Nabila Brihmat

Team: NeuroDTx: Neuromodulation and Digital Therapeutics
Postdoctoral researcher  | 

After obtaining a master’s degree in Biology & Health and then in Neuropsychology & Clinical Neurosciences at the Paul Sabatier University in France, I pursued a PhD in Neuroscience at the Toulouse Neuroimaging Center (ToNIC / UMR1214) and the Department of Physical Medical & Rehabilitation of the Toulouse University Hospital. I explored the neuroplasticity and recovery potential of innovative therapeutic interventions (non-invasive brain stimulation, motor imagery, virtual reality, pharmacology) for motor rehabilitation of individuals who had suffered a stroke; as well as the optimal assessment tool to highlight such effects. I then joined the Tim & Caroline Reynolds Center for Spinal Stimulation at Kessler Foundation for a postdoctoral fellowship that evolved into an associate research position, to study the effects of non-invasive brain and spinal cord stimulation on functional recovery after a spinal cord injury (SCI). By joining the Neuromodulation and Neuroprosthetics Team at the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases, I plan to use my acquired knowledge and experience as part of an FRM-funded research project to study the underlying mechanisms and effects of non-invasive brain and spinal electrical stimulation in stroke and SCI.

Publications

Insights into COVID-19 pathophysiology from a longitudinal multisystem report during acute infection
Nabila Brihmat, Mehmed B. Bayram, Akhil Bheemreddy, Soha Saleh, Guang H. Yue, Gail F. Forrest
Experimental Neurology. 2024-10-01

10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.114917

Corticospinal inhibition investigated in relation to upper extremity motor function in cervical spinal cord injury
Tarun Arora, Jia Liu, Akhil Mohan, Xin Li, Kyle O'laughlin, Teale Bennett, Gregory Nemunaitis, Francois Bethoux, Svetlana Pundik, Gail Forrest, Steven Kirshblum, Kevin Kilgore, Anne Bryden, M. Kristi Henzel, Xiaofeng Wang, Kelsey Baker, Nabila Brihmat, Mehmed Bayram, Ela B. Plow
Clinical Neurophysiology. 2024-05-01

10.1016/j.clinph.2024.02.026

Differential Corticospinal Excitability and Cortical Functional Connectivity Modulation by Spinal Cord Transcutaneous Stimulation-based Motor Training versus Motor Training alone in Able-bodied and SCI participants: A Multiple Case Study
N. Brihmat, M. B. Bayram, M. Ravi, A. Bheemreddy, M. Anjaria, K. Momeni, S. Saleh, G. F. Forrest
2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2023-07-24

10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340957

Motor Imagery and Paired Associative Stimulation in Poststroke Rehabilitation: Dissociating Motor and Electrophysiological Effects
Nabila Brihmat, Evelyne Castel-Lacanal, Mohamed Tarri, Benoit Lepage, Emmeline Montane, Camile Cormier, Xavier de Boissezon, David Gasq, Isabelle Loubinoux, Philippe Marque
Applied Sciences. 2023-05-15

10.3390/app13106063

Safety and effects of a therapeutic 15 Hz rTMS protocol administered at different suprathreshold intensities in able-bodied individuals
Nabila Brihmat, Didier Allexandre, Mehmed B. Bayram, Soha Saleh, Xiaofei Guan, Guang H. Yue, Jian Zhong, Gail F. Forrest
Journal of Neurophysiology. 2023-01-01

10.1152/jn.00268.2022

High-Frequency rTMS Combined with Task-Specific Hand Motor Training Modulates Corticospinal Plasticity in Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A case report
Nabila Brihmat, Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram, Didier Allexandre, Soha Saleh, Guang H. Yue, Xiaofei Guan, Jian Zhong, Gail F. Forrest
2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2022-07-11

10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871134

Kinematic parameters obtained with the ArmeoSpring for upper-limb assessment after stroke: A reliability and learning effect study for guiding parameter use
Nabila Brihmat, Isabelle Loubinoux, Evelyne Castel-Lacanal, Philippe Marque, David Gasq
J NeuroEngineering Rehabil. 2020-09-29

10.1186/s12984-020-00759-2

Cross-Modal Functional Connectivity of the Premotor Cortex Reflects Residual Motor Output after Stroke
Nabila Brihmat, Mohamed Tarri, David Gasq, Philippe Marque, Evelyne Castel-Lacanal, Isabelle Loubinoux
Brain Connectivity. 2020-06-01

10.1089/brain.2020.0750

Post-stroke remodeling processes in animal models and humans
Carla Cirillo, Nabila Brihmat, Evelyne Castel-Lacanal, Alice Le Friec, Marianne Barbieux-Guillot, Nicolas Raposo, Jérémie Pariente, Alain Viguier, Marion Simonetta-Moreau, Jean-François Albucher, Jean-Marc Olivot, Franck Desmoulin, Philippe Marque, François Chollet, Isabelle Loubinoux
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019-10-23

10.1177/0271678X19882788

Action, observation or imitation of virtual hand movement affect differently regions of the mirror neuron system and the default mode network
Nabila Brihmat, Mohamed Tarri, Yann Quidé, Ketty Anglio, Bernard Pavard, Evelyne Castel-Lacanal, David Gasq, Xavier De Boissezon, Philippe Marque, Isabelle Loubinoux
Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2017-12-14

10.1007/s11682-017-9804-x

Cerebral imaging of post-stroke plasticity and tissue repair
I. Loubinoux, N. Brihmat, E. Castel-Lacanal, P. Marque
Revue Neurologique. 2017-11-01

10.1016/j.neurol.2017.09.007