Some H Index of IMN scientists
Bertrand Bloch 54
Bernard H. Bioulac 43
François Gonon 41
Abdelhamid Benazzouz 40
Christian E. Gross 37
Erwan Bezard 35
François Tison 32
Thomas Boraud 26
Anne Vital 26
Pierre Meyrand 24
Serge Ahmed 24
Wassilios Meissner 20
Dominique Guehl 20
Bruno Bontempi 19
Nathalie Macrez 17
Philippe De Deurwaerdère 17
Eric Boue-Grabot 15
Imad Ghorayeb 15
IMN scientists belonging to the Top 1% most cited neuroscientists
Erwan Bezard
Bernard H. Bioulac
Christian E. Gross
François Tison
* : Co-first or co-senior author
Lesburguères E, Gobbo OL, Alaux-Cantin S, Hambucken A, Trifilieff P, Bontempi B. Early tagging of cortical networks is required for the formation of enduring associative memory. SCIENCE 2011 Feb 18;331(6019):924-8
Guillem K, Bloem B, Poorthuis RB, Loos M, Smit AB, Maskos U, Spijker S, Mansvelder HD. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β2 subunits in the medial prefrontal cortex control attention. SCIENCE 2011, 333(6044):888-91.
Meissner WG, Frasier M, Gasser T, Goetz CG, Lozano A, Piccini P, Obeso JA, Rascol O, Schapira A, Voon V, Weiner DM, Tison F, Bezard E. Priorities in Parkinson's disease research. NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY 2011, 10(5):377-93
Fasano S*, Bezard E*, D’Antoni A, Indrigo M, Francardo V, Qin L, Dovero S, Cerovic M, Cenci MA and Brambilla R. Inhibition of Ras-GRF1 signaling in the striatum reverts motor symptoms associated with L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. PROCEEDINGS OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA 2010 107 (50): 21824-21829
Ahmed MR, Berthet A, Bychkov E, Porras G, Li Q, Bioulac BH, Carl YT, Bloch B, Kook S, Aubert I, Dovero S, Doudnikoff E, Gurevich VV, Gurevich EV and Bezard E. Lentiviral overexpression of GRK6 alleviates L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in experimental Parkinson’s disease. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDECINE 2010, 2 (28) 28ra28 (Highlighted in CELL, 2010, 141:737)
Dehay B, Dalkara D, Dovero S, Li Q and Bezard E. Systemic scAAV9 variant mediates brain transduction in newborn rhesus macaques. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2012, in press
Fernagut PO, Vital A, Canron MH, Tison F, Meissner WG. Ambiguous mechanisms of dysphagia in multiple system atrophy. BRAIN 2011, in press
Charron G, Doudnikoff E, Laux A, Berthet A, Porras G, Canron MH, Barroso-Chinea P, Li Q, Qin C, Nosten-Bertrand M, Giros B, Delalande F, Van Dorsselaer A, Vital A, Goumon Y and Bezard E. Endogenous morphine-like compound immunoreactivity increases in parkinsonism. BRAIN 2011, 134: 2321-2338.
Tison F, Le Masson G. Parkinson disease, L-dopa, and neuropathy: did we miss something? NEUROLOGY 2011, 77(22):1938-9
Payoux P, Brefel-Courbon C, Ory-Magne F, Regragui W, Thalamas C, Balduyck S, Durif F, Azulay JP, Tison F, Blin O, Esquerre JP, Rascol O. Motor activation in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson disease: a PET study. NEUROLOGY 2010, 75(13):1174-80.
Saad M, Lesage S, Saint-Pierre A, Corvol JC, Zelenika D, Lambert JC, Vidailhet M, Mellick GD, Lohmann E, Durif F, Pollak P, Damier P, Tison F, Silburn PA, Tzourio C, Forlani S, Loriot MA, Giroud M, Helmer C, Portet F, Amouyel P, Lathrop M, Elbaz A, Durr A, Martinez M, Brice A; French Parkinson's Disease Genetics Study Group. Genome-wide association study confirms BST1 and suggests a locus on 12q24 as the risk loci for Parkinson's disease in the European population. HUM MOL GENET 2011 Feb 1, 20(3):615-27.
Mihindou C, Vouillac C, Koob GF and Ahmed SH. Preclinical validation of a novel cocaine exposure therapy for relapse prevention. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 2011, 70: 593-598.
Aouizerate B, Cuny E, Rotge JY, Martin-Guehl C, Doumy O, Benazzouz A, Allard M, Rougier A, Bioulac B, Tignol J, Guehl D, Burbaud P. Is Deep Brain Stimulation Able to Make Antidepressants Effective in Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 2011, in press
Rotge JY, Langbour N, Jaafari N, Guehl D, Bioulac B, Aouizerate B, Allard M, Burbaud P. Anatomical alterations and symptom-related functional activity in obsessive-compulsive disorder are correlated in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 2010, 67(7):e37-8.
Welter ML, Burbaud P, Fernandez-Vidal S, Bardinet E, Coste J, Piallat B, Borg M, Besnard S, Sauleau P, Devaux B, Pidoux B, Chaynes P, Tézenas du Montcel S, Bastian A, Langbour N, Teillant A, Haynes W, Yelnik J, Karachi C and Mallet L for the French ‘Stimulation dans le Trouble Obsessionnel Compulsif (STOC)’ Study Group. Basal ganglia dysfunction in OCD: subthalamic neuronal activity correlates with symptoms severity and predicts high-frequency stimulation efficacy TRANSL PSYCHIATRY 2011.5, 1: e5; doi:10.1038/tp.
Berthet A, Bezard E, Porras G, Fasano S, Barroso-Chinea P, Dehay B, Martinez A, Thiolat ML, Nosten-Bertrand M, Giros B, Bloch B and Martin-Negrier ML. L-DOPA Impairs Proteasome Activity in Parkinsonism through D1 Dopamine Receptor. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 2012, 32(2), 681–691.
Dejean C, Arbuthnott G, Wickens J, Le Moine C, Boraud T, Hyland B. Power fluctuations in beta and gamma frequencies in rat globus pallidus: association with specific phases of slow oscillations and differential modulation by dopamine D1 and D2 receptors. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 2011, 3:6098-107.
Yvert B, Mazzocco C, Joucla S, Langla A, Meyrand P. Artificial CSF motion ensures rhythmic activity in the developing CNS ex vivo: a mechanical source of rhythmogenesis? JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 2011 Jun 15, 31(24):8832-40.
Atherton JF, Kitano K, Baufreton J, Fan K, Wokosin D, Tkatch T, Shigemoto R, Surmeier DJ, Bevan MD. Selective participation of somatodendritic HCN channels in inhibitory but not excitatory synaptic integration in neurons of the subthalamic nucleus. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 2010, 30:16025-16040.
Navailles S, Benazzouz A, Bioulac B, Gross C, De Deurwaerdère P. High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine inhibit in vivo serotonin release in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 2010 Feb 10, 30(6):2356-64.
Marelli C, van de Leemput J, Johnson JO, Tison F, Thauvin-Robinet C, Picard F, Tranchant C, Hernandez DG, Huttin B, Boulliat J, Sangla I, Marescaux C, Brique S, Dollfus H, Arepalli S, Benatru I, Ollagnon E, Forlani S, Hardy J, Stevanin G, Dürr A, Singleton A, Brice A. SCA15 due to large ITPR1 deletions in a cohort of 333 white families with dominant ataxia. ARCH NEUROL 2011, 68(5):637-43.
Lagadec S, Rotureau L, Hémar A, Macrez N, Delcasso S, Jeantet Y, Cho YH. Early temporal short-term memory deficits in double transgenic APP/PS1 mice. NEUROBIOL AGING 2012 Jan, 33(1):203.e1-11
Jo Y-H, Donier E, Martinez A, Garret M, Toulmé E and Boue-Grabot E. Crosstalk between P2X4 and GABAA receptors determines synaptic efficacy at a central synapse. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 2011, 286(22):19993-20004.
Dejean C, Nadjar A, Le Moine C, Bioulac B, Gross C, Boraud T. Evolution of the dynamic properties of the cortex-basal ganglia network after dopaminergic depletion in rats. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE in press.
Delaville C, Chetrit J, Abdallah K, Morin S, Cardoit L, De Deurwaerdère P, Benazzouz A. Emerging dysfunctions consequent to combined monoaminergic depletions in parkinsonism. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 2012 Feb;45(2):763-73.
Navailles S, Bioulac B, Gross C, De Deurwaerdère P. Chronic L-DOPA therapy alters central serotonergic function and L-DOPA-induced dopamine release in a region-dependent manner in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 2011 Feb, 41(2):585-90.
Navailles S, Bioulac B, Gross C, De Deurwaerdère P. Serotonergic neurons mediate ectopic release of dopamine induced by L-DOPA in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 2010 Apr, 38(1):136-43.
Bernier LP, Ase A, Boue-Grabot E* and Séguéla P*. P2X4 receptor channels form large non-cytollytic pores in resting and activated microglia. GLIA 2012, in press
Gonon F, Bezard E, Boraud T. Misrepresentation of Neuroscience Data Might Give Rise to Misleading Conclusions in the Media: the Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. PLOS ONE 2011, 6:e14618.
Cantin L, Lenoir M, Augier E, Vanhille N, Dubreucq S, Serre F, Vouillac C, Ahmed SH. Cocaine is low on the value ladder of rats : possible evidence for resilience to addiction. PLOS ONE 2010, 5(7):e11592.
Augier E, Vouillac C and Ahmed SH. Diazepam promotes choice of abstinence in cocaine self-administering rats. ADDICTION BIOLOGY 2011, in press.
Garenne A, Pasquereau B, Guthrie M, Bioulac B, Boraud T. Basal Ganglia preferentially encode context dependent choice in a two armed bandit task. FRONTIERS IN SYSTEM NEUROSCIENCE 2011, 5:23. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00023.









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