Affiliations

• Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine
• CIUSSS-NÎM - Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, Trauma Axis.

Research expertise

• Motor system
• Spinal cord injuries
• Recovery mechanisms
• Rehabilitation
• Animal models

Main research projects

• Neurobiological mechanisms of sensorimotor recovery in animal models of spinal cord injury
• Study of locomotion using neurophysiological and neurochemical approaches.
• Development of neuroprostheses for locomotor control.

Approaches used

• Behavior
• Electrophysiology
• Histology
• Surgery

Keywords

Spinal cord injury, Locomotion, Plasticity, Rehabilitation, Neuroprosthesis