Marie-Josée Bourque

This study shows that a single Citrobacter rodentium infection increases blood-brain barrier permeability and triggers neuroinflammation in Pink1 knockout mice without dopamine neuron loss.

This study shows that phasic dopamine release in mice is not essential for basic motor behaviors, as motor functions remain intact despite near-complete loss of activity-dependent dopamine release.

This study shows that neurexins regulate dopamine neuron connectivity and neurotransmission by affecting dopamine reuptake and GABA co-release.

This paper shows that neonatal 6-OHDA lesions of the SNc in mice lead to compensatory axonal sprouting from surviving SNc dopaminergic neurons, without contribution from VTA neurons.

This study shows dopaminergic neurons form a unique axonal arbor with mostly non-synaptic terminals, expressing exocytosis proteins and being active, and highlights the role of specific proteins in synapse formation.

This study investigates the role of Vglut2 in dopamine neuron plasticity and post-lesional striatal reinnervation, finding that Vglut2 expression can be reactivated in adult neurons to support axonal recovery.