Alain Bessis

9.1k citations

40 papers · 5.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Neurology top 0.1%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Biological Psychiatry top 0.5%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders

Papers in

Neurology 21
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms 21
Developmental Neuroscience 8
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 8

Co-authors: Antoine Triller Catherine Béchade Delphine Bernard Philippe Rostaing Anne Roumier Olivier Pascual Jean‐Pierre Changeux Amanda Sierra
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (3 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (2 papers)The EMBO Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Alain Bessis

40 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Microglia Modulate Wiring of the Embryonic Forebrain 2014 · 498 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Cell Reports
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Journal of Neuroscience
2010 The EMBO Journal
1995 Nature

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1	Microglial TNFα controls daily changes in synaptic GABAARs and sleep slow waves The Journal of Cell Biology ·Maria J. Pinto, Lucy Bizien, Julie MJ Fabre, Nina Đukanović, Valentin Lepetz, Fiona Henderson, Marine Pujol, Romain W Sala, Thibault Tarpin, Daniela Popa, Antoine Triller, Clément Léna, Véronique Fabre, Alain Bessis	2024	4
2	Microglial TNFα orchestrates protein phosphorylation in the cortex during the sleep period and controls homeostatic sleep The EMBO Journal ·Maria J. Pinto, Léa Cottin, Florent Dingli, Victor Laigle, Luís F. Ribeiro, Antoine Triller, Fiona Henderson, Damarys Loew, Véronique Fabre, Alain Bessis	2022	14
3	Mononuclear phagocytes locally specify and adapt their phenotype in a multiple sclerosis model Nature Neuroscience ·Giuseppe Locatelli, Delphine Theodorou, Arek Kendirli, Marta Joana Costa Jordão, Ori Staszewski, Kshiti Phulphagar, Ludovico Cantuti‐Castelvetri, Athanasios Dagkalis, Alain Bessis, Mikael Simons, Felix Meissner, Marco Prinz, Martin Kerschensteiner	2018	116
4	Microglia Modulate Wiring of the Embryonic Forebrain Cell Reports ·Paola Squarzoni, Guillaume Oller, Guillaume Hoeffel, Lorena Pont‐Lezica, Philippe Rostaing, Donovan Low, Alain Bessis, Florent Ginhoux, Sonia Garel Hit paper breakdown →	2014	498
5	Microbial priming of plant and animal immunity: symbionts as developmental signals Trends in Microbiology ·Marc-André Selosse, Alain Bessis, Marı́a J. Pozo	2014	64
6	DAP12 and CD11b contribute to the microglial-induced death of dopaminergic neurons in vitro but not in vivo in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease Journal of Neuroinflammation ·Kiyoka Kinugawa, Yann Monnet, Catherine Béchade, Daniel Alvarez‐Fischer, Étienne C. Hirsch, Alain Bessis, Stéphane Hunot	2013	14
7	Nitric oxide regulates astrocyte maturation in the hippocampus: Involvement of NOS2 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Catherine Béchade, Olivier Pascual, Antoine Triller, Alain Bessis	2011	28
8	Physiological roles of microglia during development Journal of Neurochemistry ·Lorena Pont‐Lezica, Catherine Béchade, Yasmine Cantaut-Belarif, Olivier Pascual, Alain Bessis	2011	88
9	The Role of Microglia in the Healthy Brain: Figure 1. Journal of Neuroscience ·Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Beth Stevens, Amanda Sierra, Hiroaki Wake, Alain Bessis, Axel Nimmerjahn Hit paper breakdown →	2011	798
10	Prenatal Activation of Microglia Induces Delayed Impairment of Glutamatergic Synaptic Function PLoS ONE ·Anne Roumier, Olivier Pascual, Catherine Béchade, Shirley Wakselman, Jean Christophe Poncer, Éléonore Réal, Antoine Triller, Alain Bessis	2008	110
11	Developmental Neuronal Death in Hippocampus Requires the Microglial CD11b Integrin and DAP12 Immunoreceptor Journal of Neuroscience ·Shirley Wakselman, Catherine Béchade, Anne Roumier, Delphine Bernard, Antoine Triller, Alain Bessis	2008	292
12	Association of gephyrin with synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAa receptors varies during development in cultured hippocampal neurons Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Lydia Danglot, Antoine Triller, Alain Bessis	2003	67
13	Promoter elements conferring neuron-specific expression of the β2-subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor studiedin vitro and in transgenic mice Neuroscience ·Alain Bessis, A.-M. Salmon, Michèle Zoli, Nicolas Le Novère, Marina R. Picciotto, Jean‐Pierre Changeux	1995	55
14	The Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α2 Subunit Gene Promoter Is Activated by the Brn-3b POU Family Transcription Factor and Not by Brn-3a or Brn-3c Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Nathaniel G.N. Milton, Alain Bessis, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, David S. Latchman	1995	28
15	Abnormal avoidance learning in mice lacking functional high-affinity nicotine receptor in the brain Nature ·Marina R. Picciotto, Michèle Zoli, Clément Léna, Alain Bessis, Yvan Lallemand, Nicolas LeNovère, Pierre Vincent, Emilio Merlo Pich, Philippe Brûlet, Jean‐Pierre Changeux Hit paper breakdown →	1995	554
16	Negative regulatory elements upstream of a novel exon of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α2 subunit gene Nucleic Acids Research ·Alain Bessis, Nathalie Savatier, Anne Devillers‐Thiéry, Stéphane Bejanin, Jean‐Pierre Changeux	1993	36
17	Functional Architecture of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: From Electric Organ to Brain The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ·Jean‐Luc Galzi, Frédéric Revah, Alain Bessis, J.-P. Changeux	1991	289
18	Chromosomal localization of the mouse genes coding for α2, α3, α4 and β2 subunits of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor FEBS Letters ·Alain Bessis, Dominique Simon‐Chazottes, Anne Devillers‐Thiéry, Jean-Louis Guénet, Jean‐Pierre Changeux	1990	25
19	Differential expression of the neuronal acetylcholine receptor α2 subunit gene during chick brain development Neuron ·Philippe Daubas, Anne Devillers‐Thiéry, Brigitte Geoffroy, Salvador Martı́nez, Alain Bessis, Jean Pierre Changeux	1990	55
20	Compartmentalization of Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Expression during Development of the Neuromuscular Junction Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Jean Pierre Changeux, C. Babinet, Jean‐Louis Bessereau, Alain Bessis, Annie Cartaud, Jean Cartaud, P. Daubas, Anne Devillers‐Thiéry, Aymeric Duclert, Joseph A. Hill, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1990	24

About Alain Bessis

Alain Bessis is a scholar working on Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology and Physiology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (21 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Immune cells in cancer (8 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (2.6k citations), Biological Psychiatry (490 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (754 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (295 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.5k citations). Alain Bessis has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Antoine Triller, Catherine Béchade, Delphine Bernard, Philippe Rostaing, Anne Roumier, Olivier Pascual, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Amanda Sierra, Beth Stevens and Axel Nimmerjahn. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

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