Daniel Bertrand

26.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
273 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel Bertrand is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Bertrand has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 231 papers in Molecular Biology, 124 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 43 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Bertrand's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (201 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (115 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (91 papers). Daniel Bertrand is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (201 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (115 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (91 papers). Daniel Bertrand collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Daniel Bertrand's co-authors include Sonia Bertrand, Bruno Buisson, John A. Dani, Marc Ballivet, S. Bertrand, Jean‐Luc Galzi, C R Bader, Y. de Ribaupierre, William E. Brownell and Charles R. Bader and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Bertrand

270 papers receiving 20.4k citations

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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.

Evoked Mechanical Responses of Isolated Cochlear Outer Hair Cells

1985 1.4k citations Daniel Bertrand et al. profile →
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Nicotinic Cholinergic Mechanisms of the Central Nervous System

2006 937 citations Daniel Bertrand et al. profile →
A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) is developmentally regulated and forms a homo-oligomeric channel blocked by α-BTX

1990 806 citations Daniel Bertrand, Maria‐Clemencia Hernandez et al. profile →
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: From basic science to therapeutics

2012 411 citations Raymond S Hurst, Daniel Bertrand et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Bertrand Switzerland	79	16.2k	7.8k	2.8k	2.0k	1.8k	273	21.1k
Henry A. Lester United States	86	19.0k 1.2×	12.5k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	371	25.0k
Michèle Zoli Italy	65	12.1k 0.7×	8.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	679 0.4×	261	17.8k
Paul J. Whiting United States	81	12.6k 0.8×	12.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	552 0.3×	198	19.2k
Ricardo Miledi United States	84	18.8k 1.2×	19.1k 2.5×	1.3k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	497 0.3×	450	29.4k
Alain Marty France	57	22.8k 1.4×	19.9k 2.6×	1.0k 0.4×	3.1k 1.6×	338 0.2×	126	29.6k
Jon Lindstrom United States	88	16.1k 1.0×	6.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	435 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	334	24.4k
Heinrich Betz Germany	98	20.5k 1.3×	19.2k 2.5×	808 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	651 0.4×	351	28.1k
Marina R. Picciotto United States	75	12.4k 0.8×	8.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	555 0.3×	273	20.4k
August B. Smit Netherlands	69	10.4k 0.6×	7.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	341	17.8k
Bertil Hille United States	82	18.3k 1.1×	14.5k 1.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	224 0.1×	208	26.0k

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Zarkadas, Eleftherios, Marijke Brams, Aujan Mehregan, et al.. (2022). The molecular mechanism of snake short-chain α-neurotoxin binding to muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4543–4543. 36 indexed citations

Kambara, Kumiko, et al.. (2019). Micropipette calibration by differential pressure measurements. Measurement Science and Technology. 30(10). 105003–105003.

Govaerts, Cédric, Radovan Spurný, Marijke Brams, et al.. (2019). A lipid site shapes the agonist response of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(12). 1156–1164. 44 indexed citations

Knoflach, Frédéric, et al.. (2018). Methods for the Discovery of Novel Compounds Modulating a Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Type A Neurotransmission. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

Knoflach, Frédéric, Maria‐Clemencia Hernandez, & Daniel Bertrand. (2018). Methods for the Discovery of Novel Compounds Modulating a Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Type A Neurotransmission. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

Spurný, Radovan, Bert Billen, Rebecca J. Howard, et al.. (2013). Multisite Binding of a General Anesthetic to the Prokaryotic Pentameric Erwinia chrysanthemi Ligand-gated Ion Channel (ELIC). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(12). 8355–8364. 81 indexed citations

Bertrand, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Molecular Characterization of Off-Target Activities of Telithromycin: a Potential Role for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 54(12). 5399–5402. 55 indexed citations

Czarnetzki, Christoph, Eduardo Schiffer, Christopher Lysakowski, et al.. (2010). Transcutaneous nicotine does not prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting: a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 71(3). 383–390. 19 indexed citations

Kasheverov, Igor E., М. Н. Жмак, Alexander Fish, et al.. (2009). Interaction of α‐conotoxin ImII and its analogs with nicotinic receptors and acetylcholine‐binding proteins: additional binding sites on Torpedo receptor. Journal of Neurochemistry. 111(4). 934–944. 19 indexed citations

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Nierop, Pim van, Sonia Bertrand, David W. Munno, et al.. (2005). Identification and Functional Expression of a Family of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits in the Central Nervous System of the Mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(3). 1680–1691. 55 indexed citations

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Metz, Stefan, et al.. (2005). Microelectrodes with three-dimensional structures for improved neural interfacing. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 765–768. 6 indexed citations

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Hurst, Raymond S, Mihály Hajós, M. Raggenbass, et al.. (2005). A Novel Positive Allosteric Modulator of the α7 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor:In VitroandIn VivoCharacterization. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(17). 4396–4405. 372 indexed citations

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Hogg, Ron C., Gene Hopping, Paul F. Alewood, David J. Adams, & Daniel Bertrand. (2003). α-Conotoxins PnIA and [A10L]PnIA Stabilize Different States of the α7-L247T Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(29). 26908–26914. 55 indexed citations

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Grütter, Thomas, Sonia Bertrand, Florence Kotzyba‐Hibert, Daniel Bertrand, & Maurice Goeldner. (2002). Structural Reorganization of the Acetylcholine Binding Site of the Torpedo Nicotinic Receptor as Revealed by Dynamic Photoaffinity Labeling. ChemBioChem. 3(7). 652–652. 13 indexed citations

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Phillips, Hilary A., Isabelle Favre, Martin Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2001). CHRNB2 Is the Second Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Associated with Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy*. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 68(1). 225–231. 239 indexed citations

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Temburni, Murali K., et al.. (1998). The long internal loop of the α3 subunit targets nAChRs to subdomains within individual synapses on neurons in vivo. Nature Neuroscience. 1(7). 557–562. 107 indexed citations

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Buisson, Bruno & Daniel Bertrand. (1998). Allosteric modulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 92(2). 89–100. 27 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, Murali, Bruno Buisson, Edward Touma, et al.. (1995). Stable expression and pharmacological properties of the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology. 290(3). 237–246. 155 indexed citations

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Devillers‐Thiéry, Anne, Jean‐Luc Galzi, S. Bertrand, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, & Daniel Bertrand. (1992). Stratified organization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel. Neuroreport. 3(11). 1001–1004. 52 indexed citations

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Galzi, Jean‐Luc, Daniel Bertrand, Anne Devillers‐Thiéry, et al.. (1991). Functional significance of aromatic amino acids from three peptide loops of the α7 neuronal nicotinic receptor site investigated by site‐directed mutagenesis. FEBS Letters. 294(3). 198–202. 144 indexed citations

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