Regular researcher at the CHU de Québec Research Center, and professor in the Department of Psychiatry-Neurosciences, Dr. Guertin’s work focuses on paralysis. He discovered a pharmacological treatment called Spinalon that can powerfully activate the locomotor neurons of the spinal cord in paraplegic animals, despite complete injury. This discovery is patented and clinical trials (phase I-IIa) in humans have been successfully completed. This important advance was highlighted in various reports, notably on Radio-Canada television and radio.

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