Complete PubMed list:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1ZGut7L5PQcAh/bibliography/47662464/public/?sort=date&direction=descending

Key papers (* means authors contributed equally):

Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood-brain barrier alterations. Dudek KA, Paton SEJ, Binder LB, Collignon A, Dion-Albert L, Cadoret A, Lebel M, Lavoie O, Bouchard J, Kaufmann FN, Clavet-Fournier V, Manca C, Guzmán M, Campbell M, Turecki G, Mechawar N, Flamand N, Lavoie-Cardinal F, Silvestri C, Di Marzo V, Menard C. Nature Neuroscience. 2025 28(4):766-782. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-01891-9.

Chronic Stress Exposure Alters the Gut Barrier: Sex-Specific Effects on Microbiota and Jejunum Tight Junctions. Doney E, Dion-Albert L, Coulombe-Rozon F, Osborne N, Bernatchez R, Paton SEJ, Kaufmann FN, Agomma RO, Solano JL, Gaumond R, Dudek KA, Szyszkowicz JK; Cecile Lepage on behalf of Signature Consortium; Lebel M, Doyen A, Durand A, Lavoie-Cardinal F, Audet MC, Menard C. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2024 4(1):213-228. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.04.007.

Sex, hormones and cerebrovascular function: from development to disorder. Collignon A, Dion-Albert L, Ménard C, Coelho-Santos V. Fluids Barriers CNS. 2024 21(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12987-023-00496-3.

Neurovascular adaptations modulating cognition, mood, and stress responses. Dion-Albert L*, Dudek KA*, Russo SJ, Campbell M, Menard C. Trends Neurosci. 2023 46(4):276-292. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.01.005.

Environmental conditions of recognition memory testing induce neurovascular changes in the hippocampus in a sex-specific manner in mice. Cadoret A, Dion-Albert L, Amrani S, Caron L, Théberge M, Turmel A, Lebel M, Menard C. Behav Brain Res. 2023 448:114443. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114443.

Sex differences in the blood-brain barrier: Implications for mental health. Dion-Albert L*, Bandeira Binder L*, Daigle B, Hong-Minh A, Lebel M, Menard C. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2022 65:100989. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2022.100989.

Vascular and blood-brain barrier-related changes underlie stress responses and resilience in female mice and depression in human tissue. Dion-Albert L, Cadoret A, Doney E, Kaufmann FN, Dudek KA, Daigle B, Parise LF, Cathomas F, Samba N, Hudson N, Lebel M; Signature Consortium, Campbell M, Turecki G, Mechawar N, Menard C. Nature Communications. 2022 13(1):164. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27604-x.

Inflammation-driven brain and gut barrier dysfunction in stress and mood disorders. Doney E*, Cadoret A*, Dion-Albert L, Lebel M, Menard C. Eur J Neurosci. 2022 55(9-10):2851-2894. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15239. 

Neurobiology of resilience in depression: immune and vascular insights from human and animal studies. Dudek KA*, Dion-Albert L*, Kaufmann FN, Tuck E, Lebel M, Menard C. Eur J Neurosci. 2021; 53(1): 183-221.

Molecular adaptations of the blood-brain barrier promote stress resilience vs. depression. Dudek KA, Dion-Albert L, Lebel M, LeClair K, Labrecque S, Tuck E, Ferrer Perez C, Golden SA, Tamminga C, Turecki G, Mechawar N, Russo SJ, Menard C. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020; 117(6): 3326-3336.

Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression. Menard C, Pfau ML, Hodes GE, Kana V, Wang VX, Bouchard S, Takahashi A, Flanigan ME, Aleyasin H, LeClair KB, Janssen WG, Labonté B, Parise EM, Lorsch ZS, Golden SA, Heshmati M, Tamminga C, Turecki G, Campbell M, Fayad ZA, Tang CY, Merad M, Russo SJ. Nature Neuroscience. 2017; 20(12):1752-1760.