David Luck

Research axis

• Biological, Psychological and Social Signatures of Mental Health

University Affiliation (Position or Role)

• Regular Researcher, Fernand-Seguin Research Centre, Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital
• Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal

Profile / Research Interests

Dr Luck is a neuroscientist whose principal research interests lie in the assessment of associative memory in normal subjects and in patients with psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorders), as well as in the examination of the effects of cognitive and affective factors (e.g. executive functions, emotions) on associative memory.

Awards and Honours

• Young Investigator Travel Award 2011, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research.
• Fellowship (2010-11), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
• Fellowship (2009-10), Fonds de la Recherche en Santé Québec (FRSQ).
• Prix du comité scientifique de l’Encéphale 2009, 7ème Congrès de l’Encéphale.
• Ph.D. Scholarship 2004-05, Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) – Action Dynamique en Psychiatrie.
• Ph.D. Merit Scholarship, 2001-04, Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie (MENRT).
• Teaching Fellowship (Monitorat d’Initiation à l’Enseignement Supérieur), 2001-04, Université Louis Pasteur.
• Travel Award 2001, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
• M.Sc. Merit Scholarship 2000-2001, Université Louis Pasteur.
  
  

Methodologies

• Structural (VMT, DTI) and functional (fMRI) neuroimaging
• Eye-tracking
• Cognitive evaluation of memory (working, episodic)

Current Projects

Cognitive and neuronal determinants of associative memory in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

Recents Publications

Buchy, L., D. Luck, D., Czechowska, Y., Malla, A.,  Joober, R., Lepage, M. (2012). Diffusion tensor imaging tractography of the fornix and belief confidence in first-episode psychosis.  Schizophr Res   [Epub ahead of print] Pubmed

Foucher, J. R., Luck, D., Marrer, C., Pham, B. T., Gounot, D., Vidailhet, P., Otzenberger, H. (2011). fMRI working memory hypo-activations in schizophrenia come with a coupling deficit between arousal and cognition. Psychiatry research, 194(1), 21-29. Pubmed 

Letourneau G, Ait Bentaleb L, Stip B, Luck D, Stip E (accepted). Relationships between metabolic changes in schizophrenic patients on olanzapine treatment and structural brain changes: a voxel-based morphometry study. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment.

Luck D, Buchy L, Czechowska Y, Bodnar M, Pike GB, Campbell, JS, Achim AM, Malla A, Joober R, Lepage M (2011). Fronto-temporal connectivity and clinical outcome in first episode psychosis: a DTI-tractography study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 45(3), 369-377.

Giersch A, van Assche M, Huron C, Luck D (2011). Visuo-perceptual organization and working memory in patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychologia, 49(3), 435-443.

Homayoun, S., Nadeau-Marcotte, F., Luck, D., & Stip, E. (2011). Subjective and Objective Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia - is there a Link? Frontiers in psychology, 2, 148. Pubmed

Mattis, S., Papolos, D., Luck, D., Cockerham, M., & Thode Jr, H. C. (2011). Neuropsychological factors differentiating treated children with pediatric bipolar disorder from those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(1), 74-84. Pubmed

Luck D, Malla A, Joober R, Lepage M (2010). Disrupted integrity of the fornix in first episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 119(1-3), 61-64.

Luck D, Danion JM, Marrer C, Pham BT, Gounot D, Foucher JR (2010). The right parahippocampal gyrus contributes to the formation and maintenance of bound information in working memory. Brain and Cognition, 72(2), 255-263.

Luck D, Danion JM, Marrer C, Pham BT, Gounot D, Foucher JR (2010). Decreased medial temporal activity for bound information during maintenance in working memory in schizophrenia. Hippocampus, 20(8), 936-948.

Luck D, Montoya A, Menear M, Achim AM, Lal S, Lepage M (2009). Selective pair recognition memory impairment with no response bias in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 169, 39-42.

Luck D, Buchy L, Lepage M, Danion JM (2009). Examining the effects of two factors on working memory maintenance of bound information in schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15(4), 597-605.

Pelletier M, Luck D, Harvey PO, Lepage M (2008). Apports de la neuro-imagerie fonctionnelle dans la physiopathologie des symptômes positifs de la schizophrénie. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, 29(1), 25-36.

Luck D, Foucher JR, Offerlin-Meyer I, Lepage M, Danion JM (2008). Assessment of single and bound features in a working memory task in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 100, 153-160.

Foucher JR, Luck D, Chassagnon S, Offerlin-Meyer I (2007). What is needed for rTMS to become a treatment L’Encéphale, 33(6), 982-989.

Foucher JR, Luck D (2006). Psychosis related to neurological conditions: pro and cons of the dis- / mis-connectivity models of schizophrenia. Dialogues in Clinical Neurosciences, 8(1), 17-27.