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Francis Carter

Concordia UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0994-2347Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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NeurosciencePLoS ONEPeer-reviewedJul 24, 2025

Assessing Quantitative MRI Techniques using Multimodal Comparisons

Francis Carter, Alfred Anwander, Mathieu Johnson…·Christopher J. Steele

The paper analyzes quantitative MRI metrics in healthy adults to understand their relationships and potential for uncovering cortical gradients.

9 citations

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NeuroscienceEuropean Journal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewedDec 1, 2023

Does phasic dopamine release cause policy updates?

Francis Carter, Marie‐Pierre Cossette, Ivan Trujillo‐Pisanty…·Peter Shizgal

This study challenges the idea that phasic dopamine release directly causes policy updates by showing stable work rates in rats despite repeated dopamine stimulation.

19 citations

ratexperimental assay

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NeuroscienceBehavioural Brain ResearchPeer-reviewedDec 2, 2021

The trade-off between pulse duration and power in optical excitation of midbrain dopamine neurons approximates Bloch's law

Vasilios Pallikaras, Francis Carter, David N. Velázquez-Martínez…·Peter Shizgal

The paper investigates the relationship between pulse duration and optical power in optogenetic stimulation of dopamine neurons, finding a constant product of power and duration for reward seeking.

8 citations

ratelectronic health records

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