Antoine Cherix
Research Associate in Preclinical Neuroimaging
PhD
I am a postdoctoral Research Associate working on Preclinical Neuroimaging at the WIN. My work focuses on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) and Imaging (MRI) of rodent brain using the 7T Preclinical MR scanner at the Biomedical Science Building. By combining imaging, behavioural and molecular experiments, I am interested in understanding the mechanisms by which energy metabolism influences brain function and behaviour in models of psychiatric disorders.
During my PhD at EPFL (Switzerland) I worked on projects looking at the impact of environmental and genetic factors on brain energy metabolism and behaviour in animal models of mood disorders using ultra-high field neuroimaging at 14.1 Tesla.
Recent publications
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In Vivo Metabolism of [1,6-13C2]Glucose Reveals Distinct Neuroenergetic Functionality between Mouse Hippocampus and Hypothalamus
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Cherix A. et al, (2021), Metabolites, 11, 50 - 50
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Mitochondrial gene signature in the prefrontal cortex for differential susceptibility to chronic stress
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Weger M. et al, (2020), Scientific Reports, 10
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The Appearance of the Warburg Effect in the Developing Avian Eye Characterized In Ovo: How Neurogenesis Can Remodel Neuroenergetics
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Cherix A. et al, (2020), Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 61, 3 - 3
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Excitatory/inhibitory neuronal metabolic balance in mouse hippocampus upon infusion of [U-13C6]glucose
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Cherix A. et al, (2020), Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 0271678X2091053 - 0271678X2091053
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Metabolic signature in nucleus accumbens for anti-depressant-like effects of acetyl-L-carnitine
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Cherix A. et al, (2020), eLife, 9
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High-fat diet consumption alters energy metabolism in the mouse hypothalamus
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Lizarbe B. et al, (2019), International Journal of Obesity, 43, 1295 - 1304
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Feasibility of in vivo measurement of glucose metabolism in the mouse hypothalamus by 1
H-[13
C] MRS at 14.1T
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Lizarbe B. et al, (2018), Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 80, 874 - 884
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Hierarchical Status Predicts Behavioral Vulnerability and Nucleus Accumbens Metabolic Profile Following Chronic Social Defeat Stress
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Larrieu T. et al, (2017), Current Biology, 27, 2202 - 2210.e4