Franck Letournel

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Franck Letournel is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Franck Letournel has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Neurology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Franck Letournel's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (5 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (5 papers). Franck Letournel is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (5 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (5 papers). Franck Letournel collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Franck Letournel's co-authors include Christophe Verny, Alexis Brice, Laura Pieri, Ronald Melki, Suzanne Lesage, Luc Bousset, Mathieu Anheim, Karine Madiona, Aurélie Honoré and Alexandra Dürr and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Franck Letournel

50 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

G51D α‐synuclein mutation causes a novel Parkinsonian–pyramidal syndrome

2013 531 citations Franck Letournel, Christophe Verny et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franck Letournel France	17	804	421	411	359	201	50	1.5k
Christophe Verny France	20	701 0.9×	421 1.0×	578 1.4×	853 2.4×	285 1.4×	51	1.9k
Shinsuke Fujioka Japan	23	991 1.2×	353 0.8×	387 0.9×	362 1.0×	318 1.6×	113	1.6k
Nicolas Casadei Germany	18	709 0.9×	216 0.5×	455 1.1×	431 1.2×	154 0.8×	69	1.3k
Franziska Hopfner Germany	21	903 1.1×	269 0.6×	346 0.8×	530 1.5×	194 1.0×	42	1.5k
Staffan Holmqvist Sweden	9	752 0.9×	438 1.0×	376 0.9×	631 1.8×	486 2.4×	10	1.6k
Samuel Evetts United Kingdom	13	888 1.1×	435 1.0×	270 0.7×	511 1.4×	265 1.3×	15	1.5k
Neil U. Barua United Kingdom	18	359 0.4×	319 0.8×	569 1.4×	430 1.2×	193 1.0×	35	1.6k
Tapan P. Patel United States	19	1.1k 1.4×	501 1.2×	707 1.7×	536 1.5×	327 1.6×	39	2.0k
Toshihiko Suenaga Japan	19	493 0.6×	342 0.8×	245 0.6×	311 0.9×	459 2.3×	67	1.3k
Katrin Beyer Spain	26	819 1.0×	530 1.3×	426 1.0×	1.5k 4.1×	228 1.1×	66	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franck Letournel

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20 of 20 papers shown

Spinazzi, Marco, Marco Savarese, Franck Letournel, et al.. (2025). Myotilin gene duplication causing late‐onset myotilinopathy. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e70029–e70029. 1 indexed citations

Letournel, Franck, Silvia Pozzi, Jean‐Pierre Julien, et al.. (2023). Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 is enriched at the centrosome in human cells. Brain. 146(9). 3624–3633. 3 indexed citations

Spinazzi, Marco, Jérôme Poupiot, Julien Cassereau, et al.. (2021). Late-onset camptocormia caused by a heterozygous in-frame CAPN3 deletion. Neuromuscular Disorders. 31(5). 450–455. 5 indexed citations

Codron, Philippe, Franck Letournel, Serge Marty, et al.. (2020). STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) reveals the nanoscale organization of pathological aggregates in human brain. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 47(1). 127–142. 28 indexed citations

Lacout, Carole, Julien Cassereau, P. Lozac’h, et al.. (2020). Differences in clinical features between small fiber and sensitive large fiber neuropathies in Sjögren's syndrome. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 79. 58–62. 5 indexed citations

Chabrun, Floris, Guillaume Rousseau, Stéphanie Chupin, et al.. (2019). Metabolomics reveals highly regional specificity of cerebral sexual dimorphism in mice. Progress in Neurobiology. 184. 101698–101698. 13 indexed citations

Resnier, Pauline, Élise Lepeltier, Ludovic Martin, et al.. (2018). Melanoma tumour vasculature heterogeneity: from mice models to human. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 145(3). 589–597. 12 indexed citations

Lebouvier, Thibaud, Julien Delrieu, Amandine Pallardy, et al.. (2013). Démences : où sont les corps de Lewy ?. Revue Neurologique. 169(11). 844–857. 3 indexed citations

Letournel, Franck, et al.. (2011). Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Revue Neurologique. 167(4). 343–347. 3 indexed citations

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Barillé, R., et al.. (2011). Photo-responsive polymer with erasable and reconfigurable micro- and nano-patterns: An in vitro study for neuron guidance. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 88(1). 63–71. 48 indexed citations

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Cassereau, Julien, Franck Letournel, Christian Lavigne, et al.. (2011). Necrotizing vasculitis revealed in a case of multiple mononeuropathy after a 14-year course of spontaneous remissions and relapses. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 114(3). 290–293. 7 indexed citations

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Letournel, Franck, et al.. (2010). Nemaline bodies as unique pathological feature in the course of treated dermatomyositis. Clinical Neuropathology. 29(11). 357–360. 5 indexed citations

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Guillet, Virginie, Arnaud Chevrollier, Julien Cassereau, et al.. (2009). Ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy linked to OPA1 mutation and mitochondrial toxicity. Mitochondrion. 10(2). 115–124. 38 indexed citations

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Tobias, Nicholas J., Torsten Seemann, Sacha J. Pidot, et al.. (2009). Mycolactone Gene Expression Is Controlled by Strong SigA-Like Promoters with Utility in Studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Buruli Ulcer. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 3(11). e553–e553. 29 indexed citations

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Bertrand, Anne, J.P. Brandel, Y Grignon, et al.. (2009). Wernicke encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Journal of Neurology. 256(6). 904–909. 13 indexed citations

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Verny, Christophe, Patrizia Amati‐Bonneau, Franck Letournel, et al.. (2008). Mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation involved in familial diabetes, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and recurrent pancreatitis. Diabetes & Metabolism. 34(6). 620–626. 22 indexed citations

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Nicolas, Guillaume, et al.. (2007). Neuropathie démyélinisante au cours d’un traitement par anti-TNF alpha et revue de la littérature. Revue Neurologique. 163(12). 1232–1235. 22 indexed citations

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Cabrejo, L., Lucie Guyant‐Maréchal, A. Laquérrière, et al.. (2006). Phenotype associated with APP duplication in five families. Brain. 129(11). 2966–2976. 218 indexed citations

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Letournel, Franck, et al.. (2003). Stable Tubule Only Polypeptides (STOP) Proteins Co-Aggregate with Spheroid Neurofilaments in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 62(12). 1211–1219. 16 indexed citations

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Fressinaud, Catherine, et al.. (2002). Cytoskeleton abnormalities in axonopathies of unknown aetiology: correlations with morphometry. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 196(1-2). 53–61. 4 indexed citations

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