Affiliations

• Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry
• Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine
• Member of the FRQS Oral and Bone Health Research Network (RSBO)
• Member of the FRQS Quebec Pain Research Network (RQRD)

Research expertise

• Trigeminal system
• Rhythmic movements
• Orofacial pain
• Neuron-glia interactions
• Modulation of neuronal excitability

Main research projects

• Role of large caliber afferents in chronic muscle pain
• Role of neuron-glia interactions in the genesis of rhythmic motor activity
• Modulation of axonal plasticity by astrocytes

Approaches used

• In vitro electrophysiology
• Calcium imaging
• In vitro and in vivo optogenetics
• Immunohistochemistry
• In situ hybridization

Keywords

Pain, Mastication, Astrocytes, Sodium channels, Axonal plasticity