Biography
Professor, Neuropharmacology; Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professor in Nutrisciences and Health
BSc, MSc, PhD (Queen's)
Recent Publications
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Standardised ginseng extract G115® potentiates the antidepressant-like properties of fluoxetine in the forced swim test
- Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2021
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Effect of ischemic lesions in medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens on affective behavior in rats
- Behavioural Brain Research, 2020
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Perfluoroalkyl acids potentiate glutamate excitotoxicity in rat cerebellar granule neurons
- Toxicology, 2020
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Flinders sensitive line rats are resistant to infarction following transient occlusion of the middle cerebral artery
- Brain Research, 2020
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Endothelin-1-induced ischemic damage and functional impairment is mediated primarily by NR2B-containing NMDA receptors
- Neurotoxicity Research, 2020
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- Use both behavioural and molecular approaches in laboratory animals to study both normal and abnormal brain function in relation to neurological disease including epilepsy and stroke
- Development of clinically-relevant animal models of neurologic dysfunction
- Development of new therapeutic approaches to both neuroprotection and rehabilitation
- Behavioural neuroscience and neuropharmacology
Current Scholars in Biomedical Sciences
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