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Richard Robitaille

ResearcherNeurosciencesUniversité de Montréal

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Richard Robitaille

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.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (7 CIHR, 7 NSERC), most recently in 2023.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Research

Neuromuscular Junction Endocannabinoids Glial Cells Cb1 Receptor Denervation Nerve Injury Reinnervation Muscarinic Receptors

Latest papers

Experimental Evidence Against Taurine Deficiency as a Driver of Aging in Humans.
Aging cell · 2025
Dynamic and Homeostatic Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions at GABAergic Synapses.
Neurochemical research · 2025 · senior author
Impact of physical activity on physical function, mitochondrial energetics, ROS production, and Ca2+ handling across the adult lifespan in men.
Cell reports. Medicine · 2025

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Shared histology equipment: cryostat
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$64,375
CB1 receptors regulate NMJ denervation and repair
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$990,676
Ultrafast Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Brain
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 17 grants and awards

20 publications.

Experimental Evidence Against Taurine Deficiency as a Driver of Aging in Humans.

Marcangeli V, Cefis M, Hammad R, Granet J, Leduc-Gaudet JP, Gaudreau P, Aubertin-Leheudre M, Bélanger M, Robitaille R, Morais JA, Gouspillou G

Aging cell2025

DOI: 10.1111/acel.70191 PMID: 41061678

Dynamic and Homeostatic Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions at GABAergic Synapses.

Clarke D, Lacaille JC, Robitaille R

Neurochemical research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11064-025-04554-0 PMID: 41021144

Impact of physical activity on physical function, mitochondrial energetics, ROS production, and Ca2+ handling across the adult lifespan in men.

Cefis M, Marcangeli V, Hammad R, Granet J, Leduc-Gaudet JP, Gaudreau P, Trumpff C, Huang Q, Picard M, Aubertin-Leheudre M, Bélanger M, Robitaille R, Morais JA, Gouspillou G

Cell reports. Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.101968 PMID: 39933528

Perisynaptic Schwann Cells: Guardians of Neuromuscular Junction Integrity and Function in Health and Disease.

Gould TW, Ko CP, Willison H, Robitaille R

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041362 PMID: 38858074

Reversal of cognitive deficits in FUSR521G amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice by arimoclomol and a class I histone deacetylase inhibitor independent of heat shock protein induction.

Pelaez MC, Fiore F, Larochelle N, Dabbaghizadeh A, Comaduran MF, Arbour D, Minotti S, Marcadet L, Semaan M, Robitaille R, Nalbantoglu JN, Sephton CF, Durham HD

Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00388 PMID: 38972779

Impact of histone deacetylase inhibition and arimoclomol on heat shock protein expression and disease biomarkers in primary culture models of familial ALS.

Fernández Comaduran M, Minotti S, Jacob-Tomas S, Rizwan J, Larochelle N, Robitaille R, Sephton CF, Vera M, Nalbantoglu JN, Durham HD

Cell stress & chaperones2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.cstres.2024.03.010 PMID: 38570009

mTORC1-mediated acquisition of reward-related representations by hippocampal somatostatin interneurons.

Michon FX, Laplante I, Bosson A, Robitaille R, Lacaille JC

Molecular brain2023

DOI: 10.1186/s13041-023-01042-w PMID: 37400913

Expression and Roles of Lynx1, a Modulator of Cholinergic Transmission, in Skeletal Muscles and Neuromuscular Junctions in Mice.

Doss SV, Barbat-Artigas S, Lopes M, Pradhan BS, Prószyński TJ, Robitaille R, Valdez G

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.838612 PMID: 35372356

Correction to: The Novel Small Molecule TRVA242 Stabilizes Neuromuscular Junction Defects in Multiple Animal Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Bose P, Tremblay E, Maios C, Narasimhan V, Armstrong GAB, Liao M, Parker JA, Robitaille R, Wen XY, Barden C, Drapeau P

Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2021

DOI: 10.1007/s13311-021-01061-2 PMID: 34100189

Improved Human Muscle Biopsy Method To Study Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Functions with Aging.

Aubertin-Leheudre M, Pion CH, Vallée J, Marchand S, Morais JA, Bélanger M, Robitaille R

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glz292 PMID: 31838500

Shared histology equipment: cryostat

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Dubuc, Réjean

Keywords: neurophysiology; neuroanatomy; cell imaging; immunofluorescence; neural pathway labelling; histological validation; cortical networks; brainstem networks; neuromodulation

$64,375

CB1 receptors regulate NMJ denervation and repair

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

Keywords: Cb1 Receptor; Denervation; Endocannabinoids; Glial Cells; Nerve Injury; Neuromuscular Junction; Reinnervation

$990,676

Ultrafast Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Brain

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Rungta, Ravi

$150,000

CB1 receptors regulate neuromuscular junction response to injury.

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

Keywords: Cb1 Receptor; Denervation; Endocannabinoids; Glial Cells; Nerve Injury; Neuromuscular Junction; Reinnervation

$100,000

Targeting glial cells to restore neuromuscular function and improve motor outcome in ALS.

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

Keywords: Endocannabinoids; Glial Cells; Muscarinic Receptors; Muscle Functions; Neuromuscular Junction

$1,185,750

Heterogeneous glial regulation of inhibitory hippocampal synapses

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

$414,000

The neuromuscular function as a diagnostic tool and a therapeutic target in an ALS mouse model

SupervisorCIHR2016Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Elsa

Keywords: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Calcium Imaging; Electrophysiology; Fiber Type; Glia; Immunohistochemistry; Motor Unit; Neuromuscular Junction; Perisynaptic Schwann Cells; Synaptic Plasticity

$105,000

Restoring In Vivo Glial Functions At Neuromuscular Junctions: A New Therapeutic Target In ALS

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

Keywords: Aging; Als; Neuromuscular Junction; Neuron-Glia Interactions; Perisynaptic Schwann Cells; Synapses; Synaptic Plasticity

$816,820

Study of glial cell function in brain synaptic networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

$246,000

Endoscopic cellular imaging of astrocyte-neuron interactions in vivo

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Robitaille, Richard

$107,905

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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Richard Robitaille

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Experimental Evidence Against Taurine Deficiency as a Driver of Aging in Humans.

Dynamic and Homeostatic Neuron-Astrocyte Interactions at GABAergic Synapses.

Impact of physical activity on physical function, mitochondrial energetics, ROS production, and Ca2+ handling across the adult lifespan in men.

Perisynaptic Schwann Cells: Guardians of Neuromuscular Junction Integrity and Function in Health and Disease.

Reversal of cognitive deficits in FUSR521G amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice by arimoclomol and a class I histone deacetylase inhibitor independent of heat shock protein induction.

Impact of histone deacetylase inhibition and arimoclomol on heat shock protein expression and disease biomarkers in primary culture models of familial ALS.

mTORC1-mediated acquisition of reward-related representations by hippocampal somatostatin interneurons.

Expression and Roles of Lynx1, a Modulator of Cholinergic Transmission, in Skeletal Muscles and Neuromuscular Junctions in Mice.

Correction to: The Novel Small Molecule TRVA242 Stabilizes Neuromuscular Junction Defects in Multiple Animal Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Improved Human Muscle Biopsy Method To Study Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Functions with Aging.

Shared histology equipment: cryostat

CB1 receptors regulate NMJ denervation and repair

Ultrafast Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Brain

CB1 receptors regulate neuromuscular junction response to injury.

Targeting glial cells to restore neuromuscular function and improve motor outcome in ALS.

Heterogeneous glial regulation of inhibitory hippocampal synapses

The neuromuscular function as a diagnostic tool and a therapeutic target in an ALS mouse model

Restoring In Vivo Glial Functions At Neuromuscular Junctions: A New Therapeutic Target In ALS

Study of glial cell function in brain synaptic networks

Endoscopic cellular imaging of astrocyte-neuron interactions in vivo

Frequent collaborators

Richard Robitaille

Jean-Claude Lacaille

Pierre Drapeau

Gilles Gouspillou

Pierrette Gaudreau

Gilles Gouspillou

Pierrette Gaudreau

Jean-Pierre Julien

Victor Rafuse

Xiao-Yan Wen

Lawrence Korngut