Sylvie Laforest

University of Strathclyde — United Kingdom

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol(13), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(13), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(9), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(7), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep(6)

Publications31 total

Sex Dependent Changes in Pulmonary Hypertension and Penetrance Mediated by a High Fat Diet in Transgenic Mice with a Human BMPR2 Mutation (R899X)
2022· 2 cited
Relevance of omental pericellular adipose tissue collagen in the pathophysiology of human abdominal obesity and related cardiometabolic risk
International Journal of Obesity·2016· 43 cited
EphA4 is Involved in Sleep Regulation but Not in the Electrophysiological Response to Sleep Deprivation
SLEEP·2016· 36 citedOpen Access
Regional expression and ultrastructural localization of EphA7 in the hippocampus and cerebellum of adult rat
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2016· 4 cited
Enkephalin Knockdown in the Basolateral Amygdala Reproduces Vulnerable Anxiety-Like Responses to Chronic Unpredictable Stress
Neuropsychopharmacology·2013· 34 citedOpen Access
Enkephalin downregulation in the nucleus accumbens underlies chronic stress-induced anhedonia
Stress·2013· 22 citedOpen Access
Enkephalin and dynorphin mRNA expression are associated with resilience or vulnerability to chronic social defeat stress
Physiology & Behavior·2013· 55 cited
Enkephalin knockdown in the central amygdala nucleus reduces unconditioned fear and anxiety
European Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 24 cited
Neuroanatomical characterization of endogenous opioids in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2009· 119 cited
Neonatal maternal separation and enhancement of the inspiratory (phrenic) response to hypoxia in adult rats: disruption of GABAergic neurotransmission in the nucleus tractus solitarius
European Journal of Neuroscience·2008· 32 cited
Enkephalin co‐expression with classic neurotransmitters in the amygdaloid complex of the rat
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2007· 100 cited
Neonatal maternal separation and enhancement of the hypoxic ventilatory response in rat: the role of GABAergic modulation within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
The Journal of Physiology·2007· 45 citedOpen Access
Challenged sodium balance and expression of angiotensin type 1A receptor mRNA in the hypothalamus of Wistar and Dahl rat strains
Regulatory Peptides·2007· 7 cited
Neonatal maternal separation induces sex-specific augmentation of the hypercapnic ventilatory response in awake rat
Journal of Applied Physiology·2006· 60 cited
Enkephalinergic afferents of the centromedial amygdala in the rat
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2006· 111 cited
Neonatal maternal separation and early life programming of the hypoxic ventilatory response in rats
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology·2005· 38 cited
One for all or one for one: does co-transmission unify the concept of a brain galanin “system” or clarify any consistent role in anxiety?
Neuropeptides·2005· 42 cited
Galanin-mediated anxiolytic effect in rat central amygdala is not a result of corelease from noradrenergic terminals
Synapse·2005· 25 cited
Endogenous opioids, stress, and psychopathology
Techniques in the behavioral and neural sciences·2005· 7 cited
Brief exposure to predator odor and resultant anxiety enhances mesocorticolimbic activity and enkephalin expression in CD‐1 mice
European Journal of Neuroscience·2004· 117 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Guy Drolet(26), Jean‐François Poulin(8), Richard Kinkead(7), Sophie‐Emmanuelle Genest(5), Roumiana Gulemetova(5), Andrea L.O. Hebb(3), Patrick Bérubé(3), Michelle Gauthier(2), Norbert Balon(2), Gabe Barrera(2), David A. Morilak(2), James A. Mansi(2), Guy Doucet(2), Didier Mouginot(2), Lemaire(2), L Caniela(2), H Durepaire(2), L Miravet(2), A Ryckewaert(2), Éric C. Dumont(1)