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 |
 | 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  Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Spruyt, M., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Beckers, E., Gasparello, A., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (07 June 2025). Association of REM Sleep Quality and Tonic Activity of the Locus Coeruleus: Evidence from an Augmented Dataset [Paper presentation]. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS), Bruxelles, Belgium. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Beckers, E. (2025). From imaging to modulating the human locus coeruleus along healthy aging and the Alzheimer's disease continuum [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/328166doi:10.26481/dis.2025020302eb |
Balda Aizpurua, F., Sharifpour, R., Beckers, E., Letot, S., Campbell, I., Berger, A., Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Talwar, P., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). Impact of Light Illuminance on Locus Coeruleus Activity during an auditory Emotional Task: Insights from High-Resolution MRI Imaging [Poster presentation]. Marbel 2025. |
Patino Rana, D., Talwar, P., Zubkov, M., Gasparello, A., Mortazavi, N., Beckers, E., Robert, A., Schmidt, C., Hammad, G., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). FRACTALz- Fractal Dynamics as a Diagnostic Tool in Alzheimer’s Disease [Poster presentation]. MaRBEL congress, Liège, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
Gasparello, A., Talwar, P., Zubkov, M., Beckers, E., Mortazavi, N., Hammad, G., Spruyt, M., Patino Rana, D., Schmidt, C., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). Pre-clinical manifestations of Parkinson’s disease: Locus coeruleus, sleep, genetics and cognition [Poster presentation]. MaRBEL congress, Liège, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
 | Van Egroo, M., Beckers, E., Ashton, N. J., Blennow, K., Zetterberg, H., & Jacobs, H. I. L. (30 December 2024). Sex differences in the relationships between 24-h rest-activity patterns and plasma markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 16 (1), 277. doi:10.1186/s13195-024-01653-y Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Koshmanova, E., Sharifpour, R., Beckers, E., Berger, A., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Zubkov, M., Lamalle, L., & Vandewalle, G. (25 September 2024). Locus coeruleus activity during wakefulness is associated with sigma power prior to REM sleep [Poster presentation]. The 27th Conference of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Seville, Spain. Peer reviewed |
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. (13 September 2024). Locus Coeruleus Activity during Wake Is Associated with Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Intensity [Poster presentation]. GIGA DAY, Liege, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
 | Sharifpour, R., Balda Aizpurua, F., Paparella, I., Read, J., Leysens, Z., Letot, S., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Collette, F., Phillips, C., Zubkov, M., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). Cortical Excitability is Affected by Light Exposure – Distinct Effects in Adolescents and Young Adults. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2024.08.21.608922 |
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. (23 June 2024). Locus Coeruleus Activity during Wake Is Associated with Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Intensity [Poster presentation]. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Seoul, South Korea. Peer reviewed |
 | Beckers, E., Van Egroo, M., Ashton, N. J., Blennow, K., Vandewalle, G., Zetterberg, H., Poser, B. A., & Jacobs, H. I. L. (04 June 2024). Microstructural associations between locus coeruleus, cortical, and subcortical regions are modulated by astrocyte reactivity: a 7T MRI adult lifespan study. Cerebral Cortex, 34 (6). doi:10.1093/cercor/bhae261 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Beckers, E., Riphagen, J. M., Van Egroo, M., Bennett, D. A., & Jacobs, H. I. L. (2024). Sparse Asymmetry in Locus Coeruleus Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1-7. doi:10.3233/JAD-231328 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Berger, A., Beckers, E., Joris, V., Duchêne, G., Danthine, V., Delinte, N., Cakiroglu, I., Sherif, S., Morrison, E. I. G., Sánchez, A. T., Macq, B., Dricot, L., Vandewalle, G.* , & El Tahry, R.*. (13 February 2024). Locus coeruleus features are linked to vagus nerve stimulation response in drug-resistant epilepsy. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18. doi:10.3389/fnins.2024.1296161 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
 | Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Paparella, I., Aizpurua, J. F. B., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). Impact of light on task-evoked pupil responses during cognitive tasks. Journal of Sleep Research, 14101. doi:10.1111/jsr.14101 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Berger, A., Beckers, E., Joris, V., Duchêne, V., Danthine, V., Delinte, N., Cakiroglu, I., Germany Morrison, E. I., Sánchez, A. T., Macq, B., Dricot, L., Vandewalle, G., & El Tahry, R. (01 December 2023). Functional response of the locus coeruleus and integrity of its connections with the hippocampus are associated with vagus nerve stimulation response in drug-resistant epilepsy [Paper presentation]. Annual congress of the American Epilepsy Society, Orlando, United States. Peer reviewed |
Beckers, E., Riphagen, J., Ashton, N., Janelidze, S., Blennow, K., Hansson, O., Zetterberg, H., Jacobs, H., & Van Egroo, M. (December 2023). Relationship between norepinephrine metabolism and plasma markers of tau pathology [Poster presentation]. Alzheimer Association International Conference. doi:10.1002/alz.082789 Peer reviewed |
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. (24 September 2023). Association between locus coeruleus activity during wakefulness and sleep features [Poster presentation]. ESRS sleep school. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
 | Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Balda Aizpurua, F., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Sherif, S., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., & Vandewalle, G. (23 July 2023). Non-visual Impacts of Light on Effective Connectivity associated to executive brain responses [Poster presentation]. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Montreal, Canada. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer reviewed |
 | Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, J. F., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2023). Impact of light on task-evoked pupil responses during cognitive tasks. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/305632. doi:10.1101/2023.04.12.536570 |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Balda Aizpurua, F., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., Jacobs, H., & Vandewalle, G. (2023). Frequency analysis of sustained pupil size under various melanopic irradiance in young healthy individuals [Poster presentation]. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Lausanne, Switzerland. Peer reviewed |
 | Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Balda Aizpurua, F., Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Paparella, I., Sherif, S., Phillips, C., & Vandewalle, G. (29 November 2022). Pitfalls in recording BOLD signal responses to light in small hypothalamic nuclei using Ultra-High-Field 7 Tesla MRI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (49), 2212123119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2212123119 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
Balda Aizpurua, F., Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Mortazavi, N., Beckers, E., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Sherif, S., Maquet, P., & Vandewalle, G. (27 September 2022). Ultra high-field MRI indications that exposure to blue enriched light increases attention brain responses during an oddball task [Paper presentation]. The Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR). Peer reviewed |
Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Sharifpour, R., Koshmanova, E., Berger, A., Balda Aizpurua, F., Mortazavi, N., Talwar, P., Sherif, S., Jacobs, H., & Vandewalle, G. (27 September 2022). Characterisation of pupil responses to alternating light intensities across different cognitive tasks [Paper presentation]. The 26th Conference of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS). Peer reviewed |
Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Muto, V., Chylinski, D., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Degueldre, C., Berthomier, C., Schmidt, C., Collette, F., Dijk, D., Phillips, C., Maquet, P., Talwar, P., & Vandewalle, G. (27 September 2022). Association of Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk and EEG features of the awake brain in healthy young men [Paper presentation]. The 26th Conference of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS). Peer reviewed |
Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Beckers, E., Balda Aizpurua, F., Mortazavi, N., Berger, A., Talwar, P., Koshmanova, E., Lamalle, L., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (23 June 2022). Ultra High Field 7 Tesla fMRI potential in revealing hypothalamus responses to blue-enriched light exposure [Paper presentation]. Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Manchester, United Kingdom. Peer reviewed |
Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Balda Aizpurua, F., Beckers, E., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Mortazavi, N., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Ultra-high-field fMRI indications that exposure to light modulates emotional brain responses in the hypothalamus [Paper presentation]. SLTBR congress, Manchester, United Kingdom. Peer reviewed |
Mortazavi, N., Koshmanova, E., Muto, V., Chylinski, D., Jaspar, M., Meyer, C., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Degueldre, C., Berthomier, C., Schmidt, C., Collette, F., Dijk, D.-J., Phillips, C., MAQUET, P., Talwar, P., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk and electroencephalography signals during wakefulness: Insights into the possible disease correlation [Paper presentation]. The 26th Conference of the European Sleep Research Society, Athens, Greece. Editorial reviewed |
Campbell, I., Beckers, E., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Balda Aizpurua, F., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Lamalle, L., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Characterising the pupil response under different light conditions during a functional MRI protocol [Poster presentation]. SLTBR congress, Manchester, United Kingdom. Editorial reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Beckers, E., Mortazavi, N., MAQUET, P., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Blue light modulates task-dependent subcortico-cortical connectivity during an auditory attentional task [Paper presentation]. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS. Peer reviewed |
Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Sharifpour, R., Koshmanova, E., Berger, A., Sherif, S., Jacobs, H., & Vandewalle, G. (2022). Characterisation of pupillary responses to alternating blue and orange light exposures in a fMRI protocol [Poster presentation]. Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2022. doi:10.1002/alz.066518 Peer reviewed |
Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Beckers, E., Sharifpour, R., Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Malik, T., Ji, J., Talwar, P., Dricot, L., Phillips, C., Sherif, S., El Tahry, R., & Vandewalle, G. (27 November 2021). Rostral activation of the locus coeruleus during an auditory oddball task detected using ultra-high field 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging in humans [Poster presentation]. Belgian Neurological Society: Advances in Neurophysiology. Peer reviewed |
Koshmanova, E., Beckers, E., Campbell, I., Talwar, P., Ji, J., Sharifpour, R., Malik, T., Paparella, I., Berger, A., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (24 November 2021). Resolving perceptual rivalry: an ultra-high field 7T fMRI study [Poster presentation]. NeuroCog. Peer reviewed |
Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Beckers, E., Malik, T., Koshmanova, E., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (23 November 2021). Potential non-visual impact of light in the hypothalamus revealed with Ultra High Field (7-Tesla) fMRI [Poster presentation]. NEUROCOG 2021, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
Paparella, I., Campbell, I., Sharifpour, R., Malik, T., Berger, A., Koshmanova, E., Beckers, E., Sherif, S., & Vandewalle, G. (November 2021). Preliminary ultra-high-field MRI indications that exposure to blue enriched light increases attention and motor preparedness during an oddball task [Poster presentation]. NEUROCOG. Peer reviewed |
