Julie A. Boyle


Julie Boyle MNI Rm. 276 (514) 398-6644 (x00376)		Julie Boyle Graduate Student
Julie Boyle MNI Rm. 276 (514) 398-6644 (x00376)		Since my arrival in Marilyn's lab, my interest in the sense of smell has increased exponentially. I began with just a keen interest in the chemosenses and, in no time (at least it seems that way), I became interested in a variety of topics within the field. My current infatuation involves mapping the neural correlates of olfactory mixtures. Secondary interests include the impact of chemical complexity and novelty on brain activations, the role of the central nervous system in specific anosmia, seasonal fluctuation of the chemical senses, the interaction between the olfactory and trigeminal system and lastly, the use of functional connectivity to help delineate probabilistic neural networks involved in taste and smell. When I am not in the lab (although this is happening less and less) you are most likely to find me in one of three places: catching up on sleep, hanging out with friends, or ice climbing on one of the spectacular ice walls in Quebec .
Publications Articles Boyle JA, Djordjevic J, Olsson MJ, Lundstrom JN, Jones-Gotman M. The Human Brain Distinguishes between Single Odorants and Binary Mixtures. Cerebral Cortex, 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print] Hummel T, Oehme L, van den Hoff J, Gerber J, Heinke M, Boyle JA, Beuthien-Baumann B. PET-based investigation of cerebral activation following intranasal trigeminal stimulation. Human Brain Mapping, 2008 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] Djordjevic J, Lundström JN, Clément F, Boyle JA, Pouliot S, and Jones-Gotman M. A rose by any other name: Would it smell as sweet? Journal of Neurophysiology, 2008, 99:386-93. Lundström JN, Boyle JA, Zatorre RJ, Jones-Gotman M. Functional neuronal processing of body odors differs from that of similar common odors. Cerebral Cortex, 2007, 18:1466-74. Boyle JA, Frasnelli J, Henke M, Gerber J, Hummel T. (2007). Cross-modal integration of intranasal stimuli: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroscience, July 2007 E-pub . Boyle, J.A., Henke, M., Gerber, J., Frasnelli, J. and Hummel T. (2007). Cerebral activation to intra-nasal chemo-sensory trigeminal stimulation. Chemical Senses . 32(4):343-53. Boyle JA, Lundström JN, Knecht M, Jones-Gotman M., Schaal B, Hummel T. (2006). On the trigeminal percept of androstenone and its implications on the rate of specific anosmia. Journal of Neurobiology, 66(13):1501-10. Lundström JN, Boyle JA, and Jones-Gotman M. (2006). Sit-up and smell the roses better: olfactory sensitivity is dependent on body position. Chemical Senses, 31(3), 249-52. Djordjevic J, Zatorre RJ, Petrides M, Boyle JA, Jones-Gotman M. (2005). Functional neuroimaging of odor imagery. NeuroImage, 24(3):791-801. Presentations Boyle JA. How the brain processes chemosensory mixtures. 3rd Unilever Workshop On Multisensory Research. September 2007, Oxford , UK . Boyle JA, Hernandez M., Kennepohl S., Olsson MJ, Jones-Gotman M. Predicting subjective ratings of intensity, pleasantness and familiarity in binary odor mixtures based on their constituent parts. European Chemoreception Research Organization meeting, September 2006, Granada , Spain . Boyle JA, Postolache TT, Jones-Gotman M. Seasonal variations in sensitivity to androstenone. European Chemoreception Research Organization, September 2006, Granada , Spain .