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Neuroimmunology, innate immunity, inflammation, axonal regeneration, neurodegeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, macrophages, neutrophils, cytokines.
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Biography

Steve Lacroix is Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Université Laval and Director of the Neurosciences Axis at the CHU de Québec Research Center (Canada). He received his Ph.D. from Université Laval in 1998. He was trained as a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego, in the field of spinal cord regeneration (1998-2001). From 2001 to 2003, he completed a second postdoc in neuroimmunology at McGill University, Montréal. Dr. Lacroix teaches and conducts research in the fields of neuroimmunology and regenerative medicine. His recent research has focused on the identification of the endogenous signals initiating neuroinflammation and the role of immune cells in neural damage and repair in the context of spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury and multiple sclerosis. With over 20 years of research in neuroimmune diseases, he has published more than 70 papers with over 7000 citations, many of which are published in the leading journals of neurosciences and immunology.

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Employment (3)

Université Laval, Faculté de médecine: Quebec, QC, CA

2012-07-01 to present | Full Professor (Médecine moléculaire)
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Université Laval, Faculté de médecine: Quebec, QC, CA

2008-07-01 to 2012-06-30 | Associate Professor (Anatomie et physiologie)
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Université Laval, Faculté de médecine: Quebec, QC, CA

2003-07-01 to 2008-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Anatomie et physiologie)
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Education and qualifications (5)

McGill University: Montréal, QC, CA

2001-11-01 to 2003-06-30 | Post-doctoral fellow (Neuroscience)
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University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

1998-11-01 to 2001-11-01 | Post-doctoral fellow (Neuroscience)
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Université Laval, Faculté de médecine: Quebec, QC, CA

1995-05-01 to 1998-10-31 | PhD degree (Endocrinology-Physiology)
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Université Laval, Faculté de médecine: Quebec, QC, CA

1994-05-01 to 1995-05-01 | Master degree (Endocrinology-Physiology)
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières: Trois-Rivières, QC, CA

1991-09-01 to 1994-04-30 | Bachelor degree (Biologie médicale)
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Works (50 of 59)

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Constitutive DAMPs in CNS injury: From preclinical insights to clinical perspectives

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Adrian Castellanos-Molina; Floriane Bretheau; Ana Boisvert; Dominic Bélanger; Steve Lacroix
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The alarmin interleukin-1α triggers secondary degeneration through reactive astrocytes and endothelium after spinal cord injury

2021-06-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Floriane Bretheau; Adrian Castellanos-Molina; Benoit Mailhot; Maxime Kusik; Dominic Belanger; Martine Lessard; Nicolas Vallières; Xiaoyu Liu; Ning Quan; Steve Lacroix
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Serial Systemic Injections of Endotoxin (LPS) Elicit Neuroprotective Spinal Cord Microglia through IL-1-Dependent Cross Talk with Endothelial Cells

The Journal of Neuroscience
2020-11-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Camila M. Freria; Faith H. Brennan; David R. Sweet; Zhen Guan; Jodie C. Hall; Kristina A. Kigerl; Daniel P. Nemeth; Xiaoyu Liu; Steve Lacroix; Ning Quan et al.
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Differential attenuation of β2 integrin-dependent and -independent neutrophil migration by Ly6G ligation.

Blood advances
2019-02-01 | Journal article
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Microglia are an essential component of the neuroprotective scar that forms after spinal cord injury.

Nature communications
2019-01-31 | Journal article
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Ly6C <sup>high</sup> monocytes facilitate transport of Murid herpesvirus 68 into inflamed joints of arthritic mice

European Journal of Immunology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034765665

Contributors: LeBel, M.; Egarnes, B.; Brunet, A.; Lacerte, P.; Paré, A.; Lacroix, S.; Brown, J.P.; Gosselin, J.
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Portrait of blood-derived extracellular vesicles in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Neurobiology of disease
2018-11-05 | Journal article
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FoxJ1 regulates spinal cord development and is required for the maintenance of spinal cord stem cell potential.

Experimental cell research
2018-04-22 | Journal article
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IL-1β enables CNS access to CCR2 hi monocytes and the generation of pathogenic cells through GM-CSF released by CNS endothelial cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-02-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexandre Paré; Benoit Mailhot; Sébastien A. Lévesque; Camille Juzwik; Prenitha Mercy Ignatius Arokia Doss; Marc-André Lécuyer; Alexandre Prat; Manu Rangachari; Alyson Fournier; Steve Lacroix
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Platelets release pathogenic serotonin and return to circulation after immune complex-mediated sequestration.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018-01-31 | Journal article
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Megakaryocytes compensate for Kit insufficiency in murine arthritis

Journal of Clinical Investigation
2017-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Pierre Cunin; Loka R. Penke; Jonathan N. Thon; Paul A. Monach; Tatiana Jones; Margaret H. Chang; Mary M. Chen; Imene Melki; Steve Lacroix; Yoichiro Iwakura et al.
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Betacellulin regulates schwann cell proliferation and myelin formation in the injured mouse peripheral nerve.

Glia
2017-01-31 | Journal article
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Myeloid cell transmigration across the CNS vasculature triggers IL-1ß-driven neuroinflammation during autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84971554433

Contributors: Lévesque, S.A.; Paré, A.; Mailhot, B.; Bellver-Landete, V.; Kébir, H.; Lécuyer, M.-A.; Alvarez, J.I.; Prat, A.; de Rivero Vaccari, J.P.; Keane, R.W. et al.
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Involvement of the IL-1 system in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis: Breaking the vicious cycle between IL-1β and GM-CSF

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexandre Paré; Benoit Mailhot; Sébastien A. Lévesque; Steve Lacroix
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Cerebrovascular and blood-brain barrier impairments in Huntington's disease: Potential implications for its pathophysiology

Annals of Neurology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937730922

Contributors: Drouin-Ouellet, J.; Sawiak, S.J.; Cisbani, G.; Lagacé, M.; Kuan, W.-L.; Saint-Pierre, M.; Dury, R.J.; Alata, W.; St-Amour, I.; Mason, S.L. et al.
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IL-1α gene deletion protects oligodendrocytes after spinal cord injury through upregulation of the survival factor Tox3

Journal of Neuroscience
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84938498544

Contributors: Bastien, D.; Landete, V.B.; Lessard, M.; Vallières, N.; Champagne, M.; Takashima, A.; Tremblay, M.-È.; Doyon, Y.; Lacroix, S.
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In Vivo Imaging of Glial and Immune Cell Responses in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease

Neuroinflammation: New Insights into Beneficial and Detrimental Functions
2015 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85017369189

Contributors: Paré, A.; Lacroix, S.
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Partial depletion of the proinflammatory monocyte population is neuroprotective in the myenteric plexus but not in the basal ganglia in a MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926468403

Contributors: Côté, M.; Poirier, A.-A.; Aubé, B.; Jobin, C.; Lacroix, S.; Soulet, D.
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The P2X7/P2X4 interaction shapes the purinergic response in murine macrophages

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
2015-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Gabriela Pérez-Flores; Sébastien A. Lévesque; Jonathan Pacheco; Luis Vaca; Steve Lacroix; Patricia Pérez-Cornejo; Jorge Arreola
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GPR84 deficiency reduces microgliosis, but accelerates dendritic degeneration and cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2015-05 | Journal article
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Central canal ependymal cells proliferate extensively in response to traumatic spinal cord injury but not demyelinating lesions

2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899949840

Contributors: Lacroix, S.; Hamilton, L.K.; Vaugeois, A.; Beaudoin, S.; Breault-Dugas, C.; Pineau, I.; Lévesque, S.A.; Grégoire, C.-A.; Fernandes, K.J.L.
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Cytokine pathways regulating glial and leukocyte function after spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury

Experimental Neurology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904720898

Contributors: Bastien, D.; Lacroix, S.
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Mutant huntingtin is present in neuronal grafts in huntington disease patients

Annals of Neurology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904787076

Contributors: Cicchetti, F.; Lacroix, S.; Cisbani, G.; Vallières, N.; Saint-Pierre, M.; St-Amour, I.; Tolouei, R.; Skepper, J.N.; Hauser, R.A.; Mantovani, D. et al.
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Neutrophils mediate blood-spinal cord barrier disruption in demyelinating neuroinflammatory diseases

Journal of Immunology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84906841402

Contributors: Aubé, B.; Lévesque, S.A.; Paré, A.; Chamma, É.; Kébir, H.; Gorina, R.; Lécuyer, M.-A.; Alvarez, J.I.; De Koninck, Y.; Engelhardt, B. et al.
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Platelets release mitochondria serving as substrate for bactericidal group IIA-secreted phospholipase a to promote inflammation

Blood
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907693658

Contributors: Boudreau, L.H.; Duchez, A.-C.; Cloutier, N.; Soulet, D.; Martin, N.; Bollinger, J.; Paré, A.; Rousseau, M.; Naika, G.S.; Lévesque, T. et al.
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The Inflammasome Pyrin Contributes to Pertussis Toxin-Induced IL-1β Synthesis, Neutrophil Intravascular Crawling and Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

PLoS Pathogens
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84901651706

Contributors: Dumas, A.; Amiable, N.; de Rivero Vaccari, J.P.; Chae, J.J.; Keane, R.W.; Lacroix, S.; Vallières, L.
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Automated Filtering of Intrinsic Movement Artifacts during Two-Photon Intravital Microscopy

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872236012

Contributors: Soulet, D.; Paré, A.; Coste, J.; Lacroix, S.
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Local assessment of myelin health in a multiple sclerosis mouse model using a 2D Fourier transform approach

2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884927931

Contributors: Bégin, S.; Bélanger, E.; Laffray, S.; Aubé, B.; Chamma, É.; Bélisle, J.; Lacroix, S.; De Koninck, Y.; Côté, D.
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In situ hybridization within the CNS tissue: Combining in situ hybridization with immunofluorescence

Neuromethods
2012 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85064535949

Contributors: Bastien, D.; Lacroix, S.
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P2X 4 receptors influence inflammasome activation after spinal cord injury

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84857530330

Contributors: de Rivero Vaccari, J.P.; Bastien, D.; Yurcisin, G.; Pineau, I.; Dalton Dietrich, W.; De Koninck, Y.; Keane, R.W.; Lacroix, S.
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Platelets can enhance vascular permeability

2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865165303

Contributors: Cloutier, N.; Paré, A.; Farndale, R.W.; Schumacher, H.R.; Nigrovic, P.A.; Lacroix, S.; Boilard, E.
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Functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury is dependent on the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF: Implications for neuropathic pain

2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80052342708

Contributors: Nadeau, S.; Filali, M.; Zhang, J.; Kerr, B.J.; Rivest, S.; Soulet, D.; Iwakura, Y.; Vaccari, J.P.R.; Keane, R.W.; Lacroix, S.
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Astrocytes initiate inflammation in the injured mouse spinal cord by promoting the entry of neutrophils and inflammatory monocytes in an IL-1 receptor/MyD88-dependent fashion

2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77950521720

Contributors: Pineau, I.; Sun, L.; Bastien, D.; Lacroix, S.
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Transcriptional profiling of the injured sciatic nerve of mice carrying the Wld(S) mutant gene: Identification of genes involved in neuroprotection, neuroinflammation, and nerve regeneration

2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77957237015

Contributors: Barrette, B.; Calvo, E.; Vallières, N.; Lacroix, S.
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Endogenous signals initiating inflammation in the injured nervous system

2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-66249147220

Contributors: Pineau, I.; Lacroix, S.
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Requirement of myeloid cells for axon regeneration

2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-56949098606

Contributors: Barrette, B.; Hébert, M.-A.; Filali, M.; Lafortune, K.; Vallières, N.; Gowing, G.; Julien, J.-P.; Lacroix, S.
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Expression profile of receptors for myelin-associated inhibitors of axonal regeneration in the intact and injured mouse central nervous system

2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33947581203

Contributors: Barrette, B.; Vallières, N.; Dubé, M.; Lacroix, S.
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Proinflammatory cytokine synthesis in the injured mouse spinal cord: Multiphasic expression pattern and identification of the cell types involved

2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33845568271

Contributors: Pineau, I.; Lacroix, S.
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T cells contribute to lysophosphatidylcholine-induced macrophage activation and demyelination in the CNS

2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33846857168

Contributors: Ghasemlou, N.; Suh, Y.J.; Lacroix, S.; David, S.
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Toll-like receptor signaling is critical for Wallerian degeneration and functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury

2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-36248934262

Contributors: Boivin, A.; Pineau, I.; Barrette, B.; Filali, M.; Vallières, N.; Rivest, S.; Lacroix, S.
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A novel method for multiple labeling combining in situ hybridization with immunofluorescence

2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33750285545

Contributors: Pineau, I.; Barrette, B.; Vallières, N.; Lacroix, S.
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Systemic injections of lipopolysaccharide accelerates myelin phagocytosis during wallerian degeneration in the injured mouse spinal cord

2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-30444447683

Contributors: Vallières, N.; Berard, J.L.; David, S.; Lacroix, S.
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Involvement of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α and interleukin-1β Wallerian degeneration

2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-16844365105

Contributors: Perrin, F.E.; Lacroix, S.; Avilés-Trieueros, M.; David, S.
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Bilateral Corticospinal Projections Arise from Each Motor Cortex in the Macaque Monkey: A Quantitative Study

2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-2342588822

Contributors: Lacroix, S.; Havton, L.A.; McKay, H.; Yang, H.; Brant, A.; Roberts, J.; Tuszynski, M.H.
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Molecular approaches to spinal cord repair

2003 | Book
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2-s2.0-0042858516

Contributors: David, S.; Lacroix, S.
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NT-3 gene delivery elicits growth of chronically injured corticospinal axons and modestly improves functional deficits after chronic scar resection

2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037403572

Contributors: Tuszynski, M.H.; Grill, R.; Jones, L.L.; Brant, A.; Blesch, A.; Löw, K.; Lacroix, S.; Lu, P.
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Delivery of hyper-interleukin-6 to the injured spinal cord increases neutrophil and macrophage infiltration and inhibits axonal growth

2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037121743

Contributors: Lacroix, S.; Chang, L.; Rose-John, S.; Tuszynski, M.H.
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Proinflammatory signal transduction pathways in the CNS during systemic immune response

2001 | Book
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2-s2.0-77957055108

Contributors: Rivest, S.; Nadeau, S.; Lacroix, S.; Laflamme, N.
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How the blood talks to the brain parenchyma and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus during systemic inflammatory and infectious stimuli

2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034105064

Contributors: Rivest, S.; Lacroix, S.; Vallières, L.; Nadeau, S.; Zhang, J.; Laflamme, N.
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Neurotrophic Factors and Gene Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034439622

Contributors: Lacroix, S.; Tuszynski, M.H.
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