Publications

The PESTILLI LAB promotes progress in psychological and brain science via the democratization of scientific research, methods, data and infrastructure. We strive to advance societal good by accelerating neuroscientific discovery and education via data-science applications and innovative technology.

2022

Mapping the Microstructure and Striae of the Human Olfactory Tract with Diffusion MRI

Shiloh L. Echevarria-Cooper Guangyu Zhou Christina Zelano Franco Pestilli Todd B. Parrish Thorsten Kahnt

The Journal of Neuroscience Jan 2022 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1552-21.2021

2021

Deep learning and cross-species analysis identify the influences of sex and cannabinoid signaling on cerebellar vermis morphology

Kylie Black Brent McPherson John Hainline Shawyon Baygani Brynna Webb Tristen Mier Amanda Essex Ken Mackie Franco Pestilli Anna Kalinovsky

Jul 2021 10.1101/2021.07.03.450642

International Data Governance for Neuroscience

Damian Eke Amy Bernard Jan G. Bjaalie Ricardo Chavarriaga Takashi Hanakawa Anthony Hannan Sean Hill Maryann Elizabeth Martone Agnes McMahon Oliver Ruebel Edda Thiels Franco Pestilli

Jun 2021 10.31234/osf.io/esz9b

Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams

S. Vinci-Booher B. Caron D. Bullock K. James F. Pestilli

Jan 2021 10.1101/2021.01.27.428423

In defense of decentralized research data management

Michael Hanke Franco Pestilli Adina S. Wagner Christopher J. Markiewicz Jean-Baptiste Poline Yaroslav O. Halchenko

Neuroforum Jan 2021 10.1515/nf-2020-0037

2020

A single-mode associates global patterns of brain network structure and behavior across the human lifespan

Brent McPherson Franco Pestilli

Sep 2020 10.1101/2020.09.24.312090

The visual white matter connecting human area prostriata and the thalamus is retinotopically organized

Jan W. Kurzawski Kyriaki Mikellidou Maria Concetta Morrone Franco Pestilli

Brain Structure and Function Jul 2020 10.1007/s00429-020-02096-5

Visual information routes in the posterior dorsal and ventral face network studied with intracranial neurophysiology, and white matter tract endpoints

M Babo-Rebelo A Puce D Bullock L Hugueville F Pestilli C Adam K Lehongre V Lambrecq V Dinkelacker N George

May 2020 10.1101/2020.05.22.102046

The visual white matter connecting human area prostriata and the thalamus is retinotopically organized

Jan W. Kurzawski Kyriaki Mikellidou Maria Concetta Morrone Franco Pestilli

Apr 2020 10.1101/2020.04.19.047993

Classifyber, a robust streamline-based linear classifier for white matter bundle segmentation

Giulia Bertò Daniel Bullock Pietro Astolfi Soichi Hayashi Luca Zigiotto Luciano Annicchiarico Francesco Corsini Alessandro De Benedictis Silvio Sarubbo Franco Pestilli Paolo Avesani Emanuele Olivetti

Feb 2020 10.1101/2020.02.10.942714

Advanced mapping of the human white matter microstructure better separates elite sports participation

Bradley Caron Daniel Bullock Lindsey Kitchell Brent McPherson Derek Alexander Kellar Hu Cheng Sharlene D. Newman Nicholas L. Port Franco Pestilli

Jan 2020 10.31234/osf.io/dxaqp

2019

Associative white matter connecting the dorsal and ventral posterior human cortex

Daniel Bullock Hiromasa Takemura Cesar F. Caiafa Lindsey Kitchell Brent McPherson Bradley Caron Franco Pestilli

Brain Structure and Function Nov 2019 10.1007/s00429-019-01907-8

Triple visual hemifield maps in optic chiasm hypoplasia

Khazar Ahmadi Alessio Fracasso Robert J. Puzniak Andre D. Gouws Renat Yakupov Oliver Speck Joern Kaufmann Franco Pestilli Serge O. Dumoulin Antony B. Morland Michael B. Hoffmann

Jul 2019 10.1101/703520

Associative white matter connecting the dorsal and ventral posterior human cortex

Daniel N. Bullock Hiromasa Takemura Cesar Caiafa Lindsey Kitchell Brent McPherson Bradley Caron Franco Pestilli

Jul 2019 10.31234/osf.io/kp3hj

Quantifying nerve decussation abnormalities in the optic chiasm

Robert J. Puzniak Khazar Ahmadi Jörn Kaufmann Andre Gouws Antony B. Morland Franco Pestilli Michael B. Hoffmann

May 2019 10.1101/633347

Functionally defined white matter of the macaque monkey brain reveals a dorso-ventral attention network

Ilaria Sani Brent C McPherson Heiko Stemmann Franco Pestilli Winrich A Freiwald

eLife Jan 2019 10.7554/eLife.40520

2018

Age-related macular degeneration affects the optic radiation white matter projecting to locations of retinal damage

Shoyo Yoshimine Shumpei Ogawa Hiroshi Horiguchi Masahiko Terao Atsushi Miyazaki Kenji Matsumoto Hiroshi Tsuneoka Tadashi Nakano Yoichiro Masuda Franco Pestilli

Brain Structure and Function Nov 2018 10.1007/s00429-018-1702-5

Age-related macular degeneration affects the optic radiation white matter projecting to locations of retinal damage

Shoyo Yoshimine Shumpei Ogawa Hiroshi Horiguchi Masahiko Terao Atsushi Miyazaki Kenji Matsumoto Hiroshi Tsuneoka Tadashi Nakano Yoichiro Masuda Franco Pestilli

May 2018 10.1101/336206

Human white matter and knowledge representation

Franco Pestilli

PLOS Biology Apr 2018 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005758

2016

Ensemble Tractography

Hiromasa Takemura Saad Jbabdi Cesar F. Caiafa Brian A. Wandell Franco Pestilli

PLOS Computational Biology Feb 2016 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004692

2015

Test-retest measurements and digital validation for in vivo neuroscience

Franco Pestilli

Scientific Data Dec 2015 10.1038/sdata.2014.57

Saccade Planning Evokes Topographically Specific Activity in the Dorsal and Ventral Streams

G. T. Saber F. Pestilli C. E. Curtis

Journal of Neuroscience Jan 2015 10.1523/jneurosci.1687-14.2015

2014

Evaluation and statistical inference for human connectomes

Franco Pestilli Jason D Yeatman Ariel Rokem Kendrick N Kay Brian A Wandell

Nat Meth Sep 2014 10.1038/nmeth.3098

A review of the mechanisms by which attentional feedback shapes visual selectivity

Sam Ling Janneke F. M. Jehee Franco Pestilli

Brain Struct Funct Jul 2014 10.1007/s00429-014-0818-5

2007

How do attention and adaptation affect contrast sensitivity?

F. Pestilli G. Viera M. Carrasco

Journal of Vision May 2007 10.1167/7.7.9