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Jean-Claude Béïque
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Latest papers
Unsupervised pipeline for the identification of cortical excitatory and inhibitory neurons in high-density multielectrode arrays with ground-truth validation.
eLife · 2025
Shortcutting from self-motion signals reveals a cognitive map in mice.
eLife · 2024
PGE2 EP1 receptor inhibits vasopressin-dependent water reabsorption and sodium transport in mouse collecting duct.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2018
Latest funding
- $1,419,075
Role of ATRX in hippocampal function
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $1,109,250
Emergent neural computations from recurrent circuit dynamics in the raphe nucleus.
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
- $120,000
Regulation and plasticity of dendritic compartmentalization features
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Unsupervised pipeline for the identification of cortical excitatory and inhibitory neurons in high-density multielectrode arrays with ground-truth validation.
Giraud E, Lynn M, Vincent-Lamarre P, Beique JC, Thivierge JP
Shortcutting from self-motion signals reveals a cognitive map in mice.
Xu J, Girardi-Schappo M, Beique JC, Longtin A, Maler L
PGE2 EP1 receptor inhibits vasopressin-dependent water reabsorption and sodium transport in mouse collecting duct.
Nasrallah R, Zimpelmann J, Eckert D, Ghossein J, Geddes S, Beique JC, Thibodeau JF, Kennedy CRJ, Burns KD, Hébert RL
Palmitoylation of LIM Kinase-1 ensures spine-specific actin polymerization and morphological plasticity.
George J, Soares C, Montersino A, Beique JC, Thomas GM
NMDA receptors are upregulated and trafficked to the plasma membrane after sigma-1 receptor activation in the rat hippocampus.
Pabba M, Wong AY, Ahlskog N, Hristova E, Biscaro D, Nassrallah W, Ngsee JK, Snyder M, Beique JC, Bergeron R
Conditional disruption of calpain in the CNS alters dendrite morphology, impairs LTP, and promotes neuronal survival following injury.
Amini M, Ma CL, Farazifard R, Zhu G, Zhang Y, Vanderluit J, Zoltewicz JS, Hage F, Savitt JM, Lagace DC, Slack RS, Beique JC, Baudry M, Greer PA, Bergeron R, Park DS
Role of ATRX in hippocampal function
Principal investigators: Béïque, Jean-Claude
Keywords: Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Intellectual Disability; Learning; Plasticity; Synapse Function; Two-Photon Imaging
Emergent neural computations from recurrent circuit dynamics in the raphe nucleus.
Principal investigators: Béïque, Jean-Claude
Keywords: Computational Neuroscience; Electrophysiology; Glutamate; Optogenetics; Serotonin; Synaptic Transmission
Regulation and plasticity of dendritic compartmentalization features
Principal investigators: Béïque, Jean-Claude
Synaptic and network processing in the raphe nucleus
Principal investigators: Béïque, Jean-Claude
Keywords: 2 Photon Imaging; 2 Photon Uncaging; Computational Neuroscience; Dendrites; Electrophysiology; Mood Regulation; Optogenetics; Synaptic Transmission
Regulation and plasticity of dendritic compartmentalization features
Principal investigators: Béïque, Jean-Claude
Maladaptive Network Remodeling Underlying Motor Compensation Following a Focal Cortical Stroke
Principal investigators: Maillé, Sébastien M
Keywords: Calcium Imaging; Homeostatic Plasticity; Motor Compensation; Motor Cortex; Neuronal Excitability; Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology; Photothrombosis Model Of Stroke; Stroke Recovery; Synaptic Plasticity
Cellular and network bases of memory storage and retrieval
Principal investigators: Maler, Leonard; Béïque, Jean-Claude; Longtin, André
Keywords: Burst Discharge; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Neural Coding; Optogenetics; Synapse; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Two Photon Imaging; Whole Cell Recording
Role of Post-Synaptic Density Proteins in the Integration of Dopamine and Glutamate Receptor Functions
Principal investigators: Tiberi, Mario; Béïque, Jean-Claude
Keywords: Dopamine; Electrophysiology; G Protein-Coupled Receptors; Intracellular Trafficking; Knockout Mouse; Motor Behavior; N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors; Psd Proteins; Signal Transduction; Synaptic-Associated Protein 102
Role of Postsynaptic Density Proteins in Dopamine Receptor Function and Crosstalk
Principal investigators: Tiberi, Mario; Béïque, Jean-Claude
Keywords: Dopamine; Electrophysiology; G Protein-Coupled Receptors; Intracellular Trafficking; Knockout Mouse; N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors; Organotypic Slices; Psd Proteins; Signal Transduction; Synaptic-Associated Protein 102
Microscopy suite for time-lapse multi-wavelength live cell imaging
Principal investigators: Gibbings, Derrick
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jean-Claude Béïque and Richard Bergeron: 2 shared papers
- Jean-Claude Béïque and Leonard Maler: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Claude Béïque and Jean-François Thibodeau: 1 shared paper
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Neurosciences and Mental Health
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