Publications and communications of Puneet Talwar

Zubkov, M., Pine, K., Bazin, P. L., Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Dauby, S., Geron, C., Beckers, E., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Collette, F., Maquet, P., Lommers, E., Alkemade, A., Weiskopf, N., Vandewalle, G., & Kirilina, E. (2026). Pooling quantitative MRI data: A multi-protocol study of healthy subcortical ageing. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/340098. doi:10.64898/2026.01.07.698256

Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Balda, F., Paparella, I., Beckers, E., Mortazavi, N., Collette, F., Phillips, C., Talwar, P., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2026). Regional Hypothalamic Responses to Light Vary Across Developmental Stages but Remain Stable with Time of Day. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/340099. doi:10.64898/2026.01.05.697645

Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., KOSHMANOVA, E., Muto, V., Gasparello, A., Degueldre, C., Berthomier, C., Collette, F., Bastin, C., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). Age-Related Differences in the Association between REM Sleep and the Polygenic Risk for Parkinson's Disease. Annals of Neurology. doi:10.1002/ana.78112

Campbell, I.* , Balda Aizpurua, J.* , Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Beckers, E., Mortazavi, N., Read, J., Phillips, C., Collette, F., Talwar, P., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). Regional activity within the human amygdala varies with season, mood and illuminance. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-67715-3
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., KOSHMANOVA, E., Sharifpour, R., Beckers, E., Paparella, I., Balda, F., Bastin, C., Collette, F., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (26 September 2025). The Crosstalk Between the Anterior Hypothalamus and the Locus Coeruleus During Wakefulness Is Associated with Low-Frequency Oscillations Power During Sleep. Clocks and Sleep, 7 (4), 53. doi:10.3390/clockssleep7040053

Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Beckers, E., Mortazavi, N., KOSHMANOVA, E., Read, J., Collette, F., Phillips, C., Talwar, P., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). Light Impact on Thalamo-Cortical Connectivity During an Executive Cognitive Task: Effects of Time of Day and Specificities of Teenagers. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/340100. doi:10.1101/2025.04.03.647005

Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Koshmanova, E., Sharifpour, R., Beckers, E., Berger, A., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Dardour Hamzaoui, I., Berthomier, C., Bastin, C., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Collette, F., Zubkov, M., Lamalle, L., & Vandewalle, G. (11 March 2025). REM sleep quality is associated with balanced tonic activity of the locus coeruleus during wakefulness. Journal of Biomedical Science, 32 (1). doi:10.1186/s12929-025-01127-9

Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., KOSHMANOVA, E., Muto, V., Degueldre, C., Berthomier, C., Collette, F., Bastin, C., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Vandewalle, G., & Zubkov, M. (2025). Age-related differences in the association between REM sleep and the polygenic risk for Parkinson’s disease. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/334650. doi:10.1101/2025.02.05.636657

Zubkov, M., Pine, K., Bazin, P.-L., Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Dauby, S., Geron, C., Beckers, E., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Collette, F., Maquet, P., Lommers, E., Alkemade, A., Weiskopf, N., Kirilina, E., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). To Pool or Not to Pool? Comparability of Multi-Protocol Ultra-High-Resolution qMRI in Healthy Brain Aging [Paper presentation]. ESMRMB 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Marseille, France.

Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Collette, F., Maquet, P., Phillips, C., & Vandewalle, G. (27 September 2024). Age related changes in the association between REM sleep and the polygenic risk for Parkinson’s disease [Poster presentation]. 27th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Seville, Spain.

Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Collette, F., Maquet, P., Phillips, C., & Vandewalle, G. (13 September 2024). Age-related changes in the association between REM sleep and the polygenic risk for Parkinson’s disease [Poster presentation]. GIGA DAY, Liege, Belgium.

Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Balda Aizpurua, F., Beckers, E., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Read, J., Zubkov, M., Talwar, P., Collette, F., Sherif, S., Phillips, C., Lamalle, L., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). Regional response to light illuminance across the human hypothalamus. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.96576

Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Balda Aizpurua, F., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., Jacobs, H. I. L., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). Impact of repeated short light exposures on sustained pupil responses in an fMRI environment. Journal of Sleep Research, 14085. doi:10.1111/jsr.14085

Zubkov, M., Pine, K., Bazin, P.-L., Mortazavi, N., Sherif, S., Talwar, P., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Collette, F., Alkemade, A., Kirilina, E., Weiskopf, N., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). R2* age variations in subcortical structures in young adults at 7T [Paper presentation]. 2024 OHBM Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.

Talwar, P., Deantoni, M., Van Egroo, M., Muto, V., Chylinski, D., Koshmanova, E., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Degueldre, C., Berthomier, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Collette, F., Dijk, D.-J., Schmidt, C., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (27 November 2023). In vivo marker of brainstem myelin is associated to quantitative sleep parameters in healthy young men. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 20873. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47753-x

Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Beckers, E., Berger, A., Balda Aizpurua, F., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Degueldre, C., Lamalle, L., Sherif, S., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., & Vandewalle, G. (16 September 2023). Light modulates task-dependent thalamo-cortical connectivity during an auditory attentional task. Communications Biology, 6 (1), 945. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05337-5

Koshmanova, E., Berger, A., Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Mortazavi, N., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Berthomier, C., Degueldre, C., Salmon, E., Lamalle, L., Bastin, C., Van Egroo, M., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Collette, F., Muto, V., Chylinski, D., ... Vandewalle, G. (2023). Locus coeruleus activity while awake is associated with REM sleep quality in older individuals. JCI Insight. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.172008

Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Lamalle, L., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (25 July 2023). Association between locus coeruleus activity during wakefulness and sleep features [Poster presentation]. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Montreal, Canada.

Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Beckers, E., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Mortazavi, N., Balda Aizpurua, F., Yi, Y.-J., Lamalle, L., Dricot, L., Phillips, C., Jacobs, H. I. L., Talwar, P., El Tahry, R., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (21 June 2023). Structural and functional characterization of the locus coeruleus in young and late middle-aged individuals. Frontiers in Neuroimaging, 2. doi:10.3389/fnimg.2023.1207844

Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Balda Aizpurua, F., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., Jacobs, H. I. L., & Vandewalle, G. (2023). Impact of repeated short light exposures on sustained pupil responses in an fMRI environment. Journal of Sleep Research. doi:10.1101/2023.04.12.536600

Deantoni, M.* , Baillet, M.* , Hammad, G.* , Berthomier, C., Reyt, M., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Van Egroo, M., Talwar, P., Lambot, E., Chellappa, S. L., Degueldre, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Balteau, E., Phillips, C., Dijk, D.-J., Vandewalle, G., Collette, F., ... Schmidt, C.*. (29 March 2023). Association between sleep slow-wave activity and in-vivo estimates of myelin in healthy young men. NeuroImage, 272, 120045. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120045
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Koshmanova, E., Muto, V., Chylinski, D., MOURAUX, C., Reyt, M., Grignard, M., Talwar, P., Lambot, E., Berthomier, C., Brandewinder, M., Mortazavi, N., Degueldre, C., Luxen, A., Salmon, E., Georges, M., Collette, F., Maquet, P., Van Someren, E., & Vandewalle, G. (10 November 2022). Genetic risk for insomnia is associated with objective sleep measures in young and healthy good sleepers. Neurobiology of Disease, 175, 105924. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105924

Koshmanova, E., Berger, A., Mortazavi, N., Beckers, E., Ji, J., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Chylinski, D., Muto, V., Berthomier, C., Degueldre, C., Salmon, E., Lamalle, L., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (27 September 2022). Locus coeruleus reactivity during wakefulness is associated with REM sleep intensity [Poster presentation]. ESRS.

Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Brain correlates of perceptual switch during perception rivalry: an ultra-high field 7T functional magnetic resonance imaging study [Paper presentation]. The Brain Conference.

Talwar, P.* , Kushwaha, S.* , Chaturvedi, M., & Mahajan, V. (December 2021). Systematic Review of Different Neuroimaging Correlates in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Clinical Neuroradiology, 31 (4), 953 - 967. doi:10.1007/s00062-021-01057-7
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Tahmasian, M., Aleman, A., Andreassen, O. A., Arab, Z., Baillet, M., Benedetti, F., Bresser, T., Bright, J., Chee, M. W. L., Chylinski, D., Cheng, W., Deantoni, M., Dresler, M., Eickhoff, S. B., Eickhoff, C. R., Elvsåshagen, T., Feng, J., Foster-Dingley, J. C., Ganjgahi, H., ... Zarei, M. (April 2021). ENIGMA-Sleep: Challenges, opportunities, and the road map. Journal of Sleep Research, e13347. doi:10.1111/jsr.13347

Narbutas, J., Van Egroo, M., Chylinski, D., Bahri, M. A., Koshmanova, E., Talwar, P., Besson, G., Muto, V., Schmidt, C., Luxen, A., Balteau, E., Phillips, C., MAQUET, P., Salmon, E., Bastin, C., Vandewalle, G., & Collette, F. (2021). Associations between cognitive complaints, memory performance, mood and amyloid-β accumulation in healthy amyloid negative late-midlife individuals. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 83, 127-141. doi:10.3233/JAD-210332

Talwar, P., Kushwaha, S., Gupta, R., & Agarwal, R. (2019). Systemic Immune Dyshomeostasis Model and Pathways in Alzheimer's Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, 290. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2019.00290