Christian Cayer

University of Ottawa — Canada

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

12h-index415citations17works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol(5), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(4), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(3), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(3), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis(3)

Publications17 total

Extract and Active Principal of the Neotropical Vine Souroubea sympetala Gilg. Block Fear Memory Reconsolidation
Frontiers in Pharmacology·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Cannabidiol and the Remainder of the Plant Extract Modulate the Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Fear Memory Reconsolidation
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2019· 28 citedOpen Access
Palatable Food Dampens the Long-Term Behavioral and Endocrine Effects of Juvenile Stressor Exposure but May Also Provoke Metabolic Syndrome in Rats
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2018· 11 citedOpen Access
Sacred Maya incense, copal ( Protium copal - Burseraceae), has antianxiety effects in animal models
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2018· 16 cited
Gastrin-releasing peptide attenuates fear memory reconsolidation
Behavioural Brain Research·2017· 12 cited
New Botanical Anxiolytics for Use in Companion Animals and Humans
The AAPS Journal·2017· 13 citedOpen Access
Ability of palatable food consumption to buffer against the short- and long-term behavioral consequences of social defeat exposure during juvenility in rats
Physiology & Behavior·2017· 26 cited
Nunavik Rhodiola rosea Attenuates Expression of Fear-Potentiated Startle
Planta Medica International Open·2017· 2 cited
Anxiolytic activity and active principles of Piper amalago (Piperaceae), a medicinal plant used by the Q’eqchi’ Maya to treat susto, a culture-bound illness
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2016· 20 citedOpen Access
Effects of intranasal and peripheral oxytocin or gastrin-releasing peptide administration on social interaction and corticosterone levels in rats
Psychoneuroendocrinology·2015· 19 cited
<i>Souroubea sympetala</i> (Marcgraviaceae): a medicinal plant that exerts anxiolysis through interaction with the GABA<sub>A</sub> benzodiazepine receptor
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology·2014· 16 cited
Effects of electroconvulsive seizures on depression-related behavior, memory and neurochemical changes in Wistar and Wistar–Kyoto rats
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2014· 34 cited
Protracted Effects of Juvenile Stressor Exposure Are Mitigated by Access to Palatable Food
PLoS ONE·2014· 16 citedOpen Access
Ethnopharmacology of Souroubea sympetala and Souroubea gilgii (Marcgraviaceae) and identification of betulinic acid as an anxiolytic principle
Phytochemistry·2014· 23 citedOpen Access
Characterization of the Anxiolytic Activity of Nunavik Rhodiola rosea
Planta Medica·2013· 19 cited
"In vivo" Behavorial Characterization of Anxiolytic Botanicals
uO Research (University of Ottawa)·2011· 3 citedOpen Access
Nesfatin-1 increases anxiety- and fear-related behaviors in the rat
Psychopharmacology·2008· 151 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Zul Merali(13), Pamela Kent(11), John T. Arnason(7), Jonathan James(6), Tony Durst(6), Jennifer Christine MacKay(4), Anthony Murkar(4), Martha Mullally(4), Marco Otárola Rojas(4), Jon James(3), Victor Cal(3), H. Anisman(2), Pablo Sánchez-Vindas(2), Luis Poveda Álvarez(2), Vance L. Trudeau(2), Hymie Anisman(2), Zul Merali(2), Fida Ahmed(2), Alain Cuerrier(2), Mario Garcia(2)