Affiliations
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
- Central Nervous System Research Group (GRSNC)
- Research Center of the University Institute of Geriatrics of Montreal (CRIUGM)
Research expertise
- Regulation of cerebral blood flow
- Arterial hypertension
- Menopause and sexual differences
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Aging
Main research projects
- Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA-CCNV) - Team 7.1.2: Effects of arterial stiffness on cerebrovascular and memory deficits in Alzheimer's Disease (the "Sub-project")
- Mechanisms underlying neurovascular coupling
- Sexual differences in brain vulnerability to arterial stiffness
- Development of deep learning-based image analysis and stimulation system applicable to 3D cellular imaging to study the role of neuron-glia interactions and neurovascular coupling in plasticity and learning
- Neurovascular coupling in hypertension
Approaches used
- Measurement of cerebral blood flow in vivo using a laser Doppler probe
- In vivo and in vitro multi-photon microscopy
- Vascular reactivity on isolated arteries
- Immunohistochemistry
- Molecular biology
Keywords
Cerebral blood flow, Arterial hypertension, Sex, Aging, Alzheimer's disease
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This content has been updated on 26 January 2024 at 12 h 12 min.