Claudine Gauthier, Université de Montréal

Research

Aging Cohort Crossover Trial Metabolomics Microbiome Nutrition Ultra-Processed Foods Cerebrovascular Health

Latest papers

Protecting the brain from post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia with multimodal exercise training: study protocol for a Bayesian adaptive trial (PROTECT)
BMJ Open · 2026
Investigating Physical Exercise and Cognitive Training Effects on Cognition and Brain Health in Men and Women with Heart Failure: The ReCARDIO Trial.
CJC open · 2026
Investigating the effects of a randomized, double-blinded aerobic, resistance, and cognitive training clinical trial on neurocognitive function in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors: the ACTIONcardioRisk protocol.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025

All 6 publications

Latest funding

The UPF-AGE project: A Precision Nutrition Approach to Defining the Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods on Healthy Aging
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$10,000
Exercise to improve cognition and brain health in congenital heart disease
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$925,650
Impacts of exercise and cognitive training interventions on neurocognitive functions in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$573,750

All 3 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Protecting the brain from post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia with multimodal exercise training: study protocol for a Bayesian adaptive trial (PROTECT)

Moncion K, Rodrigues L, Bon A, Sutoski A, Sikorska K, Allison EY, Abreu J, Golchi S, Arbour N, Gauthier C

BMJ Open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-123336

02

Investigating Physical Exercise and Cognitive Training Effects on Cognition and Brain Health in Men and Women with Heart Failure: The ReCARDIO Trial.

Bherer L, Besnier F, Gagnon C, Vrinceanu T, Vincent T, Mohammadi H, Gauthier C, Duquesne C, Blanchette CA, Bérubé B, Said SN, Iglesies-Grau J, L'Allier P, Boulet J, Nigam A, Dionne V, Benhalima H, Dubé MP, Duchesne S, Belleville S, Brassard P, Gagnon D, Lesage F, Gayda M, Soucy JP, Bouabdallaoui N, Liu-Ambrose T, Barha C, Poirier J, Éric Thorin, Vu M, Tournoux F, Vitali P, O'Meara E, Racine N, Rouleau JL

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.02.014 PMID: 42327429

03

Investigating the effects of a randomized, double-blinded aerobic, resistance, and cognitive training clinical trial on neurocognitive function in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors: the ACTIONcardioRisk protocol.

Bherer L, Vrinceanu T, Dupuy EG, Gayda M, Vincent T, Magnan PO, Mohammadi H, Gauthier C, Gagnon C, Duchesne S, Erickson KI, Gagnon D, Lesage F, Lupien S, Poirier J, Dubé MP, Thorin É, Juneau M, Breton J, Belleville S, Ferland G, Gaudreau-Majeau F, Blanchette CA, Vitali P, Nigam A

Frontiers in aging neuroscience2025

DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1605128 PMID: 40625372

04

Mastering the Relationship between the Body and the Brain? The Case of a Female Master Athlete.

Saillant K, Intzandt B, Bérubé B, Sanami S, Gauthier C, Bherer L

Experimental aging research2023

DOI: 10.1080/0361073x.2022.2109340 PMID: 35950796

05

Sex-Specific Cerebral Blood Flow Alterations in Youth Operated for Congenital Heart Disease.

Easson K, Gilbert G, Gauthier C, Rohlicek CV, Saint-Martin C, Brossard-Racine M

Journal of the American Heart Association2023

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.028378 PMID: 37301764

06

BOLD-perfusion coupling during monocular and binocular stimulation.

Gauthier C, Hoge RD

International journal of biomedical imaging2008First author

DOI: 10.1155/2008/628718 PMID: 18350120

The UPF-AGE project: A Precision Nutrition Approach to Defining the Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods on Healthy Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2026T. Gr.: Health Effects of Ultra-Proc. Foods-Health Eff. on Older Persons - LOI

Principal investigators: Tessier, Anne-Julie; Brassard, Didier; Gauthier, Claudine

Keywords: Aging; Cohort; Crossover Trial; Metabolomics; Microbiome; Nutrition; Ultra-Processed Foods

$10,000

Exercise to improve cognition and brain health in congenital heart disease

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Claudine; Brossard-Racine, Marie

Keywords: Cerebrovascular Health; Cognition; Congenital Heart Disease; Executive Functions; Exercise; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

$925,650

Impacts of exercise and cognitive training interventions on neurocognitive functions in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bherer, Louis; Nigam, Anil

Keywords: Aging; Biomarkers; Brain Functions; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Cognition; Physical Exercise

$573,750

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

Louis Bherer and Louis Bherer: 171 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Louis Bherer: 171 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Louis Bherer: 171 shared papers
Pedro Rosa-Neto and Jean-Paul Soucy: 95 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Anil Nigam: 50 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Anil Nigam: 49 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Anil Nigam: 49 shared papers
Ada Tang and Kevin Moncion: 47 shared papers
Marie Brossard-Racine and Marie Brossard-Racine: 42 shared papers
Judes Poirier and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 30 shared papers
Ada Tang and Marc Roig: 20 shared papers
Kevin Moncion and Marc Roig: 18 shared papers
Shirin Golchi and Shirin Golchi: 16 shared papers
Alexander Thiel and Jean-Paul Soucy: 13 shared papers
Judes Poirier and Jean-Paul Soucy: 12 shared papers
Alexander Thiel and Marc Roig: 10 shared papers
Anil Nigam and Daniel Gagnon: 10 shared papers
Ada Tang and Alexander Thiel: 9 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Daniel Gagnon: 8 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Daniel Gagnon: 8 shared papers
Kevin Moncion and Alexander Thiel: 6 shared papers
Alexander Thiel and Pedro Rosa-Neto: 6 shared papers
Claudine Gauthier and Claudine Gauthier: 6 shared papers
Ada Tang and Baraa Al-Khazraji: 5 shared papers
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Kevin Moncion: 5 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Louis Bherer: 4 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Jean-Lucien Rouleau: 4 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Jean-Lucien Rouleau: 4 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Jean-Lucien Rouleau: 4 shared papers
Guylaine Ferland and Louis Bherer: 3 shared papers
Guylaine Ferland and Louis Bherer: 3 shared papers
Guylaine Ferland and Louis Bherer: 3 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Judes Poirier: 3 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Louis Bherer: 3 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Claudine Gauthier: 3 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Claudine Gauthier: 3 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Claudine Gauthier: 3 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Claudine Gauthier: 3 shared papers
Louis Bherer and Claudine Gauthier: 3 shared papers
Ada Tang and Nathalie Arbour: 2 shared papers
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Marc Roig: 2 shared papers
Alexander Thiel and Nathalie Arbour: 2 shared papers
Simon Duchesne and Claudine Gauthier: 2 shared papers
Judes Poirier and Claudine Gauthier: 2 shared papers
Nathalie Arbour and Marc Roig: 2 shared papers
Anil Nigam and Claudine Gauthier: 2 shared papers
Daniel Gagnon and Claudine Gauthier: 2 shared papers
Ada Tang and Christopher Rowley: 1 shared paper
Ada Tang and Shirin Golchi: 1 shared paper
Ada Tang and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Ada Tang and Shirin Golchi: 1 shared paper
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Christopher Rowley: 1 shared paper
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Shirin Golchi: 1 shared paper
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Baraa Al-Khazraji and Shirin Golchi: 1 shared paper
Christopher Rowley and Kevin Moncion: 1 shared paper
Christopher Rowley and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Kevin Moncion and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Alexander Thiel and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Guylaine Ferland and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Simon Duchesne and Cindy Barha: 1 shared paper
Judes Poirier and Cindy Barha: 1 shared paper
Louis Bherer and Cindy Barha: 1 shared paper
Nathalie Arbour and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Pedro Rosa-Neto and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Marie Brossard-Racine and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Marie Brossard-Racine and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Marc Roig and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Jean-Paul Soucy and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Jean-Lucien Rouleau and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Claudine Gauthier and Marie Brossard-Racine: 1 shared paper
Cindy Barha and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Shirin Golchi and Claudine Gauthier: 1 shared paper
Claudine Gauthier and Marie Brossard-Racine: 1 shared paper
Claudine Gauthier and Shirin Golchi: 1 shared paper

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1 shared papers, latest 2026

Christopher Rowley

Physics & Astronomy

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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