Marie FABRE
Marie obtained her Bachelor's degree in Science and Technology with a focus on physiology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Aix-Marseille (2012-2014) followed by a Master's degree in Integrative and Behavioral Neuroscience in the same institution (2014-2016). During her last year of Master she did an internship at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Elaine Chapman on "The effect of tDCS applied on the motor cortex on tactile perception". Then she did a thesis under the co-direction of Laurence Mouchnino and Pascale Chavet at Aix-Marseille University on "The interdependence of central and peripheral mechanisms during balance control and gait initiation”. During her thesis, she moved in different laboratories in France (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement) in Québec (Université Laval) and different clinics (Clinique St-Christophe in Bouc-Bel-Air, Clinique d'Oto-Neurologie Falguière in Paris) to realize her experiments. In parallel to her thesis project, she participated in two projects of the GDR tact grouping several European laboratories and conducted a research campaign as a research engineer financed by the "Société d'accélération du transfert de technologies (SATT) Sud-est". This campaign focused on the development of a new biomimetic surface based on the morphology of the feet with the objective to improve tactile information to improve stability. She is currently a post-doc at LIBM under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Lapole. |
Marie FABRE (mariepfabre @ gmail.com) Institution : Université Jean Monnet (Saint Etienne) Team : [PAF] Position : Post-doctorant Publications : |
Her research activities focus on the study of sensorimotor mechanisms at the cortical and peripheral levels during movement. She is particularly interested in this mechanisms in postural control during balance maintenance and locomotion. Since any movement requires knowledge of the position of our body in space, she seeks to improve the understanding of the interactions between: peripheral sensory information, body representations and central mechanisms involved in the maintenance of balance and the initiation of step. With various analysis techniques (electroencephalography, electromyography, kinematic analysis, transcranial magnetic stimulation) Marie is currently developing her research in a clinical application context. She is investigating the improvement of postural control by stimulating the proprioceptive system (with postural exercises and localized vibrations and/or electrical sensory stimulation) in elderly people and children with cerebral palsy. | |
Title : Interdependence of central and peripheral mechanisms during balance control and gait initiation | |
Title : Improving postural control by innovative stimulation of the proprioceptive System Supervisor : Thomas Lapole Start : Septembre 2021 | |
♦ Fabre M, Antoine M, Robitaille M G, Ribot-Ciscar E, Ackerley R, Aimonetti JM, Chavet P, Blouin J, Simoneau M & Mouchnino, L. (2021). Large postural sways prevent foot tactile information from fading: neurophysiological evidence. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 2: 1 p. tgaa094 ♦ Fabre M, Chavet P, Fornerone T, Juan B, Abossolo O, Pardo, F, Blouin J, Dany L & Mouchnino L. (2020) Somatosensory cortical facilitation during step preparation restored by an improved body representation in obese patients. Gait & Posture, 80 : 246-252 ♦ Fabre M, Blouin J, & Mouchnino L. (2020) Enhancing the internal representation of the body through sensorimotor training in sports and dance improves balance control. Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine, 6:1, 474-476 ♦ Camillieri B, Bueno MA, Fabre M, Juan B, Mouchnino L. From finger friction and induced vibrations to brain activation: tactile comparison between real and virtual textile fabrics. (2018) Tribology International, 126 : 283-296 | |
