A.L. Benabid

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

A.L. Benabid is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A.L. Benabid has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Neurology, 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in A.L. Benabid's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (29 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (12 papers). A.L. Benabid is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (29 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (12 papers). A.L. Benabid collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United Kingdom. A.L. Benabid's co-authors include Pierre Pollak, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, D. Hoffmann, Jacques Rougemont, Patricia Limousin, S. Henry, Antoine Louveau, Paul Krack, Emmanuel Gay and Dongming Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Neurology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

A.L. Benabid

63 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Combined (Thalamotomy and Stimulation) Stereotactic Surge... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1996 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Combined (Thalamotomy and Stimulation) Stereotactic Surgery of the VIM Thalamic Nucleus for Bilateral Parkinson Disease
    1987 879 citations A.L. Benabid, Pierre Pollak et al. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery profile →
  2. Chronic electrical stimulation of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus as a treatment of movement disorders
    1996 811 citations A.L. Benabid, Dongming Gao et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A.L. Benabid France 29 4.5k 3.0k 978 714 375 64 5.6k
G. V. Sawle United Kingdom 33 3.5k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 535 0.5× 895 1.3× 501 1.3× 53 6.1k
Martin Parent Canada 36 2.2k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 638 0.7× 682 1.0× 228 0.6× 106 4.3k
Alexandre Eusébio France 29 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 555 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 291 0.8× 76 3.5k
Andrew Feigin United States 42 3.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 474 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 503 1.3× 94 5.7k
Rüdiger Hilker Germany 29 2.3k 0.5× 871 0.3× 572 0.6× 566 0.8× 686 1.8× 37 3.2k
Marc Savasta France 39 2.7k 0.6× 3.4k 1.1× 508 0.5× 707 1.0× 95 0.3× 86 4.8k
Lili‐Naz Hazrati Canada 37 3.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 839 0.9× 1.3k 1.8× 303 0.8× 110 6.6k
Kathleen Shannak Canada 20 2.2k 0.5× 2.3k 0.8× 339 0.3× 670 0.9× 150 0.4× 27 3.9k
Ana Luisa Velasco Mexico 38 2.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 793 0.8× 1.5k 2.1× 167 0.4× 92 4.0k
Thomas Brücke Austria 35 1.8k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 317 0.3× 515 0.7× 403 1.1× 77 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A.L. Benabid

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A.L. Benabid

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferraye, Murielle, Bettina Debû, Valérie Fraix, et al.. (2011). Subthalamic nucleus versus pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease: synergy or antagonism?. Journal of Neural Transmission. 118(10). 1469–1475. 23 indexed citations
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Carron, Romain, Valérie Fraix, Éric Seigneuret, et al.. (2010). High frequency deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus versus continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion therapy: a review. Journal of Neural Transmission. 118(6). 915–924. 15 indexed citations
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Ferraye, Murielle, Bettina Debû, Valérie Fraix, et al.. (2009). Effects of pedunculopontine nucleus area stimulation on gait disorders in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 133(1). 205–214. 346 indexed citations
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Krack, Paul, et al.. (2006). Is there a role for physiotherapy during deep brain stimulation surgery in patients with Parkinson's disease?. European Journal of Neurology. 13(5). 496–498. 9 indexed citations
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Thobois, Stéphane, Valérie Fraix, Marc Savasta, et al.. (2003). Chronic subthalamic nucleus stimulation and striatal D2 dopamine receptors in Parkinson?s disease. Journal of Neurology. 250(10). 1219–1223. 42 indexed citations
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Benabid, A.L., Adnan Koudsié, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, et al.. (2001). Deep brain stimulation of the corpus luysi (subthalamic nucleus) and other targets in Parkinson's disease. Extension to new indications such as dystonia and epilepsy. Journal of Neurology. 248(S3). 37–47. 146 indexed citations
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Ratel, David, Sylvie Boisseau, Sean M. Davidson, et al.. (2001). The Bacterial Nucleoside N6-Methyldeoxyadenosine Induces the Differentiation of Mammalian Tumor Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 285(3). 800–805. 13 indexed citations
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Benabid, A.L., Adnan Koudsié, Pierre Pollak, et al.. (2000). Future prospects of brain stimlation. Neurological Research. 22(3). 237–246. 51 indexed citations
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Ratel, David, et al.. (2000). Bacterial DNA Methylation and Gene Transfer Efficiency. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 276(3). 1261–1264. 15 indexed citations
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Caparros-Lefèbvre, D, S. Blond, Jean‐Paul Nguyen, Pierre Pollak, & A.L. Benabid. (1999). Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders. Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery. 25. 61–138. 8 indexed citations
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Vercueil, Laurent, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Colin Deransart, et al.. (1998). High-frequency stimulation of the sub-thalamic nucleus suppresses absence seizures in the rat: comparison with neurotoxic lesions. Epilepsy Research. 31(1). 39–46. 159 indexed citations
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Benabid, A.L., Dongming Gao, D. Hoffmann, et al.. (1996). Chronic electrical stimulation of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus as a treatment of movement disorders. Journal of neurosurgery. 84(2). 203–214. 811 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kahane, Philippe, C. Munari, D. Hoffmann, et al.. (1994). APPROCHE CHIRURGICALE MULTIMODALE DES ANGIOMAS CAVERNEUX EPILEPTOGENES. 6. 113–130. 9 indexed citations
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Benabid, A.L., Pierre Pollak, Christian E. Gross, et al.. (1994). Acute and Long-Term Effects of Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 62(1-4). 76–84. 392 indexed citations
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Benabid, A.L., Pierre Pollak, Éric Seigneuret, et al.. (1993). Chronic VIM Thalamic Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor and Extra-Pyramidal Dyskinesias. PubMed. 58. 39–44. 162 indexed citations
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Lotito, S, Achille François, Markus von Kienlin, et al.. (1989). Correlation between intracellular pH and lactate levels in the rat brain during potassium cyanide induced metabolism blockade: A combined 31P-1H in vivo nuclear magnetic spectroscopy study. Neuroscience Letters. 97(1-2). 91–96. 14 indexed citations

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