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Serge Rossignol is an expert in the physiological and pharmacological mechanisms of functional recovery of gait after spinal cord injuries, with a focus on animal models. His research includes complementary studies on therapeutic approaches such as pharmacological and electrical stimulation. His work has significance in the fields of adaptation, rehabilitation, motor control, and neurophysiology. Rossignol has published extensively, contributing to the Handbook Physiology with a section summarizing his crucial research in neural control of stereotypic limb movements. He has devoted many years to studying the implications of spinal cord injuries on locomotion in both humans and animals, yielding optimistic conclusions regarding the potential for recovery of motor functions in patients with spinal cord injuries. His academic contributions have earned him several awards, including the Léo-Pariseau Prize in 1998 and recognition as Canada's Health Researcher of the Year in 2004.
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology - Research intensive with options in Neuropharmacology and Pharmacogenomics.