Contact
Physical Address
Département des sciences de l'activité physique
Université du Québec à Montréal
Campus des sciences,
Pavillon des sciences biologiques, local 4610
141, Avenue du Président Kennedy
Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2X 1Y4
Tél: +1 514-987-3000 poste 3715
Email: rejean.dubuc@gmail.com
Mailing Address
Département des sciences de l'activité physiqueFaculté des sciences
Université du Québec à Montréal
Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal, Québec, Canada
H3C 3P8
AFFILIATIONS
Professor
Department of Physical Activity Sciences
Université du Québec à Montréal
Adjunct Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Université de Montréal
Director
Research Group in Adapted Physical Activity/Groupe de recherche en activité physique adaptée (GRAPA)
Université du Québec à Montréal
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Post-Doctoral studies, Neurosciences
Supervisor: Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet, The Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology
PhD, Neurological Sciences
Supervisor: Serge Rossignol, Université de Montréal
MSc, Human Kinesiology
Supervisor: J. Vanden Abeele, Sherbrooke University
BSc, Physiology
McGill University
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND BACKGROUND
- Neural Control of Locomotion
- Interactions between Locomotion and Respiration
- Olfactory and Gustatory control of motor behaviors
Our research is aimed at identifying the neural mechanisms underlying the control of rhythmic activities such as locomotion and respiration. We are using the lamprey model, a basal vertebrate with a nervous system that shares many similarities with humans and other mammals, but much simpler in terms of number of neurons and organisation, and well adapted for neurobiological experiments. We are studying the neural connections and neuronal properties involved in motor behaviors with a special interest in sensory inputs that initiate and control movements. We also look at the supraspinal neuronal networks in the control of locomotion and the changes that occur under pathological conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
