Newcastle University

Qualifications

PhD in Medical Sciences (University of Leuven, Belgium) - 2010

Title: Visual and Auditory processing in Monkeys - functional imaging studies.

MSc in Signal Processing (University of Bordeaux, France) - 2003

Engineer in Telecommunications (University of Bordeaux, ENSEIRB, France) - 2003

Languages

French, English

Main Expertise

• functional MRI
• MRI/fMRI analysis
• Auditory system
• Visual and Motor system
• Electrical microstimulation
• Software design for stimuli presentation, Infrared-based eye tracking
  

Current Work

Study of the auditory system with fMRI and behavioural measurements.

• LeBihan D, Joly O, Aso T, Uhrig L, Poupon C, Tani N, Iwamuro H, Urayama SI, Jarraya B. Brain tissue water comes in two pools: Evidence from diffusion and R2’ measurements with USPIOs in non human primates. NeuroImage 2012. In Press.
• Joly O, Ramus F, Pressnitzer D, Vanduffel W, Orban GA. Interhemispheric Differences in Auditory Processing Revealed by fMRI in Awake Rhesus Monkeys. Cerebral Cortex 2012, 22(4), 838-853.
• Mantini D, Gerits A, Nelissen K, Durand JB, Joly O, Simone L, Sawamura H, Wardak C, Orban GA, Buckner RL, Vanduffel W. Default mode of brain function in monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience 2011, 31(36), 12954-12962.
• Tani N, Joly O, Iwamuro H, Uhrig L, Wiggins CJ, Poupon C, Kolster H, Vanduffel W, LeBihan D, Palfi S, Jarraya B. Direct visualization of non-human primate subcortical nuclei with contrast-enhanced high field MRI. NeuroImage 2011, 58(1), 60-68.
• Nelissen K, Joly O, Durand JB, Todd JT, Vanduffel W, Orban GA. The extraction of depth structure from shading and texture in the macaque brain. PLoS One 2009, 4(12), e8306.
• Joly O, Vanduffel W, Orban GA. The monkey ventral premotor cortex processes 3D shape from disparity. NeuroImage 2009, 47(1), 262-272.
• Durand JB, Nelissen K, Joly O, Wardak C, Todd JT, Norman JF, Janssen P, Vanduffel W, Orban GA. Anterior regions of monkey parietal cortex process visual 3D shape. Neuron 2007, 55(3), 493-505.