Pezet Sophie

Pezet Sophie

Associate professor at ESPCI Paris
sophie.pezet@espci.fr
ORCID: 0000-0002-3305-3315
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Education

  • 2009 – “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”, Université Paris VI, France
  • 2005 – Qualification for applying to an associate professor position in sections 65 (CellularBiology) and 69 (Neurosciences) of the French CNU.
  • 1999 – PhD in Neurosciences, Université Paris XII, Créteil, France
    “Implication of the Nerve Growth Factor in the neuronal plasticity processes underlying chronic pain states in a model for inflammatory pain: Freund adjuvant-induced arthritis in rat.”
  • 1995-1996 – Master of Science in Neurosciences, Université Paris VI, France

Professional experience

  • since 2015 – Deputy dean for academic affaires at ESPCI Paris, France
  • since 2008 – Tenured lecturer in Physiology at ESPCI Paris, France

Main awards and distinctions

  • 2014 – Prize from the ‘Fondation Unité-Guerra-Beaudoin-Lambrecht-Maiano’ de l’Institut de France for her work in the field of Pain research

Research topics

  • Brain plasticity
  • Chronic pain disorders
  • Functional ultrasound imaging
  • Behavioural studies

Main publications

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Pezet S, McMahon SB. NEUROTROPHINS: Mediators and Modulators of Pain. Annu Rev Neurosci 2006;29:507–38. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.112929.
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Thibault K, Calvino B, Pezetl S. Characterisation of sensory abnormalities observed in an animal model of multiple sclerosis: A behavioural and pharmacological study. European Journal of Pain 2011;15:231.e1-231.e16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.07.010.
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Thibault K, Calvino B, Dubacq S, Roualle-de-Rouville M, Sordoillet V, Rivals I, et al. Cortical effect of oxaliplatin associated with sustained neuropathic pain: Exacerbation of cortical activity and down-regulation of potassium channel expression in somatosensory cortex. Pain 2012;153:1636–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.016.
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Thibault K, Lin WK, Rancillac A, Fan M, Snollaerts T, Sordoillet V, et al. BDNF-Dependent Plasticity Induced by Peripheral Inflammation in the Primary Sensory and the Cingulate Cortex Triggers Cold Allodynia and Reveals a Major Role for Endogenous BDNF As a Tuner of the Affective Aspect of Pain. J Neurosci 2014;34:14739–51. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0860-14.2014.

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