معرفی
Genevieve Albouy serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Human Movement Sciences at KU Leuven and is an active member of the KU Leuven Brain Institute (LBI). Her academic profile centers on the intersection of motor control, memory systems, and sleep neuroscience, with particular emphasis on neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's disease. She contributes to interdisciplinary research through collaborative projects examining how sleep architecture influences motor memory consolidation.
Dr. Albouy's research program investigates how sleep-dependent processes mediate motor memory consolidation, with special focus on phase-specific neural mechanisms during slow-wave sleep. Her work employs multimodal approaches including fMRI, EEG, and non-invasive brain stimulation to dissect cortico-striatal-hippocampal network interactions during motor learning. Current projects explore schema-mediated memory integration, targeted memory reactivation techniques, and the impact of Parkinson's disease on online/offline learning dynamics, revealing compensatory neural mechanisms in neurodegenerative populations.
Analysis of her recent publication trajectory shows concentrated investigation into sleep-motor memory interactions, with increasing emphasis on clinical translation for Parkinson's disease rehabilitation. Her work demonstrates how targeted interventions during specific sleep phases can enhance motor memory consolidation, while her Parkinson's research identifies paradoxical offline learning enhancements that may inform novel neurorehabilitation strategies.
Dr. Albouy has secured significant research funding as promoter of the project 'Modulating motor memory with noninvasive brain stimulation: a multimodal neuroimaging study' (2017-2023) and co-promoter of 'Schema and Motor Memory: A Multimodal Neuroscience Study' (2019-2024) and 'Connectivity in Large-Scale Brain Networks and Sleep-Dependent Motor Memory Consolidation' (2019-2023). She serves as co-supervisor for doctoral candidates, including Reverberi's thesis on schema and motor memory, and actively collaborates with international teams studying sleep-dependent memory processes.
As a core member of the KU Leuven Brain Institute, she contributes to interdisciplinary neuroscience initiatives focusing on large-scale brain networks. Her laboratory work integrates sleep monitoring, neuroimaging, and behavioral paradigms to investigate memory consolidation mechanisms, with recent expansions into clinical applications for neurodegenerative disorders through collaborations with movement disorder specialists.
