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Sam Paton

@sejpaton.bsky.social

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Researcher in the Brown Lab at UVic. Interests include brain disorders, blood vessels, sailboats, good books & ⛷️🚴🏻‍♂️🎸

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Craig Brown @craigedbrown.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Very pleased to share our latest (now published), from star student Kamal Narayana. He finds lowering (not increasing) peri-infarct blood flow beyond the hyper-acute phase, improved stroke recovery by lessening blood brain barrier disruption and neuro-inflammation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Knockdown of endothelial Serpine1 improves stroke recovery by attenuating peri-infarct blood flow and blood-brain barrier disruption - Cell Death & Disease

Cell Death & Disease - Knockdown of endothelial Serpine1 improves stroke recovery by attenuating peri-infarct blood flow and blood-brain barrier disruption

Sam Paton @sejpaton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Very proud to see my MSc work published today! Special thanks to the incredible Menard lab team @cervo-ulaval.bsky.social for making it possible 🎉

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Caroline Menard @caromenard666.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

So excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st 🧪PhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🥂🥳 Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations - Nature Neuroscience

The mechanisms of neurovascular adaptations underlying stress resilience remain unclear. Here the authors show that the astrocytic endocannabinoid system modulates the blood–brain barrier changes duri...