Publications

Registered Reports (stage 1 with 'in principle acceptance')

Sugary drinks devaluation with response training helps to resist their consumption.

Najberg H, Tapparel M, Spierer L

PCI RR, 2025

Plastic brain mechanisms supporting reduction in cravings induced by response training

Tapparel M, Najberg H, Pool E, Spierer L

PCI RR, 2025

Items found: 97

2024

New insight into the molecular etiopathogenesis of konzo: Cyanate could be a plausible neurotoxin contributing to konzo, contrary to thiocyanate,
Baguma, M., Kessels, S., Bito, V., Brone, B., Triller, A., Maynard, S., Legendre, P., Rigo, J. M., Le Corronc, H., and Chabwine, J. N.

Neurotoxicology 105, 2024.

Acute right opercular stroke-associated polyopic heautoscopy and hallucinations caused by disconnection to the inferior parietal lobule through the superior longitudinal fasciculus III: A single case study,
Obrenovic, M., Mouthon, M., Chavan, C., Saj, A., Dieguez, S., Aellen, J., and Chabwine, J. N.

Cortex 174, 2024.

The Role of Anatomic Connectivity in Inhibitory Control Revealed by Combining Connectome-based Lesion-symptom Mapping with Event-related Potentials,
Nono, A. S. T., Anziano, M., Mouthon, M., Chabwine, J. N., and Spierer, L.

Brain Topogr 2024.

2023

Reduction in sugar drink valuation and consumption with gamified executive control training,
Najberg, H., Mouthon, M., Coppin, G., and Spierer, L.

Sci Rep 13, 2023.

EEG Beta functional connectivity decrease in the left amygdala correlates with the affective pain in fibromyalgia: A pilot study,
Makowka, S., Mory, L. N., Mouthon, M., Mancini, C., Guggisberg, A. G., and Chabwine, J. N.

PLoS One 18, 2023.

The Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN),
Njamnshi, A. K., Ngarka, L., Njamnshi, W. Y., Ahidjo, N., Chabwine, J. N., Hachinski, V., Committee, Brain-Scan Congress 1.5 Scientific, and Organising, Secretariat

Lancet Neurol 22, 2023.

Response to experimental cold-induced pain discloses a resistant category among endurance athletes, with a distinct profile of pain-related behavior and GABAergic EEG markers: a case-control preliminary study,
Peier, F., Mouthon, M., De Pretto, M., and Chabwine, J. N.

Front Neurosci 17, 2023.

Mental flexibility depends on a largely distributed white matter network: Causal evidence from connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping,
Anziano, M., Mouthon, M., Thoeny, H., Sperber, C., and Spierer, L.

Cortex 165, 2023.

2022

Predictors for Returning to Paid Work after Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke,
Wicht, C. A., Chavan, C. F., Annoni, J. M., Balmer, P., Aellen, J., Humm, A. M., Crettaz von Roten, F., Spierer, L., and Medlin, F.

J Pers Med 12, 2022.

The Affective Dimension of Pain Appears to Be Determinant within a Pain-Insomnia-Anxiety Pathological Loop in Fibromyalgia: A Case-Control Study,
Mory, L. N., de Oliveira Fernandes, D., Mancini, C., Mouthon, M., and Chabwine, J. N.

J Clin Med 11, 2022.

Case Report: Variegate porphyria disclosed by post-gastric bypass complications and causing predominant painful sensorimotor axonal peripheral neuropathy,
Collaud, E., Wittwer, L., Minder, A. E., Annoni, J. M., Minder, E. I., and Chabwine, J. N.

Front Genet 13, 2022.

Experience with opioids does not modify the brain network involved in expectations of placebo analgesia,
Wicht, C. A., Mouthon, M., Nsimire Chabwine, J., Gaab, J., and Spierer, L.

Eur J Neurosci 55, 2022.

Neural correlates of expectations-induced effects of caffeine intake on executive functions,
Wicht, C. A., De Pretto, M., Mouthon, M., and Spierer, L.

Cortex 150, 2022.

2021

Modifying food items valuation and weight with gamified executive control training,
Najberg, H., Rigamonti, M., Mouthon, M., and Spierer, L.

R Soc Open Sci 8, 2021.

Revisiting Konzo Risk Factors in Three Areas Differently Affected by Spastic Paraparesis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Discloses a Prominent Role of the Nutritional Status-A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study,
Baguma, M., Malembaka, E. B., Bahizire, E., Mudumbi, G. Z., Shamamba, D. B., Matabaro, A. N., Rigo, J. M., Njamnshi, A. K., and Chabwine, J. N.

Nutrients 13, 2021.

Konzo risk factors, determinants and etiopathogenesis: What is new? A systematic review,
Baguma, M., Nzabara, F., Maheshe Balemba, G., Malembaka, E. B., Migabo, C., Mudumbi, G., Bito, V., Cliff, J., Rigo, J. M., and Chabwine, J. N.

Neurotoxicology 85, 2021.

An Ecological Monitoring and Management App (EMMA) for Older Adults With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Design and Feasibility Study,
Ledermann, K., Abou Khaled, O., Caon, M., Berger, T., Chabwine, J. N., Wicht, J., and Martin-Soelch, C.

JMIR Res Protoc 10, 2021.

Proactive inhibition is not modified by deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: An electrical neuroimaging study,
De Pretto, M., Mouthon, M., Debove, I., Pollo, C., Schupbach, M., Spierer, L., and Accolla, E. A.

Hum Brain Mapp 42, 2021.

Aging Modulates Prefrontal Plasticity Induced by Executive Control Training,
Najberg, H., Wachtl, L., Anziano, M., Mouthon, M., and Spierer, L.

Cereb Cortex 31, 2021.

Randomized-controlled trial of response inhibition training for individuals with PTSD and impaired response inhibition,
Echiverri-Cohen, A., Spierer, L., Perez, M., Kulon, M., Ellis, M. D., and Craske, M.

Behav Res Ther 143, 2021.

2020

Long-term effects of severe acute malnutrition during childhood on adult cognitive, academic and behavioural development in African fragile countries: The Lwiro cohort study in Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Mwene-Batu, P., Bisimwa, G., Baguma, M., Chabwine, J., Bapolisi, A., Chimanuka, C., Molima, C., Dramaix, M., Kashama, N., Macq, J., and Donnen, P.

PLoS One 15, 2020.

Acute alcohol intoxication and expectations reshape the spatiotemporal functional architecture of executive control,
Ribordy Lambert, F., Wicht, C. A., Mouthon, M., and Spierer, L.

Neuroimage 215, 2020.

Brain structural evidence for a frontal pole specialization in glossolalia,
Walter, Y., Dieguez, S., Mouthon, M., and Spierer, L.

IBRO Rep 9, 2020.

Prediction of long-term quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury based on variables at hospital admission,
Maillard, J., De Pretto, M., Delhumeau, C., and Walder, B.

Brain Inj 34, 2020.

The right thalamic ventral posterolateral nucleus seems to be determinant for macrosomatognosia: a case report,
ElTarhouni, A. H., Beer, L., Mouthon, M., Erni, B., Aellen, J., Annoni, J. M., Accolla, E., Dieguez, S., and Chabwine, J. N.

BMC Neurol 20, 2020.

2019

Stimulus Reward Value Interacts with Training-induced Plasticity in Inhibitory Control,
De Pretto, M., Hartmann, L., Garcia Burgos, D., Sallard, E., and Spierer, L.

Neuroscience 2019.

Executive control training does not generalize, even when associated with plastic changes in domain-general prefrontal areas,
Simonet, M., Roten, F. C. V., Spierer, L., and Barral, J.

Neuroimage 197, 2019.

Erratic movement disorders disclosing Graves' disease and paralleling thyroid function but not autoantibody levels,
Delhasse, S., Debove, I., Arnold-Kunz, G., Ghika, J. A., and Chabwine, J. N.

J Int Med Res 47, 2019.

Mood Effects After Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: An Update,
Accolla, E. A., and Pollo, C.

Front Neurol 10, 2019.

Practice-induced functional plasticity in inhibitory control interacts with aging,
Hartmann, L., Wachtl, L., de Lucia, M., and Spierer, L.

Brain Cogn 132, 2019.

Identification of GSK-3 as a Potential Therapeutic Entry Point for Epilepsy,
Aourz, N., Serruys, A. K., Chabwine, J. N., Balegamire, P. B., Afrikanova, T., Edrada-Ebel, R., Grey, A. I., Kamuhabwa, A. R., Walrave, L., Esguerra, C. V., van Leuven, F., de Witte, P. A. M., Smolders, I., and Crawford, A. D.

ACS Chem Neurosci 10, 2019.

2018

Modulation of inhibitory control by prefrontal anodal tDCS: A crossover double-blind sham-controlled fMRI study,
Sallard, E., Mouthon, M., De Pretto, M., and Spierer, L.

PLoS One 13, 2018.

Effects of Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Lexical Access in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia,
Pestalozzi, M. I., Di Pietro, M., Martins Gaytanidis, C., Spierer, L., Schnider, A., Chouiter, L., Colombo, F., Annoni, J. M., and Jost, L. B.

Neurorehabil Neural Repair 32, 2018.

Spatiotemporal brain dynamics underlying attentional bias modifications,
Sallard, E., Hartmann, L., Ptak, R., and Spierer, L.

Int J Psychophysiol 130, 2018.

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Modulates Language Processing but Does Not Facilitate Overt Second Language Word Production,
Radman, N., Britz, J., Buetler, K., Weekes, B. S., Spierer, L., and Annoni, J. M.

Front Neurosci 12, 2018.

Somatosensory and auditory deviance detection for outcome prediction during postanoxic coma,
Pfeiffer, C., Nguissi, N. A. N., Chytiris, M., Bidlingmeyer, P., Haenggi, M., Kurmann, R., Zubler, F., Accolla, E., Viceic, D., Rusca, M., Oddo, M., Rossetti, A. O., and De Lucia, M.

Ann Clin Transl Neurol 5, 2018.

2017

Spatiotemporal brain dynamics supporting the immediate automatization of inhibitory control by implementation intentions,
De Pretto, M., Rochat, L., and Spierer, L.

Sci Rep 7, 2017.

Electrical Neuroimaging of Music Processing Reveals Mid-Latency Changes with Level of Musical Expertise,
James, C. E., Oechslin, M. S., Michel, C. M., and De Pretto, M.

Front Neurosci 11, 2017.

Sustained enhancements in inhibitory control depend primarily on the reinforcement of fronto-basal anatomical connectivity,
Chavan, C., Mouthon, M., Simonet, M., Hoogewoud, H. M., Draganski, B., van der Zwaag, W., and Spierer, L.

Brain Struct Funct 222, 2017.

2016

Partly segregated cortico-subcortical pathways support phonologic and semantic verbal fluency: A lesion study,
Chouiter, L., Holmberg, J., Manuel, A. L., Colombo, F., Clarke, S., Annoni, J. M., and Spierer, L.

Neuroscience 329, 2016.

Language specificity of lexical-phonological therapy in bilingual aphasia: A clinical and electrophysiological study,
Radman, N., Spierer, L., Laganaro, M., Annoni, J. M., and Colombo, F.

Neuropsychol Rehabil 26, 2016.

State dependency of inhibitory control performance: an electrical neuroimaging study,
De Pretto, M., Sallard, E., and Spierer, L.

Eur J Neurosci 44, 2016.

Enhancing frontal top-down inhibitory control with Go/NoGo training,
Hartmann, L., Sallard, E., and Spierer, L.

Brain Struct Funct 221, 2016.

Definition and management of varicella zoster virus-associated meningoradiculitis: a case report,
Luisier, V., Weber, L., Fishman, D., Praz, G., Ghika, J. A., Genoud, D., and Chabwine, J. N.

BMC Res Notes 9, 2016.

2015

Experience-based Auditory Predictions Modulate Brain Activity to Silence as do Real Sounds,
Chouiter, L., Tzovara, A., Dieguez, S., Annoni, J. M., Magezi, D., De Lucia, M., and Spierer, L.

J Cogn Neurosci 27, 2015.

Differential patterns of functional and structural plasticity within and between inferior frontal gyri support training-induced improvements in inhibitory control proficiency,
Chavan, C. F., Mouthon, M., Draganski, B., van der Zwaag, W., and Spierer, L.

Hum Brain Mapp 36, 2015.

Submillisecond unmasked subliminal visual stimuli evoke electrical brain responses,
Sperdin, H. F., Spierer, L., Becker, R., Michel, C. M., and Landis, T.

Hum Brain Mapp 36, 2015.

Balanced bilinguals favor lexical processing in their opaque language and conversion system in their shallow language,
Buetler, K. A., de Leon Rodriguez, D., Laganaro, M., Muri, R., Nyffeler, T., Spierer, L., and Annoni, J. M.

Brain Lang 150, 2015.

NKCC1 downregulation induces hyperpolarizing shift of GABA responsiveness at near term fetal stages in rat cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons,
Chabwine, J. N., Talavera, K., Van Den Bosch, L., and Callewaert, G.

BMC Neurosci 16, 2015.

2014

Sweet taste loss in myasthenia gravis: more than a coincidence?,
Chabwine, J. N., Tschirren, M. V., Zekeridou, A., Landis, B. N., and Kuntzer, T.

Orphanet J Rare Dis 9, 2014.

Early attentional processes distinguish selective from global motor inhibitory control: an electrical neuroimaging study,
Sallard, E., Barral, J., Chavan, C. F., and Spierer, L.

Neuroimage 87, 2014.

Language context modulates reading route: an electrical neuroimaging study,
Buetler, K. A., de Leon Rodriguez, D., Laganaro, M., Muri, R., Spierer, L., and Annoni, J. M.

Front Hum Neurosci 8, 2014.

Age-related changes in the bimanual advantage and in brain oscillatory activity during tapping movements suggest a decline in processing sensory reafference,
Sallard, E., Spierer, L., Ludwig, C., Deiber, M. P., and Barral, J.

Exp Brain Res 232, 2014.

High and low stimulus-driven conflict engage segregated brain networks, not quantitatively different resources,
Chouiter, L., Dieguez, S., Annoni, J. M., and Spierer, L.

Brain Topogr 27, 2014.

2013

Posterior SMA Syndrome following subcortical stroke: contralateral akinesia reversed by visual feedback,
Radman, N., Cacioppo, S., Spierer, L., Schmidlin, E., Mayer, E., and Annoni, J. M.

Neuropsychologia 51, 2013.

Poor reward sensitivity and apathy after stroke: implication of basal ganglia,
Rochat, L., Van der Linden, M., Renaud, O., Epiney, J. B., Michel, P., Sztajzel, R., Spierer, L., and Annoni, J. M.

Neurology 81, 2013.

Electrical neuroimaging during auditory motion aftereffects reveals that auditory motion processing is motion sensitive but not direction selective,
Magezi, D. A., Buetler, K. A., Chouiter, L., Annoni, J. M., and Spierer, L.

J Neurophysiol 109, 2013.

Training-induced behavioral and brain plasticity in inhibitory control,
Spierer, L., Chavan, C. F., and Manuel, A. L.

Front Hum Neurosci 7, 2013.

Plastic modifications within inhibitory control networks induced by practicing a stop-signal task: an electrical neuroimaging study,
Manuel, A. L., Bernasconi, F., and Spierer, L.

Cortex 49, 2013.

Contributions of pitch and bandwidth to sound-induced enhancement of visual cortex excitability in humans,
Spierer, L., Manuel, A. L., Bueti, D., and Murray, M. M.

Cortex 49, 2013.

Inter- and intrahemispheric dissociations in ideomotor apraxia: a large-scale lesion-symptom mapping study in subacute brain-damaged patients,
Manuel, A. L., Radman, N., Mesot, D., Chouiter, L., Clarke, S., Annoni, J. M., and Spierer, L.

Cereb Cortex 23, 2013.

Progression of auditory discrimination based on neural decoding predicts awakening from coma,
Tzovara, A., Rossetti, A. O., Spierer, L., Grivel, J., Murray, M. M., Oddo, M., and De Lucia, M.

Brain 136, 2013.

2012

[Neurology],
Chabwine, J. N., Rossetti, A. R., Hirt, L., Kuntzer, T., Schluep, M., Michel, P., Demonet, J. F., du Pasquier, R. A., and Vingerhoets, F. G.

Rev Med Suisse 8, 2012.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with transitory lymphopenia,
Chabwine, J. N., Lhermitte, B., Da Silva, M. O., Buss, G., Maeder, P., and Du Pasquier, R. A.

Neurology 78, 2012.

Neural plasticity associated with recently versus often heard objects,
Bourquin, N. M., Spierer, L., Murray, M. M., and Clarke, S.

Neuroimage 62, 2012.

Auditory perceptual decision-making based on semantic categorization of environmental sounds,
De Lucia, M., Tzovara, A., Bernasconi, F., Spierer, L., and Murray, M. M.

Neuroimage 60, 2012.

Spatio-temporal brain dynamics mediating post-error behavioral adjustments,
Manuel, A. L., Bernasconi, F., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

J Cogn Neurosci 24, 2012.

Cognitive control of language production in bilinguals involves a partly independent process within the domain-general cognitive control network: evidence from task-switching and electrical brain activity,
Magezi, D. A., Khateb, A., Mouthon, M., Spierer, L., and Annoni, J. M.

Brain Lang 122, 2012.

2011

The role of the right parietal cortex in sound localization: a chronometric single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation study,
At, A., Spierer, L., and Clarke, S.

Neuropsychologia 49, 2011.

Dynamic calibration of our sense of time,
Grivel, J., Bernasconi, F., Manuel, A. L., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Neuropsychologia 49, 2011.

Where sound position influences sound object representations: a 7-T fMRI study,
van der Zwaag, W., Gentile, G., Gruetter, R., Spierer, L., and Clarke, S.

Neuroimage 54, 2011.

Noise in brain activity engenders perception and influences discrimination sensitivity,
Bernasconi, F., De Lucia, M., Tzovara, A., Manuel, A. L., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

J Neurosci 31, 2011.

Simultaneous Doppelganger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke,
Chabwine, J. N., Granziera, C., Vargas, M. I., Aboulaffia, T., Caratsch, L., Schnider, A., Landis, T., and Perren, F.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82, 2011.

A claim for caution in the use of promising bumetanide to treat neonatal seizures,
Chabwine, J. N., and Vanden Eijnden, S.

J Child Neurol 26, 2011.

Pre-stimulus beta oscillations within left posterior sylvian regions impact auditory temporal order judgment accuracy,
Bernasconi, F., Manuel, A. L., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Int J Psychophysiol 79, 2011.

Learning-induced plasticity in human audition: objects, time, and space,
Spierer, L., De Lucia, M., Bernasconi, F., Grivel, J., Bourquin, N. M., Clarke, S., and Murray, M. M.

Hear Res 271, 2011.

Appearance of konzo in South-Kivu, a wartorn area in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Chabwine, J. N., Masheka, C., Balol'ebwami, Z., Maheshe, B., Balegamire, S., Rutega, B., Wa Lola, M., Mutendela, K., Bonnet, M. J., Shangalume, O., Balegamire, J. M., and Nemery, B.

Food Chem Toxicol 49, 2011.

Multisensory integration: what you see is where you hear,
Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Curr Biol 21, 2011.

2010

Interhemispheric coupling between the posterior sylvian regions impacts successful auditory temporal order judgment,
Bernasconi, F., Grivel, J., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Neuropsychologia 48, 2010.

Plastic brain mechanisms for attaining auditory temporal order judgment proficiency,
Bernasconi, F., Grivel, J., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Neuroimage 50, 2010.

Brain dynamics underlying training-induced improvement in suppressing inappropriate action,
Manuel, A. L., Grivel, J., Bernasconi, F., Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

J Neurosci 30, 2010.

2009

Right hemispheric dominance for echo suppression,
Spierer, L., Bourquin, N. M., Tardif, E., Murray, M. M., and Clarke, S.

Neuropsychologia 47, 2009.

Local landmark-based registration for fMRI group studies of nonprimary auditory cortex,
Viceic, D., Campos, R., Fornari, E., Spierer, L., Meuli, R., Clarke, S., and Thiran, J. P.

Neuroimage 44, 2009.

The temporoparietal junction as a part of the "when" pathway,
Spierer, L., Bernasconi, F., and Grivel, J.

J Neurosci 29, 2009.

Auditory spatio-temporal brain dynamics and their consequences for multisensory interactions in humans,
Murray, M. M., and Spierer, L.

Hear Res 258, 2009.

Differential contribution of the Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1 to chloride handling in rat embryonic dorsal root ganglion neurons and motor neurons,
Chabwine, J. N., Talavera, K., Verbert, L., Eggermont, J., Vanderwinden, J. M., De Smedt, H., Van Den Bosch, L., Robberecht, W., and Callewaert, G.

FASEB J 23, 2009.

Hemispheric competence for auditory spatial representation,
Spierer, L., Bellmann-Thiran, A., Maeder, P., Murray, M. M., and Clarke, S.

Brain 132, 2009.

2008

Interactions between auditory 'what' and 'where' pathways revealed by enhanced near-threshold discrimination of frequency and position,
Tardif, E., Spierer, L., Clarke, S., and Murray, M. M.

Neuropsychologia 46, 2008.

Plasticity in representations of environmental sounds revealed by electrical neuroimaging,
Murray, M. M., Camen, C., Spierer, L., and Clarke, S.

Neuroimage 39, 2008.

The path to success in auditory spatial discrimination: electrical neuroimaging responses within the supratemporal plane predict performance outcome,
Spierer, L., Murray, M. M., Tardif, E., and Clarke, S.

Neuroimage 41, 2008.

Comparison of bandwidths in the inferior colliculus and the auditory nerve. II: Measurement using a temporally manipulated stimulus,
Mc Laughlin, M., Chabwine, J. N., van der Heijden, M., and Joris, P. X.

J Neurophysiol 100, 2008.

2007

Extinction of auditory stimuli in hemineglect: Space versus ear,
Spierer, L., Meuli, R., and Clarke, S.

Neuropsychologia 45, 2007.

Getting in touch: segregated somatosensory what and where pathways in humans revealed by electrical neuroimaging,
De Santis, L., Spierer, L., Clarke, S., and Murray, M. M.

Neuroimage 37, 2007.

Learning-induced plasticity in auditory spatial representations revealed by electrical neuroimaging,
Spierer, L., Tardif, E., Sperdin, H., Murray, M. M., and Clarke, S.

J Neurosci 27, 2007.

2006

The spatio-temporal brain dynamics of processing and integrating sound localization cues in humans,
Tardif, E., Murray, M. M., Meylan, R., Spierer, L., and Clarke, S.

Brain Res 1092, 2006.

2004

Long-lasting changes in GABA responsiveness in cultured neurons,
Chabwine, J. N., Van Damme, P., Eggermont, J., De Smedt, H., Missiaen, L., Van Den Bosch, L., Parys, J. B., Robberecht, W., and Callewaert, G.

Neurosci Lett 365, 2004.

2001

Mental health problems in a population without a previous modern psychiatric care system,
Chabwine, J. N., and Mubagwa, K.

Trop Doct 31, 2001.