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 Quantification of Creatine Kinase Kinetics in Mouse Brain Using 31P-MRS at 7 T
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Tachrount M. et al, (2025), NMR in Biomedicine, 38
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Deletion of Crtc1 leads to hippocampal neuroenergetic impairments associated with depressive-like behavior
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Cherix A. et al, (2022), Molecular Psychiatry
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New Insights Into the Pivotal Role of CREB-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 1 in Depression and Comorbid Obesity
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Rossetti C. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 15
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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