in late onset Parkinson disease

Uladzislau Rudakou, Jennifer A. Ruskey, Lynne Krohn, Sandra B. Laurent, Dan Spiegelman, Lior Greenbaum, Gilad Yahalom, Alex Désautels, Jacques Yves Montplaisir, Stanley Fahn, Cheryl Waters, Oren Levy, Caitlin M. Kehoe, Sushma Narayan, Yves A Dauvilliers, , Ziv Gan‐Or

The paper investigates the role of VPS13C variants in late-onset Parkinson disease, finding no significant association with rare variants but a nominal association with a haplotype.

Neurology Genetics · Jan 9, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics

Visual self-motion cues are impaired in Parkinson's disease yet over-weighted during visual-vestibular integration

Sol Yakubovich, Simon Israeli‐Korn, Orly Halperin, Gilad Yahalom, Sharon Hassin‐Baer, Adam Zaidel

This study investigates self-motion perception in Parkinson's disease, finding impaired visual perception and over-weighting of visual cues during integration.

Brain Communications · Jan 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience