Christophe Proulx

• Centre de recherche CERVO (Affilié à l’Université Laval)
• Centre thématique de recherche en neurosciences

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Luca Pancotti, Doctorat en neurosciences
• Lydia Saïdi, Doctorat en neurobiologie
• Marina Ihidoype, Doctorat en neurosciences
• Renata Sadretdinova, Doctorat en neurosciences
• Rouhollah Nazari, Doctorat en neurosciences
• Simon-Pierre Perron, Maîtrise en neurosciences - avec mémoire

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Étienne Ransford, Maîtrise en génie électrique - avec mémoire
• Jose Cesar Hernandez Silva, Doctorat en neurobiologie

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

The Lateral Habenula to Ventral Tegmental Area Pathway Is Required for Aversive Learning and Defensive Behaviors The Journal of Neuroscience, 2026. Marina R. Ihidoype, Jose Cesar Hernandez Silva, Kelly-Ann Pellerin, Ekaterina Martian, Maryse Pinel, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1868-25.2026

Lateral hypothalamic input engages a disinhibitory microcircuit in the dorsal raphe to promote behavior activation 2026. Renata Sadretdinova, Arturo Marroquin Rivera, Zakaria Benmammar, Maryse Pinel, Vincent Émond, Chenqi Zhao, Frédéric Calon, Benoit Labonté, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.64898/2026.02.26.708342

CRISPR/CAS9-MEDIATED LOSS OF VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER IN SEROTONIN NEURONS OF THE DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS LEADS TO SYNAPTIC CHANGES AND ANXIETY-LIKE BEHAVIORS 2026. Lydia Saïdi, Véronique Rioux, Marie-Josée Wallman, Sandeep Sundara Rajan, Emmanouil Metzakopian, Martin Lévesque, Christophe D. Proulx, Martin Parent. DOI 10.64898/2026.02.23.707446

The Lateral Habenula to Ventral Tegmental Area Pathway is Required for Aversive Learning and Defensive Behaviors 2025. Marina R. Ihidoype, Jose Cesar Hernandez Silva, Kelly-Ann Pellerin, Ekaterina Martian, Maryse Pinel, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.1101/2025.08.28.672934

Chronic Social Defeat Stress Induces Pathway-Specific Adaptations at Lateral Habenula Neuronal Outputs The Journal of Neuroscience, 2024. Jose Cesar Hernandez Silva, Nikola Pausic, Arturo Marroquin Rivera, Benoît Labonté, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2082-23.2024

Locking away depression Science, 2024. Christophe D Proulx, Jose Cesar Hernandez Silva. DOI 10.1126/science.adq9566

Electro-Optic Fiber Photometry Front-End for Live Wireless Brain Calcium Sensing Applications IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023. Etienne Ransford, Marina R. Ihidoype, Jean-Luc Néron, Karen Bakhshetyan, Christophe D. Proulx, Benoit Gosselin. DOI 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3326740

Hypothalamic neuronal outputs transmit sensorimotor signals at the onset of locomotor initiation iScience, 2023. Ekaterina Martianova, Renata Sadretdinova, Alicia Pageau, Nikola Pausic, Tommy Doucet Gentiletti, Danahé Leblanc, Arturo Marroquin Rivera, Benoît Labonté, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108328

A novel role for the lateral habenula in fear learning Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022. Sachella, T.E., Ihidoype, M.R., Proulx, C.D., Pafundo, D.E., Medina, J.H., Mendez, P., Piriz, J.. DOI 10.1038/s41386-022-01294-5

NPRL2 Inhibition of mTORC1 Controls Sodium Channel Expression and Brain Amino Acid Homeostasis eNeuro, 2022. Hui, J.B., Silva, J.C.H., Pelaez, M.C., Sévigny, M., Venkatasubramani, J.P., Plumereau, Q., Chahine, M., Proulx, C.D., Sephton, C.F., Dutchak, P.A.. DOI 10.1523/ENEURO.0317-21.2022

Coherent activity at three major lateral hypothalamic neural outputs controls the onset of motivated behavior responses 2021. Ekaterina Martianova, Alicia Pageau, Nikola Pausic, Tommy Doucet Gentiletti, Danahe Leblanc, Christophe D. Proulx. DOI 10.1101/2021.04.28.441785

Chronic Stress Induces Sex-Specific Functional and Morphological Alterations in Corticoaccumbal and Corticotegmental Pathways Biological Psychiatry, 2021. Bittar, T.P., Pelaez, M.C., Hernandez Silva, J.C., Quessy, F., Lavigne, A.-A., Morency, D., Blanchette, L.-J., Arsenault, E., Cherasse, Y., Seigneur, J., Timofeev, I., Sephton, C.F., Proulx, C.D., Labonté, B.. DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.014