Elvire Vaucher

Full professor

Affiliations

  • School of Optometry, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • FRQS network for vision health research member
  • FRQS network for imaging in Quebec member
  • CRIR member

Research expertise

  • Acetylcholine
  • Cortical circuits
  • Retinal inflammation
  • Neuronal plasticity
  • Neurobiology of vision

Research projects

  • Cholinergic correlates of visual discrimination in mice
  • Enhancement of visual rehabilitation in hemianopsia patients
  • Restoration of vision and plasticity of the visual cortex in the deficient mouse
  • Treatment of age-related macular degeneration with kinin receptor antagonists
  • Influence of the prefrontal cortex on the primary visual cortex in the rodent

Approaches used

  • Calcium Imaging
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Electrophysiology
  • Animal behavior
  • RT-PCR

Keywords

Acetylcholine, Attention, Perceptual learning, Visual cortex, Retina

elvire.vaucher@umontreal.ca

École d’optométrie, Département Physiologie-Pharmacologie

Membre du réseau FRQS pour la recherche en santé de la vision

Membre du réseau FRQS d’imagerie du Québec

Membre du CRIR

This content has been updated on 26 January 2024 at 12 h 37 min.