Elvire Vaucher, Ph.D.
Full Professor, School of Optometry, Université de Montréal;
Associate Researcher, CRIR-Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre
Phone: 514 343-7537
Fax: 514 343-2382
Email: elvire.vaucher@umontreal.ca
Education
- Licence (Bachelor’s equivalent), Cellular Biology and Neurophysiology, Université de Paris VI, 1990
- Diplôme d’études approfondies (Master’s equivalent), Neuroscience, Université de Paris VI, 1992
- Ph.D., Cholinergic system and cerebral blood flow, Université de Paris VI, 1996
- Postdoctorate, Neurodegeneration and estrogens, McGill University – Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1998
- Postdoctorate, Alzheimer’s Disease and estrogens, McGill University – Douglas Hospital Research Centre, 1998
Research interests
New therapeutic targets for pathologies related to vision
Selected publications
Laliberté, G., Othman, R. & Vaucher, E. (2020). Mesoscopic mapping of stimulus-selective response plasticity in the visual pathways modulated by the cholinergic system. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 14, 38. [doi] OPEN ACCESS
Sheynin, Y., Rosa-Neto, P., Hess, R.F. & Vaucher, E. (2020). Cholinergic modulation of binocular vision. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(27), 5208-5213. [doi]
Sheynin, Y., Chamoun, M., Baldwin, A.S., Rosa-Neto, P., Hess, R.F. & Vaucher, E. (2019). Cholinergic potentiation alters perceptual eye dominance plasticity induced by a few hours of monocular patching in adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 22. [doi]
Vaucher, E., Laliberté, G., Higgins, M.C., Maheux, M., Jolicoeur, P. & Chamoun, M. (2019). Cholinergic potentiation of visual perception and vision restoration in rodents and humans. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 37(6), 553-569. [doi]
Chamoun, M., Huppé-Gourgues, F., Legault, I., Rosa-Neto, P., Dumbrava, D., Faubert, J. & Vaucher, E. (2017). Cholinergic potentiation improves perceptual-cognitive training of healthy young adults in three dimensional multiple object tracking. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11(128), 1-9. [doi] OPEN ACCESS
Research orientation
Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities
Research topic
Thème 1 : The person, their entourage and the community
Theme 1: Functional Mechanisms
Research Site
CRIR – Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre
University Affiliation
