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Elsa Rossignol

ResearcherNeurosciencesUniversité de Montréal

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Elsa Rossignol

Researcher

Neurosciences

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

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.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Epilepsy Gabaergic Interneurons Behavior Mechanisms Physiology Therapies Autism Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Latest papers

Understanding Caregivers' Experiences of Rett Syndrome: A Multinational Study of Symptoms and Meaningful Outcomes of Potential Treatments.
Neurology and therapy · 2026
Epidemiology and Healthcare Resource Utilization of Rett Syndrome in Canada: The Ontario Experience.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2025
Neuroichthyosis With a De Novo Variant c.494C>T in ELOVL1 and Severe Pruritus Relieved by Dupilumab.
Pediatric dermatology · 2025

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Towards novel therapies for CACNA1A-associated epileptic encephalopathies
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,250,776
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$500,000
Cell-adhesion mechanisms of inhibitory synapse specificity and their dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,071,000

All 11 grants and awards

39 publications.

Understanding Caregivers' Experiences of Rett Syndrome: A Multinational Study of Symptoms and Meaningful Outcomes of Potential Treatments.

Ben-Zeev B, Rossignol E, Lumsden DE, Guido-Estrada N, Bilder DA, Coenraads M, Hertz Tirosh S, Nues P, Millson S, Stevenson R, Ashkenas J, Karbocus C, McGinnis E, LaBounty Phillips K

Neurology and therapy2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40120-026-01003-0 PMID: 42570201

Epidemiology and Healthcare Resource Utilization of Rett Syndrome in Canada: The Ontario Experience.

Bond S, Murray J, Datta AN, Rafay MF, McAdam L, Neish CS, Rossignol E, Loreto Sanchez LN

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2025

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10475 PMID: 41267498

Neuroichthyosis With a De Novo Variant c.494C>T in ELOVL1 and Severe Pruritus Relieved by Dupilumab.

Marcoux D, Savard SA, Kokta V, Rossignol E, Ospina LH

Pediatric dermatology2025

DOI: 10.1111/pde.15904 PMID: 40070030

Both GEF domains of the autism and developmental epileptic encephalopathy-associated Trio protein are required for proper tangential migration of GABAergic interneurons.

Eid L, Lokmane L, Raju PK, Tene Tadoum SB, Jiang X, Toulouse K, Lupien-Meilleur A, Charron-Ligez F, Toumi A, Backer S, Lachance M, Lavertu-Jolin M, Montseny M, Lacaille JC, Bloch-Gallego E, Rossignol E

Molecular psychiatry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02742-y PMID: 39300136

Stress and Quality of Life of Parents of Children With POLR3-Related Leukodystrophy: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.

Lentini L, Toutounchi H, Chapleau A, Le A, Fournier S, Emari F, Flamini R, Rossi A, Gentile A, Bertini E, Nicita F, Pohl D, Venkateswaran S, Keller S, Rossignol E, Renaud D, Assis Pereira D, Chen X, Vanderver A, Bernard G

Journal of child neurology2025

DOI: 10.1177/08830738241283171 PMID: 39429022

Cohort Expansion and Genotype-Phenotype Analysis of RAB11A-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder.

Borroto MC, Patel H, Srivastava S, Swanson LC, Keren B, Whalen S, Mignot C, Wang X, Chen Q, Rosenfeld JA, McLean S, Littlejohn RO, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Emrick L, Burrage LC, Attali R, Lesca G, Acquaviva-Bourdain C, Sarret C, Seaver LH, Platzer K, Bartolomaeus T, Wünsch C, Fischer S, Rodriguez Barreto AM, Granadillo JL, Schreiner E, Brunet T, Schatz UA, Thiffault I, Mullegama SV, Michaud JL, Hamdan FF, Rossignol E, Campeau PM

Pediatric neurology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.07.010 PMID: 39181022

Developing a pathway to clinical trials for CACNA1A-related epilepsies: A patient organization perspective.

Fox PM, Malepati S, Manaster L, Rossignol E, Noebels JL

Therapeutic advances in rare disease2024

DOI: 10.1177/26330040241245725 PMID: 38681799

Editorial: GABAergic circuits in health and disease.

Topolnik L, Di Cristo G, Rossignol E

Frontiers in neural circuits2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1322193 PMID: 38024809

Brain language networks and cognitive outcomes in children with frontotemporal lobe epilepsy.

Hüsser AM, Vannasing P, Tremblay J, Osterman B, Lortie A, Diadori P, Major P, Rossignol E, Roger K, Fourdain S, Provost S, Maalouf Y, Nguyen DK, Gallagher A

Frontiers in human neuroscience2023

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1253529 PMID: 37964801

Craniofacial features of POLR3-related leukodystrophy caused by biallelic variants in POLR3A, POLR3B and POLR1C.

Mirchi A, Guay SP, Tran LT, Wolf NI, Vanderver A, Brais B, Sylvain M, Pohl D, Rossignol E, Saito M, Moutton S, González-Gutiérrez-Solana L, Thiffault I, Kruer MC, Moron DG, Kauffman M, Goizet C, Sztriha L, Glamuzina E, Melançon SB, Naidu S, Retrouvey JM, Lacombe S, Bernardino-Cuesta B, De Bie I, Bernard G

Journal of medical genetics2023

DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109223 PMID: 37197783

Towards novel therapies for CACNA1A-associated epileptic encephalopathies

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Behavior; Epilepsy; Mechanisms; Physiology; Therapies

$1,250,776

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Cr

$500,000

Cell-adhesion mechanisms of inhibitory synapse specificity and their dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Takahashi, Hideto

Keywords: Cell Adhesion; Molecular And Cellular Neuroscience; Neurobiology; Neuropsychiatric Disorder; Synapse Biology

$1,071,000

Interneuronopathies and neurodevelopmental disorders

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Autism; Epilepsy; Gabaergic Interneurons; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Neuronal Migration

$1,078,650

Implication of early embryonic epigenetic dysregulation in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders-associated outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: McGraw, Serge

Keywords: Adverse Maternal Exposure; Brain Development; Developmental Origin Of Health And Diseases (Dohad); Dna Methylation; Epigenetics; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Fetal Development; Gabaergic Interneurons; Transcriptomics

$826,200

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team (CCPRT)

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas - Mental Health

Principal investigators: Conrod, Patricia; Amirali, Evangelia L; Bourque, Josiane; Crocker, Candice E; Flores, Cecilia; Paus, Tomas; Potvin, Stéphane; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Adolescent Brain Development; Biomarker; Brief Intervention; Cannabis; Feedback; Plasticity; Psychosis; Youth

$629,668

Cellular and network basis of CACNA1A-associated epileptic encephalopathies

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Calcium Channels; Epilepsy; Gabaergic Interneurons; Synaptic Transmission

$906,525

Impairments of cortical GABAergic interneurons in epilepsy

Nominated PICIHR2015CIHR New Investigator

Principal investigators: Rossignol, Elsa

Keywords: Behavioral Testing; Cellular Physiology; Eeg; Epilepsy; Gabaergic Interneurons; Genetics; Whole-Genome Sequencing

$300,000

Characterization of a new group of vesicular transport diseases.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Campeau, Philippe M

Keywords: Deafness; Epilepsy; Mendelian Disorders; Mouse Model; Skeletal Disorder; Tbc1d24; Vesicular Transport

$856,803

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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Elsa Rossignol

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding Caregivers' Experiences of Rett Syndrome: A Multinational Study of Symptoms and Meaningful Outcomes of Potential Treatments.

Epidemiology and Healthcare Resource Utilization of Rett Syndrome in Canada: The Ontario Experience.

Neuroichthyosis With a De Novo Variant c.494C>T in ELOVL1 and Severe Pruritus Relieved by Dupilumab.

Both GEF domains of the autism and developmental epileptic encephalopathy-associated Trio protein are required for proper tangential migration of GABAergic interneurons.

Stress and Quality of Life of Parents of Children With POLR3-Related Leukodystrophy: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.

Cohort Expansion and Genotype-Phenotype Analysis of RAB11A-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder.

Developing a pathway to clinical trials for CACNA1A-related epilepsies: A patient organization perspective.

Editorial: GABAergic circuits in health and disease.

Brain language networks and cognitive outcomes in children with frontotemporal lobe epilepsy.

Craniofacial features of POLR3-related leukodystrophy caused by biallelic variants in POLR3A, POLR3B and POLR1C.

Frequent collaborators

Daniela Pohl

Philippe Major

Jean-Claude Lacaille

Bernard Brais

Myriam Srour

Myriam Srour

Lionel Carmant

Naguib Mechawar

Catherine Larochelle

Sebastien Perreault

Elana Pinchefsky

Patrick Cossette

John Mitchell

Giulia Fadda

Roberta La Piana

Jason Karamchandani

Jason Karamchandani

Eriskay Liston

Pierre Duquette

Ala Birca

Carl Ernst

Maryam Oskoui

Anne Gallagher

Alexandre Prat

Graziella Di Cristo

Zoha Kibar

Sylvia Stockler

Mei Zhen

Guy Rouleau

Annette Majnemer

Gustavo Turecki

Roberto Araya

Jack Antel

Constantin Polychronakos

Lisa Topolnik

Guillaume Bourque

Julie Lessard

Nancy Braverman

Anne-Marie Laberge