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Vincent Breton-Provencher
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Research
Latest papers
Region-specific weighting of sensory intensity and reward prediction error by dopamine signals.
iScience · 2026 · senior author
The anterior cingulate cortex modulates pupil-linked arousal.
Science advances · 2026
Cortical norepinephrine-astrocyte signaling critically mediates learned behavior.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
Latest funding
- $1,002,150
Unravelling the Neuroprotective Potential of Rit2: Towards Novel Therapies for Parkinson's Disease.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $1,002,150
Noradrenergic modulation of mouse cortical interneurons during sensorimotor learning
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $125,000
A multimodal imaging platform to quantify noradrenergic modulation of neurovascular activity in vivo
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
13 publications.
Region-specific weighting of sensory intensity and reward prediction error by dopamine signals.
Bouchard SJ, Boutin J, Lévesque M, Breton-Provencher V
The anterior cingulate cortex modulates pupil-linked arousal.
Chintalacheruvu N, Kalelkar A, Alatriste-León H, Boutin J, Breton-Provencher V, Huda R
Cortical norepinephrine-astrocyte signaling critically mediates learned behavior.
Drummond GT, Natesan A, Celotto M, Shih J, Ojha P, Osako Y, Park J, Sipe GO, Jenks KR, Breton-Provencher V, Simpson PC, Panzeri S, Sur M
Diversity of ancestral brainstem noradrenergic neurons across species and multiple biological factors.
Kelberman MA, Rodberg E, Arabzadeh E, Bair-Marshall CJ, Berridge CW, Berrocoso E, Breton-Provencher V, Chandler DJ, Che A, Davy O, Devilbiss DM, Downs AM, Drummond G, Dvorkin R, Fazlali Z, Froemke RC, Glennon E, Gold JI, Ito H, Jiang X, Johansen JP, Kaye AP, Kim JR, Kuo CC, Liu RJ, Liu Y, Llorca-Torralba M, McCall JG, McElligott ZA, McKinney AM, Miguelez C, Min MY, Nowlan AC, Omrani M, Poe GR, Pickering AE, Ranjbar-Slamloo Y, Razquin J, Rodenkirch C, Sales AC, Satyasambit R, Shea SD, Sur M, Tkaczynski JA, Torres-Sanchez S, Uematsu A, Vazquez CR, Vreven A, Wang Q, Waterhouse BD, Yang HW, Yang JH, Zhao L, Zouridis IS, Weinshenker D, Vazey E, Totah NK
A cortical locus for modulation of arousal states.
Chintalacheruvu N, Kalelkar A, Boutin J, Breton-Provencher V, Huda R
Shining light on the noradrenergic system.
Tanguay E, Bouchard SJ, Lévesque M, De Koninck P, Breton-Provencher V
Recent Advances at the Interface of Neuroscience and Artificial Neural Networks.
Cohen Y, Engel TA, Langdon C, Lindsay GW, Ott T, Peters MAK, Shine JM, Breton-Provencher V, Ramaswamy S
Spatiotemporal dynamics of noradrenaline during learned behaviour.
Breton-Provencher V, Drummond GT, Feng J, Li Y, Sur M
The role of calretinin-expressing granule cells in olfactory bulb functions and odor behavior.
Hardy D, Malvaut S, Breton-Provencher V, Saghatelyan A
Principal cell activity induces spine relocation of adult-born interneurons in the olfactory bulb.
Breton-Provencher V, Bakhshetyan K, Hardy D, Bammann RR, Cavarretta F, Snapyan M, Côté D, Migliore M, Saghatelyan A
Unravelling the Neuroprotective Potential of Rit2: Towards Novel Therapies for Parkinson's Disease.
Principal investigators: Lévesque, Martin
Keywords: Aav; Alpha-Synuclein; Gene Therapy; Ipsc-Derived Neurons; Mouse Model; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Organoids; Parkinson'S Disease; Sineup
Noradrenergic modulation of mouse cortical interneurons during sensorimotor learning
Principal investigators: Breton-Provencher, Vincent
Keywords: Behavior; Calcium Imaging; Cortex; Histology; Inhibition; Noradrenaline; Optogenetics; Sensorimotor Behavior
A multimodal imaging platform to quantify noradrenergic modulation of neurovascular activity in vivo
Principal investigators: Desjardins, Michèle
Keywords: Neuromodulation; Neurovascular coupling; Brain imaging; Optical imaging; Network neuroscience; Locus coeruleus; Cerebral blood flow; Noradrenaline; Optogenetics
Control of Noradrenaline in Learned Behaviors
Principal investigators: Breton-Provencher, Vincent
Control of Noradrenaline in Learned Behaviors
Principal investigators: Breton-Provencher, Vincent
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
- Psychiatrie et de neurosciences
- Psychiatrie
- Biochimie et microbiologie
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