  | 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. (May 2026). Cortical excitability is affected by light exposure - Distinct effects in adolescents and young adults. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 20, 100138. doi:10.1016/j.nbscr.2025.100138  Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
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 |
 | Zubkov, M. (January 2026). Simulating SRSLY: Sensitivity Resolved SubvoxeL sepctroscopY [Paper presentation]. ISMRM Benelux Chapter 18th Annual Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
Mortazavi, N., Zubkov, M., Chylinski, D., Collette, F., Bastin, C., Maquet, P., Vandewalle, G., & Talwar, P. (2025). Sleep arousals are associated with the polygenic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and with cognitive decline in healthy late middle-aged individuals. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/340097. doi:10.1101/2025.11.11.687823 |
Gasparello, A., Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Collette, F., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., Schmidt, C., & Vandewalle, G. (20 October 2025). In vivo investigation of the links between Locus Coeruleus integrity and sleep-related variables in humans using 7 Tesla MRI [Paper presentation]. 16th Belgian Society for Neuroscience (BSN) Meeting, Leuven, Belgium. |
Seret, E., Gasparello, A., Talwar, P., Mortazavi, N., Collette, F., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., Schmidt, C., & Vandewalle, G. (October 2025). Locus coeruleus activity is positively associated with spindles number in men [Poster presentation]. 16th Belgian Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Leuven, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 |
Gasparello, A., Zubkov, M., Talwar, P., Patino Rana, D., Hammad, G., Mortazavi, N., Seret, E., Lamalle, L., Collette, F., Schmidt, C., & Vandewalle, G. (12 September 2025). Pre-clinical manifestations of Parkinson's disease: Locus coeruleus, sleep, and cognition [Poster presentation]. GIGA Day 2025, Liège, Belgium. |
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. |
 | Zubkov, M. (2025). Editorial for “Functional MRI and Tumor Vasculature Correlation in Ewing Sarcoma Xenografts: A Prospective Study Based on MRI-Pathology Co-Alignment”. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. doi:10.1002/jmri.29793 Editorial reviewed |
Sharifpour, R., Campbell, I., Paparella, I., Balda, 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 |
 | Paparella, I., Cardone, P., Zanichelli, B., Lamalle, L., Collette, F., Sherif, S., Zubkov, M., Clarke, W. T., Stagg, C. J., Maquet, P., & Vandewalle, G. (2025). 7 Tesla magnetic resonance spectroscopy estimates of GABA concentration relate to physiological measures of tonic inhibition in the human motor cortex. Journal of Physiology. doi:10.1113/JP287311 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 |
 | Read, J., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., Vandewalle, G., & Collette, F. (07 February 2025). Characterization of glutamatergic changes associated with mental fatigue using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 7 Tesla [Poster presentation]. MaRBEL 2025, Liège, Belgium. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/E8Y62 Editorial reviewed |
 | 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 |
 | Kornaropoulos, E., Pesesse Pierre, Zubkov, M., Vanderthommen, M., Demoulin, C., & Phillips, C. (02 February 2025). Localising unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain through Diffusion Tensor Imaging: an experimental study [Poster presentation]. MARBEL 2025, Liège, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
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. |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | Rohani Rankouhi, S., Zubkov, M., Lamalle, L., Bahri, M. A., & Phillips, C. (2025). Contrast Adjustment for MR Images at 7 T [Poster presentation]. ESMRMB, Marseille, France. Peer reviewed |
 | Rohani Rankouhi, S., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Phillips, C. (2025). Contrast Optimization for Knee MRI at 7 T [Poster presentation]. MaRBEL 2025, Liège, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
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 |
 | Kornaropoulos, E., Pesesse, P., Vanderthommen, M., Demoulin, C., Lamalle, L., Phillips, C., & Zubkov, M. (2025). Localising unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain through Diffusion Tensor Imaging: an experimental study [Poster presentation]. ESMRMB 2025, Marseille, France. Peer reviewed |
 | Rohani Rankouhi, S., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., & Phillips, C. (2025). Contrast Optimization for Knee MRI at 7 T [Poster presentation]. MaRBEL 2025, Liège, Belgium. Peer reviewed |
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 |
 | 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 |
 | Read, J., Guillemin, C., Charonitis, M., Beliy, N., Requier, F., Bahri, M. A., Lamalle, L., Zubkov, M., Maquet, P., Phillips, C., Vandewalle, G., & Collette, F. (24 June 2024). Linking cognitive load with mental fatigue: a resting-state functionnal connectivity approach [Poster presentation]. 30th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/PVD3H |
 | 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 |
  | Pesesse, P., Vanderthommen, M., Durieux, N., Zubkov, M., & Demoulin, C. (2024). Clinical Value and Reliability of Quantitative Assessments of Lumbosacral Nerve Root Using Diffusion Tensor and Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging: A Systematic Review. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. doi:10.1002/jmri.29213 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | Paparella, I., Cardone, P., Benedetta Zanichelli, Lamalle, L., Collette, F., Sherif, S., Zubkov, M., William T Clarke, Charlotte J Stagg, Maquet, P., & Vandewalle, G. (2024). 7 Tesla MRS estimates of GABA concentration relate to physiological measures of tonic inhibition in the human motor cortex. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/321277. doi:10.1101/2024.07.12.603209 |
