Richard Robitaille
Professeur
Département de Neurosciences, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréa
Intérêts de recherche
- Étude des mécanismes cellulaires et moléculaires de la transmission synaptique;
- Caractérisation des cellules gliales périsynaptiques;
- Jonction neuromusculaire et sur les changements qui se produisent lors du vieillissement
- Relations entre les cellules gliales et les synapses;
- Microscopie confocale Multi-Photonique en neurobiologie.
Formation
- Post-Doctorat: Neuroscience
Université de Toronto - Doctorat: Neurobiologie
Université Laval - Maîtrise: Neurobiologie
Université Laval - Baccalauréat:Biologie
Université Laval
Publications
- Arbour D., Vande Velde C., Robitaille R. (2016) New perspectives on the neuromuscular junction in als: The role of glial cells. Commissioned review, The Journal of Physiology. Sep 16. doi: 10.1113/JP270213.
- Panatier, A., Robitaille, R. (2016) Astrocytic mGluR5s and the tripartite synapse. Neuroscience, 323:29-34
- Leduc-Gaudet JP, Picard M, St-Jean Pelletier F, Sgarioto N, Auger MJ, Vallée J, Robitaille R, St-Pierre DH, Gouspillou G. (2015) Mitochondrial morphology is altered in atrophied skeletal muscle of aged mice. Oncotarget 6(20):17923-37.
- Darabid H, Arbour D, Robitaille R. (2013) Glial cells decipher synaptic competition at the mammalian neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neuroscience 33(4):1297-313.
- Panatier, A., Haber, M., Murai, K.K., Lacaille, J.C. and Robitaille, R. (2011) Astrocytes are constitutive regulators of basal transmission at single CNS synapses. Cell, 146, 785 – 798. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.07.022 (Early publication).
- Todd KJ, Darabid H, Robitaille R. (2010) Perisynaptic glia discriminate patterns of motor nerve activity and influence plasticity at the neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neuroscience 30(35):11870-82
- Serrano, A., Haddjeri, N., Lacaille, J.C. and Robitaille, R. (2006) GABAergic network activation of glial cells underlies hippocampal heterosynaptic depression. Journal of Neuroscience 26: 5370-5382.
- Auld, D.S., Robitaille, R. (2003) Glial cells and neurotransmission: an inclusive view of synaptic function. Neuron 40, 389-400.
- Robitaille, R. Modulation of synaptic efficacy and synaptic depression by glial cells at the frog neuromuscular junction. Neuron, 21 :847-855, 1998.