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Claire-Dominique Walker

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Claire-Dominique Walker

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (9 NSERC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2013.

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Research

Development Of Projections Early Life Stress Electrophysiology Fear Conditioning Microglia Morphology Neonatal Amygdala Prefrontal Cortex

Latest papers

Early adversity alters neurodevelopmental milestones in male and female rat pups and motor cortex morphology and gait in juveniles.
Neurobiology of stress · 2026 · senior author
Low levels of organization and consistency in the home in middle childhood predicts cortisol levels and internalizing symptoms 12 years later among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026
Layer-Specific Glutamatergic Inputs and Parvalbumin Interneurons Modulate Early Life Stress-Induced Alterations in Prefrontal Glutamate Release during Fear Conditioning in Pre-adolescent Rats.
eNeuro · 2025 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Cross-talk between clock genes, metabolic effectors and mitochondrial function during early life stress in rats
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$46,000
Sex-dependent effects of early life stress on the development of the basolateral amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuit for fear conditioning
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$761,175
Effect of fragmented maternal care on the development of the circadian system: implications for stress and metabolic regulation in the offspring
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$198,000

All 19 grants and awards

38 publications.

Early adversity alters neurodevelopmental milestones in male and female rat pups and motor cortex morphology and gait in juveniles.

Phan A, Ru M, Latremouille B, Long H, Walker CD

Neurobiology of stress2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2026.100814 PMID: 42005377

Low levels of organization and consistency in the home in middle childhood predicts cortisol levels and internalizing symptoms 12 years later among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.

Ellenbogen MA, Serravalle L, Hodgins S, Walker CD, Walker EF

Psychoneuroendocrinology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2026.107904 PMID: 42247738

Layer-Specific Glutamatergic Inputs and Parvalbumin Interneurons Modulate Early Life Stress-Induced Alterations in Prefrontal Glutamate Release during Fear Conditioning in Pre-adolescent Rats.

Song J, Younus M, Long H, Wong TP, Walker CD

eNeuro2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0073-25.2025 PMID: 41125449

Neonatal estradiol and early adversity interact to modify basolateral amygdala morphology and adult behavior in female rats.

Kraatz G, Xie HTH, Long H, Walker CD

Journal of neuroendocrinology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jne.13483 PMID: 39694537

The circadian variation of sleep and alertness of postmenopausal women.

Pérez-Medina-Carballo R, Kosmadopoulos A, Boudreau P, Robert M, Walker CD, Boivin DB

Sleep2023

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac272 PMID: 36420995

Peripheral clock gene oscillations are perturbed in neonatal and adult rat offspring raised under adverse limited bedding conditions.

Walker CD, Delorme TC, Kiessling S, Long H, Cermakian N

Scientific reports2023First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47968-y PMID: 38129480

Effects of Early Life Stress on the Developing Basolateral Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Circuit: The Emerging Role of Local Inhibition and Perineuronal Nets.

Guadagno A, Belliveau C, Mechawar N, Walker CD

Frontiers in human neuroscience2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.669120 PMID: 34512291

It Is All in the Right Amygdala: Increased Synaptic Plasticity and Perineuronal Nets in Male, But Not Female, Juvenile Rat Pups after Exposure to Early-Life Stress.

Guadagno A, Verlezza S, Long H, Wong TP, Walker CD

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1029-20.2020 PMID: 32978287

Increased Hypothalamic Projections to the Lateral Hypothalamus and Responses to Leptin in Rat Neonates From High Fat Fed Mothers.

Kelley L, Verlezza S, Long H, Loka M, Walker CD

Frontiers in neuroscience2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01454 PMID: 32082105

Experience of Adversity during a First Lactation Modifies Prefrontal Cortex Morphology in Primiparous Female Rats: Lack of Long Term Effects on a Subsequent Lactation.

Opala EA, Verlezza S, Long H, Rusu D, Woodside B, Walker CD

Neuroscience2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.022 PMID: 31437474

Cross-talk between clock genes, metabolic effectors and mitochondrial function during early life stress in rats

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Walker, Claire-Dominique

Keywords: clock genes; nutrient sensors; mitochondria; stress; neonatal development; epigenetics; liver; adrenal

$46,000

Sex-dependent effects of early life stress on the development of the basolateral amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuit for fear conditioning

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Walker, Claire-Dominique

Keywords: Development Of Projections; Early Life Stress; Electrophysiology; Fear Conditioning; Microglia; Morphology; Neonatal Amygdala; Prefrontal Cortex; Sex Steroid Receptors; Sexual Dimorphism

$761,175

Effect of fragmented maternal care on the development of the circadian system: implications for stress and metabolic regulation in the offspring

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Walker, ClaireDominique

$198,000

An integrated chronobiology facility for the large-scale study of biological rhythms at the behavioural, neurocircuit and cellular levels

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

$148,717

The paternal contribution to neurodevelopmental and metabolic outcomes in the child

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Op Gr: NI grants in MRC&Y Health - Pre- and Post-Partum Maternal Mental Health

Principal investigators: Nguyen, Tuong-Vi; Monnier, Patricia O; Zelkowitz, Phyllis

Keywords: Adrenarche; Alcohol; Brain Development; Cognition; Epigenetic; Father; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Placenta; Psychological Stress; Smoking

$75,000

Gene expression analysis of complex neurobiological processes: A PCR facility to study large sample sets and very small samples

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

$140,500

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Folic Acid Supplementation: Gene-environment Interactions and Neurodevelopmental and Metabolic Outcomes in Children

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Trasler, Jacquetta M; MacFarlane, Amanda; Bérard, Anick; Fraser, William D; Monnier, Patricia O; Nguyen, Tuong-Vi; Rozen, Rima; Seguin, Jean R; Walker, Claire-Dominique; Walker, Mark C; Weksberg, Rosanna; Wen, Shi Wu

Keywords: Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Cord Blood; Dna Methylation; Epigenomic Profiling; Folic Acid; Infertility; Metabolic Indices; Neurodevelopment; Placenta

Microscope and tissue preparation core facility for the molecular and neuroanatomical dissection of neurocircuits

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Walker, ClaireDominique

$149,528

Exploring the functional, structural, and behavioral determinants of repeated early-life stress exposure and the regulatory role of the endocannabinoid system

SupervisorCIHR2013Fellowship - Priority Announcement: HMC Prize in Children's Mental Health

Principal investigators: McLaughlin, Ryan J

Keywords: Amygdala; Dendritic Morphology; Early Life Stress; Endocannabinoid Signaling; Fear Learning; Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis; Immunohistochemistry; In Situ Hybridization; In Vitro Electrophysiology; Prefrontal Cortex

$5,000

Exploring the functional, structural, and behavioral determinants of repeated early-life stress exposure and the regulatory role of the endocannabinoid system

SupervisorCIHR2013CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: McLaughlin, Ryan J

$135,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Claire-Dominique Walker

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Early adversity alters neurodevelopmental milestones in male and female rat pups and motor cortex morphology and gait in juveniles.

Low levels of organization and consistency in the home in middle childhood predicts cortisol levels and internalizing symptoms 12 years later among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.

Layer-Specific Glutamatergic Inputs and Parvalbumin Interneurons Modulate Early Life Stress-Induced Alterations in Prefrontal Glutamate Release during Fear Conditioning in Pre-adolescent Rats.

Neonatal estradiol and early adversity interact to modify basolateral amygdala morphology and adult behavior in female rats.

The circadian variation of sleep and alertness of postmenopausal women.

Peripheral clock gene oscillations are perturbed in neonatal and adult rat offspring raised under adverse limited bedding conditions.

Effects of Early Life Stress on the Developing Basolateral Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Circuit: The Emerging Role of Local Inhibition and Perineuronal Nets.

It Is All in the Right Amygdala: Increased Synaptic Plasticity and Perineuronal Nets in Male, But Not Female, Juvenile Rat Pups after Exposure to Early-Life Stress.

Increased Hypothalamic Projections to the Lateral Hypothalamus and Responses to Leptin in Rat Neonates From High Fat Fed Mothers.

Experience of Adversity during a First Lactation Modifies Prefrontal Cortex Morphology in Primiparous Female Rats: Lack of Long Term Effects on a Subsequent Lactation.

Cross-talk between clock genes, metabolic effectors and mitochondrial function during early life stress in rats

Sex-dependent effects of early life stress on the development of the basolateral amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuit for fear conditioning

Effect of fragmented maternal care on the development of the circadian system: implications for stress and metabolic regulation in the offspring

An integrated chronobiology facility for the large-scale study of biological rhythms at the behavioural, neurocircuit and cellular levels

The paternal contribution to neurodevelopmental and metabolic outcomes in the child

Gene expression analysis of complex neurobiological processes: A PCR facility to study large sample sets and very small samples

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Folic Acid Supplementation: Gene-environment Interactions and Neurodevelopmental and Metabolic Outcomes in Children

Microscope and tissue preparation core facility for the molecular and neuroanatomical dissection of neurocircuits

Exploring the functional, structural, and behavioral determinants of repeated early-life stress exposure and the regulatory role of the endocannabinoid system

Exploring the functional, structural, and behavioral determinants of repeated early-life stress exposure and the regulatory role of the endocannabinoid system

Frequent collaborators

Naguib Mechawar

Marsha Campbell-Yeo

Sylvain Williams

Sonia Lupien

Alain Moreau

Mallar Chakravarty

Lalit Srivastava

Howard Steiger

Mimi Israel

Sylvana Côté

Nicolas Cermakian

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Vincenzo Di Marzo

Sylvana Côté

Marilyn Aita

Alain Moreau

David Lloyd Streiner

Margot Latimer

Jens Pruessner