A report about Robert Bonin was published in Curium, a scientific magazine targeting youth. In the article, professor Bonin explains what is chronic pain, and results of his research to better understand it, and to improve its treatment. Read the article here (in French only): Robert Bonin - Jeune chercheur étoiles des Fonds de recherche du Québec
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A recent publication in Nature Medicine co-authored by Robert Bonin and Yves De Koninck offers new hope for people addicted to morphine and fentanyl. By investigating the underlying causes of withdrawal symptoms, the researchers identified a protein located in immune cells of the spinal cord called pannexin-1 as a major player, which lead them to look for drugs that block pannexin-1 as a way to alleviate symptoms. The team found a drug previously approved to treat gout, called probenecid, that worked in this way. Importantly, the drug does not affect the ability of opioids to relieve...
read more...Sentinel North, a research initiative led by Yves De Koninck and Marcel Babin from Université Laval, and funded through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, aims to better understand the Canadian North through the use of advanced optics technologies. Its goal is to improve our understanding of humanity, its environment and the impact environmental changes are having on humans and their health in the North. Sentinel North was recently awarded $98 million over seven years, the largest subsidy in the history of Université Laval.
In an article in Le Devoir newspaper, Yves De...
read more...The Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec participate in the 24 heures de sciences event by hosting an open house event on May 9 2015. On this occasion, Marianne Paquette interviewed Yves De Koninck to talk about the workings of the brain. Listen to the interview, in French, here: Émission c’est bon pour la santé! | Comprendre son cerveau -Yves De Koninck avec Marianne Paquette
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read more...Yves De Koninck participate in a panel discussion about chronic pain on Minnesota Public Radio news
read more...Treating chronic pain, especially if you're trying to avoid opiates, can be difficult. But new research shows promise for improvement in treatment that avoids highly addictive drugs.
Dr. Stephani Sutherland a neuroscientist and freelance journalist, recently wrote about the latest developments in the field for Scientific American. Sutherland joins The Daily Circuit along with Dr. Yves De Koninck, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Laval University, also...
The television show Découverte, on Radio-Canada, featured neurophotonics research.
View this story on the Radio-Canada website (in French only) Illuminer le cerveau
Recent discoveries from the De Koninck lab are cited in a article about new propects for treating pain in the 2014 end of year edition of Scientific American, devoted to world-changin ideas.
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prospects-for-treating-chronic...
Yves De Koninck was interviewed in Le Devoir newspaper about the importance of funding provided by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé for the vitality of research in Québec.
Read the article in Le Devoir (in French): Le FRQS, un soutien essentiel pour les chercheurs
Research recently published by the De Koninck lab showed that hyperalgesia could be reversed when reactivated, in a manner similar to memory reconsolidation. This important discovery was recently featured on PBS's NovaNext website
The original research was published in Nature Neuroscience
Listen to Yves De Koninck in conversation with Kerri Smith explain the recent publication by Bonin and De Koninck in Nature Neuroscience.
Go to the Nature website and select the third segment.
