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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Leo P. Renaud is affiliated with Montreal General Hospital in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine, with particular specialization in biomedical engineering, physiology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's recent publication is titled Bioelectrochemical Assessment of Intracellular Redox Changes in Human Adipogenic Cells, published in 2025 in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leo P. Renaud include:

  • Valentin Saunier
  • Fanny Volat
  • Camille Gironde
  • B. Chaput
  • Alain Bergel

Publications from Renaud have appeared in the following venue:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their main fields of study involve:

  • Engineering
  • Medicine

Subfields of study include:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physiology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Major research topics covered by Leo P. Renaud encompass:

  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

In 2000, Renaud was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, specifically within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Depressant action of TRH, LH-RH and somatostatin on activity of central neurones.

    L. P. Renaud;J. B. Martin;P. Brazeau

  • Neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of hypothalamic magnocellular neurons secreting vasopressin and oxytocin

    Unknown

  • Localization of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons that project to the median eminence.

    AJ Silverman;J Jhamandas;LP Renaud

  • Cholecystokinin and gastric distension activate oxytocinergic cells in rat hypothalamus

    L. P. Renaud;M. Tang;M. J. McCann;E. M. Stricker

  • Connections of the hypothalamic paraventricular necleus with the neurohypophysis, median eminence, amygdala, lateral septum and midbrain periaqueductal gray: An electrophysiological study in the rat

    Q.J. Pittman;H.W. Blume;L.P. Renaud

  • Electrophysiological evidence that noradrenergic afferents selectively facilitate the activity of supraoptic vasopressin neurons.

    Trevor A. Day;Leo P. Renaud

  • Facilitatory influence of noradrenergic afferents on the excitability of rat paraventricular nucleus neurosecretory cells.

    Trevor Day;AV Ferguson;LP Renaud

  • GABA and glutamate mediate rapid neurotransmission from suprachiasmatic nucleus to hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in rat.

    Unknown

  • Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH): depressant action on central neuronal activity.

    L.P. Renaud;L.P. Renaud;J.B. Martin;J.B. Martin

  • Opposing α- and β-adrenergic mechanisms mediate dose-dependent actions of noradrenaline on supraoptic vasopressin neurones in vivo

    Trevor A. Day;John C.R. Randle;Leo P. Renaud

  • Ultrastructural evidence for intra- and extranuclear projections of GABAergic neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Ruud M. Buijs;Yang-Xun Hou;Susan Shinn;Leo P. Renaud

  • Contrasting actions of amino acids, acetylcholine, noradrenaline and leucine enkephalin on the excitability of supraoptic vasopressin-secreting neurons. A microiontophoretic study in the rat.

    Elisabeth Arnauld;Maria Cirino;Barry S. Layton;Leo P. Renaud

  • Angiotensin II may mediate excitatory neurotransmission from the subfornical organ to the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus: an anatomical and electrophysiological study in the rat.

    J.H. Jhamandas;R.W. Lind;L.P. Renaud

  • Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus lesions decrease pressor responses to subfornical organ stimulation.

    A.V. Ferguson;L.P. Renaud

  • Systemic angiotensin acts at subfornical organ to facilitate activity of neurohypophysial neurons

    A. V. Ferguson;L. P. Renaud

  • Subfornical organ--supraoptic nucleus connections: an electrophysiologic study in the rat.

    S. Sgro;A.V. Ferguson;L.P. Renaud

  • Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion: Suppression by Hypothalamic Ventromedial Lesions and by Long-Acting Somatostatin

    Joseph B. Martin;Leo P. Renaud;Paul Brazeau

  • Calcium-dependent potassium conductance in rat supraoptic nucleus neurosecretory neurons

    C. W. Bourque;J. C. R. Randle;L. P. Renaud

  • Thyrotropin-releasing hormone selectively depresses glutamate excitation of cerebral cortical neurons.

    LP Renaud;HW Blume;QJ Pittman;Y Lamour

  • Diagonal band projection towards the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus: light and electron microscopic observations in the rat.

    J. H. Jhamandas;W. Raby;J. Rogers;R. M. Buijs

  • Subfornical organ efferents influence the excitability of neurohypophyseal and tuberoinfundibular paraventricular nucleus neurons in the rat.

    Aiastair V. Ferguson;Trevor A. Day;Leo P. Renaud

  • Characterization of spontaneous and evoked inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in rat supraoptic neurosecretory neurons in vitro.

    J. C. R. Randle;C. W. Bourque;L. P. Renaud

  • Alpha 1-adrenergic receptor activation depolarizes rat supraoptic neurosecretory neurons in vitro

    J. C. R. Randle;C. W. Bourque;L. P. Renaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack H. Jhamandas
Jack H. Jhamandas University of Alberta
Charles W. Bourque
Charles W. Bourque McGill University Health Centre
Quentin J. Pittman
Quentin J. Pittman University of Calgary
Ruud M. Buijs
Ruud M. Buijs National Autonomous University of Mexico
Michael F. Mazurek
Michael F. Mazurek McMaster University
John O. Willoughby
John O. Willoughby Flinders University

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