Bourque CW, Ferguson AV, Jhamandas JH, Pittman QJ (2026). Remembering Leo P. Renaud – Mentor, Physiologist, Friend. J. Neuroendocrinology 38:e70147. doi: 10.1111/jne.70147.
Gu N, Makashova O, Laporte C, Chen CQ, Li B, Chevillard P‑M, Lean G, Yang J, Wong C, Fan J, Sharif B, Puche Saud S, Hubacek M, Choe KY, McCarthy MM, Khoutorsky A, Bourque CW, Prager‑Khoutorsky M (2025). Microglia regulate neuronal activity via structural remodeling of astrocytes. Neuron 113:3408‑3423.
Murtaz A, Bourque CW (2025). Actin fenestrae amplify the membrane response to hypertonic stress in osmosensory neurons. iScience doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.11204238:e70147.
Salgado‑Mozo S, Murtaz A, Wyrosdic JC, O’Reilly‑Fong J, Zaelzer C, LaPierre MP, Bourque CW (2025). Mechanisms of intrinsic osmolality and sodium detection by magnocellular neurosecretory neurons. J Neuroendocrinology 37:e70091.
O'Reilly-Fong J, Simpson NJ, Thirouin ZS, Bastone PA, Zaelzer C, Murtaz A, Bourque CW (2024). Acute and Reversible Hypothalamic Symptoms in a Lateral Head Impact Mouse Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep 5(1):749-759.
Salgado‑Mozo S, Thirouin ZS, Wyrosdic JC, García‑Hernández U, Bourque CW (2023). NaX Channel Is a Physiological [Na+] Detector in Oxytocin‑ and Vasopressin‑Releasing Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells. J Neuroscience 43:8306‑8316. [PDF]
Thirouin ZS, Gizowski C, Murtaz A, Bourque CW (2023). Sex‑specific differences in circadian pattern of action potential firing by rat suprachiasmatic nucleus vasopressin neurons. J Neuroendocrinology e13273. [PDF]
*Levi DI, *Wyrosdic JC, Hicks AI, Andrade MA, Toney GM, Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Bourque CW (2021). High dietary salt amplifies osmoresponsiveness in vasopressin‑releasing neurons. Cell Reports 34:108866. *co‑first authors
Gizowski C, Bourque CW (2020). Sodium regulates clock time and output via an excitatory GABAergic pathway. Nature 583:421‑424.
Ciura S, Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Thirouin ZS, Wyrosdic JC, Olson JE, Liedtke W, Bourque CW (2018). Trpv4 Mediates Hypotonic Inhibition of Central Osmosensory Neurons via Taurine Gliotransmission. Cell Reports 23:2245‑2253.
Gizowski C, Bourque CW (2018). The neural basis of homeostatic and anticipatory thirst. Nature Reviews Nephrology 14:11‑25.
Gizowski C, Bourque CW (2017). Neurons that drive and quench thirst. Science 357:1092‑1093.
Gizowski C, Zaelzer C, Bourque CW (2016). Clock‑driven vasopressin neurotransmission mediates anticipatory thirst prior to sleep. Nature 537:685‑688.
Zaelzer C, Hua P, Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Ciura S, Voisin DL, Liedtke W, Bourque CW (2015). ΔN‑TRPV1: A Molecular Co‑detector of Body Temperature and Osmotic Stress. Cell Reports 13:23‑30.
Choe KY, Han SY, Gaub P, Shell B, Voisin DL, Knapp BA, Barker PA, Brown CH, Cunningham JT, Bourque CW (2015). High Salt Intake Increases Blood Pressure via BDNF‑Mediated Downregulation of KCC2. Neuron 85:549‑560.
Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Khoutorsky A, Bourque CW (2014). Unique Interweaved Microtubule Scaffold Mediates Osmosensory Transduction. Neuron 83:866‑878.
Stachniak TJ, Trudel E, Bourque CW (2014). Cell‑Specific Retrograde Signals Mediate Antiparallel Effects of Angiotensin II. Cell Reports 8:355‑362.
Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Bourque CW (2015). Mechanical basis of osmosensory transduction. J Neuroendocrinology 27:507‑515.
Sudbury JR, Bourque CW (2013). Dynamic and permissive roles of TRPV1 and TRPV4 channels. J Neuroscience 33:17160‑17165.
Choe KY, Olson JE, Bourque CW (2012). Taurine release by astrocytes modulates osmosensitive glycine receptor tone. J Neuroscience 32:12518‑12527.
Trudel E, Bourque CW (2012). Circadian modulation of osmoregulated firing. J Neuroendocrinology 24:577‑586.
Ciura S, Liedtke W, Bourque CW (2011). Hypertonicity‑sensing in OVLT neurons. J Neuroscience 31:14669‑14676.
Trudel E, Bourque CW (2010). Central clock excites vasopressin neurons. Nature Neuroscience 13:467‑474.
Sudbury JR, Sharif‑Naeini R, Bourque CW (2010). Osmotic and thermal control of magnocellular neurons. Eur J Neurosci 32:2022‑2030.
Prager‑Khoutorsky M, Bourque CW (2010). Osmosensation in vasopressin neurons. Trends Neurosci 33:76‑83.
Bourque CW (2008). Central mechanisms of osmosensation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9:519‑531.