Benoît Labonté

13.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Benoît Labonté is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Labonté has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Benoît Labonté's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (13 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (12 papers). Benoît Labonté is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (13 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (12 papers). Benoît Labonté collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Singapore. Benoît Labonté's co-authors include Gustavo Turecki, Michael J. Meaney, Moshe Szyf, Sergiy Dymov, Patrick O. McGowan, Ana C. D’Alessio, Aya Sasaki, Naguib Mechawar, Eric J. Nestler and Volodymyr Yerko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Labonté

48 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse

2009 2.3k citations Patrick O. McGowan, Aya Sasaki et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benoît Labonté Canada	30	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	53	6.0k
Tania L. Roth United States	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	419 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	72	5.2k
Daniël van den Hove Netherlands	45	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	548 0.4×	811 0.7×	841 0.8×	138	5.9k
Marco P. Boks Netherlands	49	2.1k 1.0×	856 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	828 0.7×	913 0.8×	204	8.4k
Christoph Anacker United States	26	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.6×	655 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	672 0.6×	46	6.1k
Rosemary C. Bagot Canada	35	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	634 0.4×	971 0.8×	579 0.5×	56	4.9k
James B. Potash United States	46	3.5k 1.7×	771 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	899 0.7×	528 0.5×	136	8.4k
HonaLee Harrington United States	11	690 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	3.3k 2.2×	915 0.7×	942 0.9×	12	8.4k
Audrey R. Tyrka United States	50	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	3.4k 2.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	140	9.0k
Gary S. Wand United States	53	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	814 0.6×	763 0.6×	634 0.6×	178	8.8k
Naguib Mechawar Canada	51	3.4k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	849 0.6×	2.5k 2.0×	452 0.4×	155	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Labonté

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Labonté, Benoît, et al.. (2024). High-throughput low-cost digital lickometer system for the assessment of licking behaviours in mice. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 410. 110221–110221.

Pessoni, André Moreira, Eric M. Parise, Carol A. Tamminga, et al.. (2023). Transcriptional dissection of symptomatic profiles across the brain of men and women with depression. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6835–6835. 12 indexed citations

Labonté, Benoît, et al.. (2022). Sex-Specific Brain Transcriptional Signatures in Human MDD and Their Correlates in Mouse Models of Depression. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16. 845491–845491. 9 indexed citations

Lévesque, Martin, et al.. (2021). Stress-induced alterations of mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic pathways. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 11000–11000. 25 indexed citations

Vaillancourt, Kathryn, Laura M. Fiori, Gilles Maussion, et al.. (2021). Methylation of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene is dysregulated by cocaine dependence in the human striatum. iScience. 24(10). 103169–103169. 12 indexed citations

Gagné, Anne-Marie, et al.. (2021). Sex-Specific Retinal Anomalies Induced by Chronic Social Defeat Stress in Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 714810–714810. 5 indexed citations

Scarpa, Joseph R., et al.. (2020). Shared Transcriptional Signatures in Major Depressive Disorder and Mouse Chronic Stress Models. Biological Psychiatry. 88(2). 159–168. 75 indexed citations

Yu, Huaxu, et al.. (2020). Parallel metabolomics and lipidomics enables the comprehensive study of mouse brain regional metabolite and lipid patterns. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1136. 168–177. 19 indexed citations

Labonté, Benoît, Khaled Abdallah, Gilles Maussion, et al.. (2020). Regulation of impulsive and aggressive behaviours by a novel lncRNA. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(8). 3751–3764. 28 indexed citations

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Kronman, Hope, Felix Richter, Benoît Labonté, et al.. (2019). Biology and Bias in Cell Type-Specific RNAseq of Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8350–8350. 22 indexed citations

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Mahar, Ian, Benoît Labonté, Elsa Isingrini, et al.. (2017). Disrupted hippocampal neuregulin-1/ErbB3 signaling and dentate gyrus granule cell alterations in suicide. Translational Psychiatry. 7(7). e1161–e1161. 25 indexed citations

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Jiang, Cheng, Wei‐Jye Lin, Masato Sadahiro, et al.. (2017). VGF function in depression and antidepressant efficacy. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(7). 1632–1642. 90 indexed citations

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Koo, Ja Wook, Benoît Labonté, Olivia Engmann, et al.. (2015). Essential Role of Mesolimbic Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Social Stress–Induced Depressive Behaviors. Biological Psychiatry. 80(6). 469–478. 167 indexed citations

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Labonté, Benoît, et al.. (2014). Epigenetic modulation of glucocorticoid receptors in posttraumatic stress disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 4(3). e368–e368. 129 indexed citations

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Steiger, Howard, Benoît Labonté, Patricia Groleau, Gustavo Turecki, & Mimi Israël. (2013). Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter in bulimic women: Associations with borderline personality disorder, suicidality, and exposure to childhood abuse. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 46(3). 246–255. 90 indexed citations

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Labonté, Benoît, Matthew Suderman, Gilles Maussion, et al.. (2012). Genome-wide Epigenetic Regulation by Early-Life Trauma. Archives of General Psychiatry. 69(7). 722–31. 326 indexed citations

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Torres‐Platas, Susana G., Christa Hercher, Maria Antonietta Davoli, et al.. (2011). Astrocytic Hypertrophy in Anterior Cingulate White Matter of Depressed Suicides. Neuropsychopharmacology. 36(13). 2650–2658. 176 indexed citations

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Labonté, Benoît, Ryan J. McLaughlin, Sergio Domínguez-López, et al.. (2011). Adolescent amphetamine exposure elicits dose-specific effects on monoaminergic neurotransmission and behaviour in adulthood. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 15(9). 1319–1330. 26 indexed citations

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McGowan, Patrick O., Aya Sasaki, Ana C. D’Alessio, et al.. (2009). Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse. Nature Neuroscience. 12(3). 342–348. 2302 indexed citations breakdown →

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Labonté, Benoît, Francis Rodriguez Bambico, & Gabriella Gobbi. (2009). Potentiation of excitatory serotonergic responses by MK-801 in the medial prefrontal cortex. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 380(5). 383–397. 16 indexed citations

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