Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
Trainee Profile
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Other Affiliation(s)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liege, Belgium
Email tt.dangvu@ulg.ac.be
Society Memberships
Sleep Research SocietyEuropean Sleep Research Society
Society for Neuroscience
European Neurological Society
Belgian Neurological Society
Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
Awards and Honors
2009 Young Investigator Award, Sleep Research Society
2008 Andre Kahn Sleep Award, Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
2006 Helgi Kristbjarnarson’s Award, European Sleep Research Society
2006 Andre Kahn Sleep Award, Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
2009 Young Investigator Award, Sleep Research Society
2008 Andre Kahn Sleep Award, Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
2006 Helgi Kristbjarnarson’s Award, European Sleep Research Society
2006 Andre Kahn Sleep Award, Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine
Research Interests
My previous work has focused on the neural correlates of sleep oscillations in humans using functional neuroimaging (PET, fMRI). In particular, we have resorted to simultaneous EEG / fMRI recordings during NREM sleep to describe the brain structures involved in the generation of spindles and slow waves. I am now investigating the effects of sleep on the processing of external sensory information and consolidation of memory traces using multimodal approaches (behavior, electrophysiology, functional brain imaging).
Mentor(s)
Reviews, Book Chapters
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Schwartz S, Maquet P. Neuroimaging of narcolepsy.
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2009 Aug;8(4):254-63. Review. [PMID: 19689307]
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Schwartz S, Peigneux P, Maquet P. Neuroimaging in Sleep and Sleep Disorders.
In Chokroverty S (Ed.) Sleep Disorders Medicine, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia (USA), 2009, p. 198-217.
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Cologan V, Maquet P. Sleep : Implications for Theories of Dreaming and Consciousness.
In William Banks (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Consciousness, Elsevier, Oxford (UK), 2009, vol. 2, p.357-73.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Peigneux P, Laureys S and Maquet P. Sleep and Sleep States: PET activation patterns; In Larry R. Squire (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Academic Press, Oxford (UK), 2009, vol. 8, p. 955-61.
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Maquet P, Schwartz S. Corrélats cérébraux du rêve.
Médecine du sommeil, 6(2), 2009, p. 44-51.
Boly M, Phillips C, Tshibanda L, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Schabus M, Dang-Vu TT, Moonen G, Hustinx R, Maquet P, Laureys S. Intrinsic brain activity in altered states of consciousness: how conscious is the default mode of brain function?
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008;1129:119-29. Review. [PMID: 18591474]
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Maquet P, Schwartz S.
Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders.
Sleep. 2008 Jun 1;31(6):777-94. Review. [PMID: 18548822]
Dang-Vu TT, Maquet P. Apports de l’imagerie fonctionnelle cérébrale à l’étude du sommeil chez l’homme.
Neurone, 13(8), 2008, p. 400-4.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Petit D, Mazza S, Montplaisir J, Maquet P.
Neuroimaging in sleep medicine.
Sleep Med. 2007 Jun;8(4):349-72. Epub 2007 Apr30. Review. [PMID: 17470413]
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Schwartz S and Maquet P. Neuroimaging of REM sleep and dreaming; In Patrick McNamara and Deirdre Barrett (Eds.)
The New Science of Dreaming, Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Press, 2007, Vol. 1, p. 95-113.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Peigneux P, Maquet P. A role for sleep in brain plasticity.
Pediatr Rehabil. 2006 Apr-Jun;9(2):98-118. Review. [PMID:16449068]
Maquet P, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M, Ruby P, Laureys S, Peigneux P. Brain imaging on passing to sleep; In Parmeggiani and Vellutti (Ed.)
The Physiological Nature of Sleep, Imperial College Press, London (UK), 2005, p.123-137
Maquet P, Perrin F, Laureys S, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M and Peigneux P. Cerebral functional segregation and integration during human sleep; In PH Luppi (Ed.) Sleep: Circuits and Functions.
CRC Press, Boca Raton (Fl, USA), 2004, p. 225-238.
Maquet P, Ruby P, Schwartz S, Laureys S, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M,
Boly M, Melchior G, Peigneux P. Regional organisation of brain activity during paradoxical sleep (PS).
Arch Ital Biol. 2004 Jul;142(4):413-9. Review. [PMID: 15493545]
Peigneux P, Melchior G, Schmidt C, Dang-Vu T, Boly M, Laureys S and Maquet P. Memory processing during sleep: mechanisms and evidence from neuroimaging studies.
Psychologica Belgica, 44-1/2, 2004, p. 121-142. Review.
Maquet P, Peigneux P, Laureys S, Boly M, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Cleeremans
A. Memory processing during human sleep as assessed by functional neuroimaging.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2003 Nov;159(11 Suppl):6S27-9. Review. [PMID: 14646796]
Maquet P, Peigneux P, Laureys S, Desseilles M, Boly M and Dang-Vu T. Off-line processing of memory traces during human sleep.
Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 1, 2003, p. 75-83
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Schwartz S, Maquet P. Neuroimaging of narcolepsy.
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2009 Aug;8(4):254-63. Review. [PMID: 19689307]
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Schwartz S, Peigneux P, Maquet P. Neuroimaging in Sleep and Sleep Disorders.
In Chokroverty S (Ed.) Sleep Disorders Medicine, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia (USA), 2009, p. 198-217.
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Cologan V, Maquet P. Sleep : Implications for Theories of Dreaming and Consciousness.
In William Banks (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Consciousness, Elsevier, Oxford (UK), 2009, vol. 2, p.357-73.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Peigneux P, Laureys S and Maquet P. Sleep and Sleep States: PET activation patterns; In Larry R. Squire (Ed.)
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Academic Press, Oxford (UK), 2009, vol. 8, p. 955-61.
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Maquet P, Schwartz S. Corrélats cérébraux du rêve.
Médecine du sommeil, 6(2), 2009, p. 44-51.
Boly M, Phillips C, Tshibanda L, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Schabus M, Dang-Vu TT, Moonen G, Hustinx R, Maquet P, Laureys S. Intrinsic brain activity in altered states of consciousness: how conscious is the default mode of brain function?
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008;1129:119-29. Review. [PMID: 18591474]
Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Maquet P, Schwartz S.
Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders.
Sleep. 2008 Jun 1;31(6):777-94. Review. [PMID: 18548822]
Dang-Vu TT, Maquet P. Apports de l’imagerie fonctionnelle cérébrale à l’étude du sommeil chez l’homme.
Neurone, 13(8), 2008, p. 400-4.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Petit D, Mazza S, Montplaisir J, Maquet P.
Neuroimaging in sleep medicine.
Sleep Med. 2007 Jun;8(4):349-72. Epub 2007 Apr30. Review. [PMID: 17470413]
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Schwartz S and Maquet P. Neuroimaging of REM sleep and dreaming; In Patrick McNamara and Deirdre Barrett (Eds.)
The New Science of Dreaming, Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Press, 2007, Vol. 1, p. 95-113.
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Peigneux P, Maquet P. A role for sleep in brain plasticity.
Pediatr Rehabil. 2006 Apr-Jun;9(2):98-118. Review. [PMID:16449068]
Maquet P, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M, Ruby P, Laureys S, Peigneux P. Brain imaging on passing to sleep; In Parmeggiani and Vellutti (Ed.)
The Physiological Nature of Sleep, Imperial College Press, London (UK), 2005, p.123-137
Maquet P, Perrin F, Laureys S, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Boly M and Peigneux P. Cerebral functional segregation and integration during human sleep; In PH Luppi (Ed.) Sleep: Circuits and Functions.
CRC Press, Boca Raton (Fl, USA), 2004, p. 225-238.
Maquet P, Ruby P, Schwartz S, Laureys S, Albouy G, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M,
Boly M, Melchior G, Peigneux P. Regional organisation of brain activity during paradoxical sleep (PS).
Arch Ital Biol. 2004 Jul;142(4):413-9. Review. [PMID: 15493545]
Peigneux P, Melchior G, Schmidt C, Dang-Vu T, Boly M, Laureys S and Maquet P. Memory processing during sleep: mechanisms and evidence from neuroimaging studies.
Psychologica Belgica, 44-1/2, 2004, p. 121-142. Review.
Maquet P, Peigneux P, Laureys S, Boly M, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M, Cleeremans
A. Memory processing during human sleep as assessed by functional neuroimaging.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2003 Nov;159(11 Suppl):6S27-9. Review. [PMID: 14646796]
Maquet P, Peigneux P, Laureys S, Desseilles M, Boly M and Dang-Vu T. Off-line processing of memory traces during human sleep.
Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 1, 2003, p. 75-83
Selected Publications
Schmidt C, Collette F, Leclercq Y, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Berthomier P, Berthomier C, Phillips C, Tinguely G, Darsaud A, Gais S, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Salmon E, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Maquet P, Cajochen C, Peigneux P. Homeostatic sleep pressure and responses to sustained attention in the suprachiasmatic area.
Science. 2009 Apr 24;324(5926):516-9. [PMID:19390047]
Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Schmidt C, Vandewalle G, Dang Vu TT, Desseilles M, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Balteau E, Collette F, Luxen A, Maquet P. Sleep promotes the neural reorganization of remote emotional memory.
J Neurosci. 2009 Apr 22;29(16):5143-52. [PMID: 19386910]
Desseilles M, Balteau E, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Vandewalle G, Albouy G, Salmon E, Peters F, Schmidt C, Schabus M, Gais S, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A, Ansseau M, Maquet P, Schwartz S. Abnormal neural filtering of irrelevant visual information in depression.
J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 4;29(5):1395-403. [PMID: 19193886]
Leclercq Y, Balteau E, Dang-Vu T, Schabus M, Luxen A, Maquet P, Phillips C. Rejection of pulse related artefact (PRA) from continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) time series recorded during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using constraint independent component analysis (cICA).
Neuroimage. 2009 Feb 1;44(3):679-91. Epub 2008 Oct 30. [PMID: 19015033]
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Albouy G, Boly M, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Carrier J, Moonen G, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Phillips C, Maquet P. Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 30;105(39):15160-5. Epub 2008 Sep 24. [PMID: 18815373]
Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Balteau E, Vandewalle G, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Darsaud A, Ruby P, Luppi PH, Degueldre C, Peigneux P, Luxen A, Maquet P. Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.
Neuron. 2008 Apr 24;58(2):261-72. [PMID: 18439410]
Gais S, Albouy G, Boly M, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Maquet P, Peigneux P. Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18778-83. Epub 2007 Nov 13. [PMID: 18000060]
Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Boly M, Vandewalle G, Darsaud A, Balteau E, Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, D'Argembeau A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Collette F, Maquet P. Sleep-related hippocampo-cortical interplay during emotional memory recollection.
PLoS Biol. 2007 Oct 23;5(11):e282. [PMID: 17958471]
Dauvilliers Y, Pennestri MH, Petit D, Dang-Vu T, Lavigne G, Montplaisir J. Periodic leg movements during sleep and wakefulness in narcolepsy.
J Sleep Res. 2007 Sep;16(3):333-9. [PMID: 17716283]
Schabus M, Dang-Vu TT, Albouy G, Balteau E, Boly M, Carrier J, Darsaud A, Degueldre C, Desseilles M, Gais S, Phillips C, Rauchs G, Schnakers C, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Luxen A, Maquet P. Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 7;104(32):13164-9. Epub 2007 Aug 1. [PMID: 17670944]
Bonjean M, Phillips C, Dang Vu TT, Sepulchre R, Maquet P. An in computo investigation of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:2730-4. [PMID: 18002559]
Desseilles M, Dang Vu T, Laureys S, Peigneux P, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Maquet P. A prominent role for amygdaloid complexes in the Variability in Heart Rate (VHR) during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep relative to wakefulness.
Neuroimage. 2006 Sep;32(3):1008-15. Epub 2006 Jul 27. [PMID: 16875846]
Vandewalle G, Balteau E, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Moreau V, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Peigneux P, Luxen A, Dijk DJ, Maquet P. Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses.
Curr Biol. 2006 Aug 22;16(16):1616-21. [PMID: 16920622]
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Laureys S, Degueldre C, Perrin F, Phillips C, Maquet P, Peigneux P. Cerebral correlates of delta waves during non-REM sleep revisited.
Neuroimage. 2005 Oct 15;28(1):14-21. Epub 2005 Jun 23. [PMID: 15979343]
Maquet P, Ruby P, Maudoux A, Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M,
Boly M, Perrin F, Peigneux P, Laureys S. Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data.
Prog Brain Res. 2005;150:219-27. [PMID:16186026]
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Schwartz S and Maquet P. Dreaming: A Neuroimaging View.
Swiss Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 156(8), 2005, p.415-425.
Maquet P, Laureys S, Perrin F, Ruby P, Melchior G, Boly M, Dang Vu T, Desseilles M, Peigneux P. Festina lente: evidences for fast and slow learning processes and a role for sleep in human motor skill learning.
Learn Mem. 2003 Jul-Aug;10(4):237-9. [PMID: 12888539]
Science. 2009 Apr 24;324(5926):516-9. [PMID:19390047]
Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Schmidt C, Vandewalle G, Dang Vu TT, Desseilles M, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Balteau E, Collette F, Luxen A, Maquet P. Sleep promotes the neural reorganization of remote emotional memory.
J Neurosci. 2009 Apr 22;29(16):5143-52. [PMID: 19386910]
Desseilles M, Balteau E, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Vandewalle G, Albouy G, Salmon E, Peters F, Schmidt C, Schabus M, Gais S, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Luxen A, Ansseau M, Maquet P, Schwartz S. Abnormal neural filtering of irrelevant visual information in depression.
J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 4;29(5):1395-403. [PMID: 19193886]
Leclercq Y, Balteau E, Dang-Vu T, Schabus M, Luxen A, Maquet P, Phillips C. Rejection of pulse related artefact (PRA) from continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) time series recorded during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using constraint independent component analysis (cICA).
Neuroimage. 2009 Feb 1;44(3):679-91. Epub 2008 Oct 30. [PMID: 19015033]
Dang-Vu TT, Schabus M, Desseilles M, Albouy G, Boly M, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Carrier J, Moonen G, Balteau E, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Phillips C, Maquet P. Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 30;105(39):15160-5. Epub 2008 Sep 24. [PMID: 18815373]
Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Balteau E, Vandewalle G, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Darsaud A, Ruby P, Luppi PH, Degueldre C, Peigneux P, Luxen A, Maquet P. Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.
Neuron. 2008 Apr 24;58(2):261-72. [PMID: 18439410]
Gais S, Albouy G, Boly M, Dang-Vu TT, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Maquet P, Peigneux P. Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18778-83. Epub 2007 Nov 13. [PMID: 18000060]
Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Boly M, Vandewalle G, Darsaud A, Balteau E, Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, D'Argembeau A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Collette F, Maquet P. Sleep-related hippocampo-cortical interplay during emotional memory recollection.
PLoS Biol. 2007 Oct 23;5(11):e282. [PMID: 17958471]
Dauvilliers Y, Pennestri MH, Petit D, Dang-Vu T, Lavigne G, Montplaisir J. Periodic leg movements during sleep and wakefulness in narcolepsy.
J Sleep Res. 2007 Sep;16(3):333-9. [PMID: 17716283]
Schabus M, Dang-Vu TT, Albouy G, Balteau E, Boly M, Carrier J, Darsaud A, Degueldre C, Desseilles M, Gais S, Phillips C, Rauchs G, Schnakers C, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Luxen A, Maquet P. Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 7;104(32):13164-9. Epub 2007 Aug 1. [PMID: 17670944]
Bonjean M, Phillips C, Dang Vu TT, Sepulchre R, Maquet P. An in computo investigation of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:2730-4. [PMID: 18002559]
Desseilles M, Dang Vu T, Laureys S, Peigneux P, Degueldre C, Phillips C, Maquet P. A prominent role for amygdaloid complexes in the Variability in Heart Rate (VHR) during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep relative to wakefulness.
Neuroimage. 2006 Sep;32(3):1008-15. Epub 2006 Jul 27. [PMID: 16875846]
Vandewalle G, Balteau E, Phillips C, Degueldre C, Moreau V, Sterpenich V, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Desseilles M, Dang-Vu TT, Peigneux P, Luxen A, Dijk DJ, Maquet P. Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses.
Curr Biol. 2006 Aug 22;16(16):1616-21. [PMID: 16920622]
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Laureys S, Degueldre C, Perrin F, Phillips C, Maquet P, Peigneux P. Cerebral correlates of delta waves during non-REM sleep revisited.
Neuroimage. 2005 Oct 15;28(1):14-21. Epub 2005 Jun 23. [PMID: 15979343]
Maquet P, Ruby P, Maudoux A, Albouy G, Sterpenich V, Dang-Vu T, Desseilles M,
Boly M, Perrin F, Peigneux P, Laureys S. Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data.
Prog Brain Res. 2005;150:219-27. [PMID:16186026]
Dang-Vu TT, Desseilles M, Albouy G, Darsaud A, Gais S, Rauchs G, Schabus M, Sterpenich V, Vandewalle G, Schwartz S and Maquet P. Dreaming: A Neuroimaging View.
Swiss Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 156(8), 2005, p.415-425.
Maquet P, Laureys S, Perrin F, Ruby P, Melchior G, Boly M, Dang Vu T, Desseilles M, Peigneux P. Festina lente: evidences for fast and slow learning processes and a role for sleep in human motor skill learning.
Learn Mem. 2003 Jul-Aug;10(4):237-9. [PMID: 12888539]
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