Selected List of Publications
2025
F. Kamal, R. Moqadam, C. Morrison*, M. Dadar*, Racial and ethnic differences in white matter hypointensities: The role of vascular risk factors.
Alzheimer's & Dementia.
I. Lajoie, Canadian ALS Neuroimaging Consortium (CALSNIC), S. Kalra*, M. Dadar*, Regional Cerebral Atrophy Contributes to Personalized Survival Prediction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Multicentre, Machine Learning, Deformation-Based Morphometry Study.
Annals of Neurology.
A. Metz, Y. Zeighami, S. Ducharme, S. Villeneuve, M. Dadar, Frontotemporal dementia subtyping using machine learning, multivariate statistics, and neuroimaging.
Brain Communications.
A. Brzezinski-Rittner, R. Moqadam, Y. Iturria-Medina, M. M. Chakravarty, M. Dadar*, Y. Zeighami*, Disentangling the effect of sex from brain size on brain organization and cognitive functioning.
GeroScience.
2024
M. Dadar, L. Sanches, J. Fouquet, R. Moqadam, Z. Alasmar, D. Mirault, J. Maranzano, N. Mechawar, M. Chakravarty, Y. Zeighami, The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank Post-mortem Brain Imaging Protocol.
Aperture Neuro.
W. Ma, Y. Zeighami*, M. Dadar*, Differential effects of prolonged post-fixation on immunohistochemical and histochemical staining for postmortem human brains.
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy.
W. Adame-Gonzalez, A. Brzezinski-Rittner, Y. Zeighami, M. Chakravarty, R. Farivar-Mohseni*, M. Dadar*, FONDUE: Robust resolution-invariant denoising of MR Images using Nested UNets.
Imaging Neuroscience.
I. Garcia-Garcia, F. Kamal,O. Donica, M. Dadar, Plasma levels of adipokines and insulin are associated with markers of brain atrophy and cognitive decline in the spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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C. Morrison, M. Oliver, F. Kamal, M. Dadar, Beyond Hypertension: Examining Variable Blood Pressure's Role in Cognition and Brain Structure.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
F. Kamal, C. Morrison, M. Dadar, Investigating the relationship between sleep disturbances and white matter hyperintensities in older adults on the Alzheimer's disease spectrum.
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.
R. Moqadam, M. Dadar*, Y. Zeighami*, Investigating the impact of motion in the scanner on brain age predictions.
Imaging Neuroscience.
C. Morrison, M. D. Oliver, V. Berry, F. Kamal, M. Dadar , The influence of APOE status on rate of cognitive decline.
GeroScience.
M. Legault, M. Pelletier, A. Lachance, M. Lachance, Y. Zeighami, M. Gauthier, S. Iceta, L. Biertho, S. Fulton, D. Richard, A. Dagher, A. Tchernof, M. Dadar*, A. Michaud*, Sustained improvements in brain health and metabolic markers 24 months following bariatric surgery.
Brain Communications.
2023
O. Parent, A. Bussy, G. A. Devenyi, A. Dai, M. Costantino, S. Tullo, A. Salaciak, S. Bedford, S. Farzin, M. Béland, V. Valiquette, S. Villeneuve, J. Poirier, C. Tardif, M. Dadar, the PREVENT-AD Research Group, M. Chakravarty,
Assessment of white matter hyperintensity severity using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Communications.
F. Kamal, C. Morrison, J. Maranzano, Y. Zeighami, M. Dadar,
White Matter Hyperintensity Trajectories in Patients With Progressive and Stable Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neurology.
F. Kamal, C. Morrison, J. Maranzano, Y. Zeighami, M. Dadar,
Topographical differences in white matter hyperintensity burden and cognition in aging, MCI, and AD. GeroScience.
2022
M. D. Oliver, C. Morrison, F. Kamal, J. Graham, M. Dadar, Subjective Cognitive Decline is a Better Marker for Future Cognitive Decline in Females than in Males.
Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy.
M. Dadar, S. Mahmoud, M. Zhernovaia, R. Camicioli, J. Maranzano, S. Duchesne. White Matter Hyperintensity Distribution Differences in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Cohorts. NeuroImage Clinical.
M. Dadar, S. Mahmoud, S. Narayanan, D. L. Collins, D. L. Arnold, J. Maranzano. Diffusely abnormal white matter converts to T2 lesion volume in the absence of MRI-detectable acute inflammation. Brain.
M. Dadar, R. Camicioli, and S. Duchesne. Multi-Sequence Average Templates for Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Populations. Scientific Data.
M. Dadar, A.L. Manera, S. Ducharme, and D. L. Collins. White matter hyperintensities are associated with grey matter atrophy and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. Neurobiology of Aging.
M. Dadar, M. Zhernovaia, S. Mahmoud, R. Camicioli, J. Maranzano, and S. Duchesne. Using Transfer Learning for Automated Microbleed Segmentation. Frontiers in Neuroimaging.
2021
M. Dadar, O. Potvin, R. Camicioli, S. Duchesne. Beware of White Matter Hyperintensities Causing Systematic Errors in FreeSurfer Gray Matter Segmentations! Human Brain Mapping.
M. Dadar, J. Miyasaki, S. Duchesne*, R. Camicioli*. Amyloid β Impacts Future Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Via White Matter Hyperintensities. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.
M. Dadar*, A. Manera*, V. Fonov, S. Ducharme, D. L. Collins. MNI-FTD Templates: Unbiased Average Templates of Frontotemporal Dementia Variants. Scientific data
2020
M. Dadar, R. Camicioli, S. Duchesne, D. L. Collins. The Temporal Relationships between White Matter Hyperintensities, Neurodegeneration, Amyloid β, and Cognition. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.
M. Dadar, M. Gee, A. Shuaib, S. Duchesne, R, Camicioli. Cognitive and Motor Correlates of Grey and White Matter Pathology in Parkinson’s Disease. NeuroImage Clinical.
M. Dadar, S. Duchesne. Reliability Assessment of Tissue Classification Algorithms for Multi-Center and Multi-Scanner Data. NeuroImage.
M. Dadar, S. Narayanan, D. L. Arnold, D. L. Collins, J. Maranzano. Conversion of diffusely abnormal white matter to focal lesions is linked to progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
M. Dadar, A. L. Manera, L. Zinman, L. Korngut, A. Genge, S. J. Graham, R. Frayne, D. L. Collins, S. Kalra. Cerebral Atrophy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Parallels the Pathological Distribution of TDP43. Brain Communications.
M. Dadar, S.M. Fereshtehnejad, Y. Zeighami, A. Dagher, R. Postuma, D. L. Collins. White matter hyperintensities mediate the impact of dysautonomia on cognition in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice.
M. Dadar, D. L. Collins. BISON: Brain tISue segmentatiON pipeline using T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and a random forests classifier. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
2019
M. Dadar, J. Maranzano, S. Ducharme, D. L. Collins. White matter in different regions evolves differently during progression to Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging.
2018
M. Dadar, Y. Zeighami, Y. Yau, S. Fereshtehnejad, J. Maranzano, R. Postuma, A. Dagher, D. L. Collins. White Matter Hyperintensities are linked to cognitive decline in de Novo Parkinson's disease patients. NeuroImage: Clinical.
M. Dadar, J. Maranzano, S. Ducharme, O. T. Carmichael, C. Decarli, D. L. Collins. Validation of T1w-based Segmentations of White Matter Hyperintensity Volumes in Large Scale Datasets of Aging. Human Brain Mapping.
M. Dadar, Vladimir S. Fonov, D. Louis Collins. A Comparison of Publicly Available Linear MRI Stereotaxic Registration Techniques. NeuroImage.
J. M. Mateos-Pérez*, M. Dadar*, M. Lacalle-Aurioles, Y. Iturria-Medina, Y. Zeighami, A. C. Evans. Structural Neuroimaging as Clinical Predictor: A Review of Machine Learning Applications. NeuroImage: Clinical.
2017
M. Dadar, J. Maranzano, K. Misquitta, C. J. Anor, V. S. Fonov, M. C. Tartaglia, O. T. Carmichael, C. Decarli, D. L. Collins. Performance comparison of 10 different classification techniques in segmenting white matter hyperintensities in aging. NeuroImage.
M. Dadar, T. A. Pascoal, S. Manitsirikul, K. Misquitta, M. C. Tartaglia, J. Brietner, P. Rosa-Neto, O. Carmichael, C. DeCarli, D. L. Collins. Validation of a Regression Technique for Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities in Alzheimer’s Disease. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.