Sylvain Chouinard, M.D.

Dr. Sylvain Chouinard is a clinical assistant professor of the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine

CONTACT

Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
1560 Sherbrooke Street East
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2L 4M1

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Dr. Sylvain Chouinard concentrates on movement disorders including Huntington’s disease and Tourette Syndrome. He takes an active interest in both clinical studies and basic research on the cause of movement disorders.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lemay M, Chouinard S, Richer F, Lesperance P. Huntington's disease affects movement termination. Behav Brain Res. 2008 Feb 11;187(1):153-8. Epub 2007 Sep 19.

Paquet F, Bedard MA, Levesque M, Tremblay PL, Lemay M, Blanchet PJ, Scherzer P, Chouinard S, Filion J. Sensorimotor adaptation in Parkinson's disease: evidence for a dopamine dependent remapping disturbance. Exp Brain Res. 2008 Feb;185(2):227-36. Epub 2007 Oct 24.

Xiong L, Levchenko A, Montplaisir J, Rivière JB, Thibodeau P, St-Onge J, Gaspar C, Desautels A, Lespérance P, Chouinard S, Turecki G, Rouleau GA. Genetic association studies of neurotensin gene and restless legs syndrome in French Canadians. Sleep Med. 2008 Apr;9(3):273-82. Epub 2007 Jul 17.

Postuma RB, Wolfson C, Rajput A, Stoessl AJ, Martin WR, Suchowersky O, Chouinard S, Panisset M, Jog MS, Grimes DA, Marras C, Lang AE. Is there seasonal variation in risk of Parkinson's disease? Mov Disord. 2007 Jun 15;22(8):1097-101.

Lemay M, Termoz N, Lesperance P, Chouinard S, Rouleau GA, Richer F. Postural control anomalies in children with Tourette syndrome. Exp Brain Res. 2007 May;179(3):525-30. Epub 2007 Mar 7.

Díaz-Anzaldúa A, Rivière JB, Dubé MP, Joober R, Saint-Onge J, Dion Y, Lespérance P, Richer F, Chouinard S, Rouleau GA; Montreal Tourette Syndrome Study Group. Chromosome 11-q24 region in Tourette syndrome: association and linkage disequilibrium study in the French Canadian population. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Oct 15;138(3):225-8.

Dobson-Stone C, Velayos-Baeza A, Jansen A, Andermann F, Dubeau F, Robert F, Summers A, Lang AE, Chouinard S, Danek A, Andermann E, Monaco AP. Identification of a VPS13A founder mutation in French Canadian families with chorea-acanthocytosis. Neurogenetics. 2005 Sep;6(3):151-8. Epub 2005 Sep 28.

Lemay M, Fimbel E, Beuter A, Chouinard S, Richer F. Sensorimotor mapping affects movement correction deficits in early Huntington's disease. Exp Brain Res. 2005 Sep;165(4):454-60. Epub 2005 May 5.

Boulet C, Lemay M, Bédard MA, Chouinard MJ, Chouinard S, Richer F. Early Huntington's disease affects movements in transformed sensorimotor mappings. Brain Cogn. 2005 Apr;57(3):236-43.

Lespérance P, Djerroud N, Diaz Anzaldua A, Rouleau GA, Chouinard S, Richer F; Montréal Tourette Study Group. Restless legs in Tourette syndrome. Mov Disord. 2004 Sep;19(9):1084-7.

Díaz-Anzaldúa A, Joober R, Rivière JB, Dion Y, Lespérance P, Chouinard S, Richer F, Rouleau GA. Association between 7q31 markers and Tourette syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2004 May 15;127(1):17-20.

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