Awards


2004
Grass Fellowship
@ the Marine Biological Laboratory

1996-2001
Medical Research Council of Canada Studentship

2001
Montreal Neurological Institute – Graduate Student Association Travel Award

1999
McGill University Principal's Athletic/Academic Honour Roll

1995-1996
Royal Bank Academic All-Canadian

Journal Articles

Kovelman, I. , Shalinsky, M.H ., White, K., Berens, M., Schmitt, S., Palmer, L., & L-A Petitto The Bilingual Brain:New Insights from Neuroimaging Studies of Language Switching in Bilingual Adults Processing Signed and Spoken Languages (In preparation)

Shalinsky, M.H ., Kovelman, I. , White, K., Berens, M., Schmitt, S. & L-A Petitto (under review). Reading , Talking, Sigining: Bilingual brain caught in action. Methods for collecting and analysing fNIRS data under conditions of high body motion.

Berens, M. S., Shalinsky, M. H ., Kovelman, I. , White, K. S., Gramacy, R., & Petitto, L. A. (submitted). Cognitive benefits and neural processing following early and continued arts training in dance. NeuroImage

White, K., Shalinsky, M. H., Kovelman, I. , McKenney, D., Petitto, L. A. (in preparation). Shedding light on the newral processes that begets language in infants: fNIRS study. NeuroImage

Shalinsky, M.H., Kovelman, I. & J. C. Leiter (under review) m -Opioid and substance P modulation of the gill and lung rhyth ms in the tadpole, Rana catesbeiana . Journal of Experimental Biology

Shalinsky, M.H. , Kovelman, I., & Petitto, L.A. (under review). Analysis method for shedding light on the brain's cognitive functions using NIRS. NeuroImage

I. Kovelman, M. H. Shalinsky , M.S. Berens, & L-A Petitto (accepted pending revisions) Shining new light on the brain's “Bilingual Signature:” A functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy investigation of semantic processing NeuroImage

Ma, L., Shalinsky, M.H. , Alonso, A. & Dickson, C.T. (2006) Effects of serotonin on the intrinsic membrane properties of layer II medial entorhinal cortex neurons. Hippocampus

Lee, K.H., Hitti, F., Shalinsky, M.H. , Kim, U., Leiter, J.C. and Roberts, D.W. (2005) Abolition of Spindle oscillations and 3 Hz Absence-like Seizure Activity in the Thalamus by high frequency stimulation: potential mechanism of action. J Neurosurgery :103(3):538-45

Shalinsky, M.H. & Leiter, J.C. (2004). The gill and lung rhythm in the tadpole, Rana catesbeiana. Biological Bulletin 207:166

Magistretti J, Ma L , Shalinsky MH , Lin W, Klink R, Alonso. (2004) A Spike patterning by Ca2+-dependent regulation of a muscarinic cation current in entorhinal cortex layer II neurons. J Neurophysiol 92(3):1644-57.

Shalinsky, M.H. , Magistretti, J., Ma, L. & Alonso A.A. (2002) Muscarinic activation of a cation current and associated current noise in entorhinal-cortex layer-II neurons. J Neurophysiol.;88(3):1197-211

Dickson, C.T., Magistretti, J., Shalinsky, M.H. , Hamam, B. & Alonso, A.A. (2000) Oscillatory activity in entorhinal neurons and circuits. Mechanisms and function. Ann N Y Acad Sci.;911:127-50

Dickson CT , Magistretti J, Shalinsky MH , Fransén E, Hasselmo ME, Alonso (2000) A Properties and role of I(h) in the pacing of subthreshold oscillations in entorhinal cortex layer II neurons. J Neurophysiol. 83(5):2562-79

Conference & Invited Talks

Boas, D.A., Sakadzic, S., Shalinsky, M.H ., Jones, S., Devor, A. & Dale, A. (2007) Three dimensional vascular anatomical network model of dynamic oxygen delivery. Society for Neurosciences 87.2

Shalinsky, M.H ., Sakadzic, S., Yuan, S., Dilekoz, E., Ruvinskaya, L. & Boas, D.A. (2007) Two photon microscopy of the vascular response to forepaw stimulation in the rat somatosensory cortex. Society for Neurosciences 87.8

Sakadzic, S., Yuan, S., Dilekoz, E., Ruvinskaya, L., Shalinsky, M.H ., Vinogradov, S.A. & Boas, D.A. (2007) Simultaneous imaging of cerebral blood flow and partial pressure of oxygen during functional activation. . Society for Neurosciences 87.9

White, K. S., Kovelman, I. , Shalinsky, M. H ., McKenney, D., & Petitto, L. A. (2007). New insights into old puzzles about the nature of infant phonetic processing using Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Paris , France

Berens, M. S., Kovelman, I. , White, K. S., Gramacy, R., Shalinsky, M. H., & Petitto, L. A. (2007). Cognitive benefits and neural processing following early and continued arts training in dance. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York , NY

Shalinsky, M. H., Kovelman, I. Berens, M. S. & Petitto L. A. (2006). Near infrared spectroscopy as a new tool for studying neurological basis of bilingualism. Language Acquisition and Bilingualism conference, Toronto , Canada .

Shalinsky, M.H. , I. Kovelman, Berens, M., & Petitto, L.A. (2006) Near-infrared spectroscopy: shedding light on the neurological signature of bilingualism. Society for Neurosciences 663.9

Shalinsky, M.H. (2006) From lonely neuron to networked brain. Invited talk at Harvard Medical School Optics Group

Shalinsky, M.H. , Lee, K.H., Gdovin, M. & Leiter, J.C. (2004) Location of CO2 chemosensitive sites in the isolated frog brainstem. Society for Neurosciences 889.14

Alonso, A.A., Ma., L., Shalinsky, M.H. , Lin, W., Gibelin, N., Hamel, E., Seguela, P. & Magistretti, J. (2003) Plateau potentials and Ca2+-dependent up- and down regulation of a muscarinic cation current in entorhinal cortex layer-II neurons. Society for Neurosciences abstracts 377.6

Shalinsky, M.H. , Magistretti, J., Ma, L. & Alonso, A (2001) Muscarinic activations of a “noisy” non-specific cation current in entorhinal-cortex layer II neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 478.8

Magistretti, J., Ma, L., Shalinsky, M.H. & Alonso, A. (2001) Activity-dependent homeostatic regulation of a muscarinic non-specific cation current in entorhinal cortex layer-II neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 714.5

Shalinsky, M.H. , Dickson, C.T. & Alonso, A.A. (1999) Modulation of IH in medial entorhinal cortex(EC) layer II stellate cells. Society for Neuroscience Abstract 893.7

Shalinsky, M.H. , Dickson, C.T., & Alonso, A.A. (1998) Voltage-clamp muscarinic induced depolarizating currents in entorhinal cortex (EC) layer II. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 787.11

Shalinsky, M.H., Dickson, C.T. & Alonso, A.A. (1997) Analysis of cholinergic depolarizing currents in entorhinal cortex (EC) layer II neurons with whole-cell recording in rat brain slices. Society for Neurosciences Abstract 787.112

Shalinsky, M.H. & Albert, P. (1996) Effects of salt (KCl) on sucrose response of the lateral styloconic sensilla on fourth- and sixth-instar spruce budworm larvae, Choristoneura fumiferana. Concordia Biology Colloquia