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Research
Latest papers
Role of the medullary reticular formation in motor control and functional recovery following spinal cord injury.
Neural regeneration research · 2026 · first author
Functional plasticity of glutamatergic neurons of medullary reticular nuclei after spinal cord injury in mice.
Nature communications · 2024 · senior author
Functional contribution of mesencephalic locomotor region nuclei to locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury.
Cell reports. Medicine · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $62,000
Role of DSCAM in the development and maintenance of motor circuits
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $944,776
Genetic dissection of propriospinal interneuronal pathways and their reticulospinal inputs pertaining to locomotor control and recovery after spinal cord injury
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $125,000
Deep brain photometry of spatially distinct brain areas using a single optical fiber
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Role of the medullary reticular formation in motor control and functional recovery following spinal cord injury.
Bretzner F
Functional plasticity of glutamatergic neurons of medullary reticular nuclei after spinal cord injury in mice.
Lemieux M, Karimi N, Bretzner F
Functional contribution of mesencephalic locomotor region nuclei to locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury.
Roussel M, Lafrance-Zoubga D, Josset N, Lemieux M, Bretzner F
Glutamatergic neurons of the gigantocellular reticular nucleus shape locomotor pattern and rhythm in the freely behaving mouse.
Lemieux M, Bretzner F
Distinct Contributions of Mesencephalic Locomotor Region Nuclei to Locomotor Control in the Freely Behaving Mouse.
Josset N, Roussel M, Lemieux M, Lafrance-Zoubga D, Rastqar A, Bretzner F
Role of DSCAM in the development and maintenance of motor circuits
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: neural circuits; motor control and locomotion; motor cortex; spinal circuit; mutant mice; genetic deletion; development
Genetic dissection of propriospinal interneuronal pathways and their reticulospinal inputs pertaining to locomotor control and recovery after spinal cord injury
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: Brainstem; Electrophysiology; Motor Recovery; Mouse Genetics; Neuroanatomy; Spinal Cord Injury
Deep brain photometry of spatially distinct brain areas using a single optical fiber
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: Motor Control Locomotion Optical probes Imaging Mouse Genetics
Role of DSCAM in the development of motor circuits
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Plasticity of midbrain nuclei after spinal cord injury
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: Electrophysiology; Function Recovery; Kinematic; Locomotion; Mouse Genetics; Optogenetics; Spinal Cord Injury
Neonatal stress and the neuroendocrine basis for sex-specific panic-related respiratory disorder in rat
Principal investigators: Kinkead, Richard
Keywords: Development; Electrophysiology; Hormones; Neuroanatomy; Panic Attack; Perinatal Origins Of Health And Disease; Plethysmography; Respiratory Control; Sexual Dimorphism; Stress
Motor control: Brainstem control of locomotion
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: Brain Control; Imaging; Locomotion; Modulation; Spinal Cord Injury; Transgenic Mice; Whole Cell Patch Clamp
Motor control: Brainstem control of locomotion
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
Keywords: Brain Control; Imaging; Locomotion; Modulation; Spinal Cord Injury; Transgenic Mice; Whole Cell Patch Clamp
Role of DSCAM in the development of supraspinal and spinal motor networks
Principal investigators: Bretzner, Frederic
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