Frédéric Saudou

18.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
104 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Saudou is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Saudou has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 82 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Saudou's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (69 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (50 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (18 papers). Frédéric Saudou is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (69 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (50 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (18 papers). Frédéric Saudou collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. Frédéric Saudou's co-authors include Sandrine Humbert, Didier Devys, Michael E. Greenberg, Steven Finkbeiner, Fabrice P. Cordelières, Diana Zala, René Hen, Bénédicte C. Charrin, Jim Dompierre and Hélène Rangone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Saudou

101 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Huntingtin Acts in the Nucleus to Induce Apoptosis but Death Does Not Correlate with the Formation of Intranuclear Inclusions

1998 1.3k citations Frédéric Saudou, Steven Finkbeiner et al. profile →
Huntingtin Controls Neurotrophic Support and Survival of Neurons by Enhancing BDNF Vesicular Transport along Microtubules

2004 891 citations Hélène Rangone, Fabrice P. Cordelières et al. profile →
Cloning of the gene for spinocerebellar ataxia 2 reveals a locus with high sensitivity to expanded CAG/glutamine repeats

1996 706 citations Frédéric Saudou et al. profile →
Enhanced Aggressive Behavior in Mice Lacking 5-HT _1B Receptor

1994 648 citations Frédéric Saudou, Djamel Aït Amara et al. profile →
The Biology of Huntingtin

2016 645 citations Frédéric Saudou, Sandrine Humbert Neuron profile →
Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibition Compensates for the Transport Deficit in Huntington's Disease by Increasing Tubulin Acetylation

2007 637 citations Juliette D. Godin, Fabrice P. Cordelières et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Cloning of the SCA7 gene reveals a highly unstable CAG repeat expansion

1997 599 citations Frédéric Saudou et al. profile →
Polyglutamine expansion as a pathological epitope in Huntington's disease and four dominant cerebellar ataxias

1995 540 citations Frédéric Saudou et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frédéric Saudou France	53	9.5k	9.4k	2.7k	1.6k	1.1k	104	13.3k
Xiao‐Jiang Li United States	54	8.0k 0.8×	7.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	886 0.8×	154	10.7k
Neil Aronin United States	64	12.5k 1.3×	9.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	164	17.2k
Nancy M. Bonini United States	57	9.3k 1.0×	5.8k 0.6×	3.9k 1.5×	2.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	124	14.0k
Marian DiFiglia United States	63	12.8k 1.4×	13.2k 1.4×	5.2k 1.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	156	18.4k
Henry L. Paulson United States	73	13.7k 1.4×	10.1k 1.1×	4.0k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	223	17.7k
Karen L. O’Malley United States	52	5.3k 0.6×	5.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	732 0.5×	810 0.8×	121	9.4k
Jean‐Antoine Girault France	73	8.8k 0.9×	9.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	229	16.4k
R. Jeroen Pasterkamp Netherlands	55	5.1k 0.5×	4.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	840 0.8×	166	11.1k
Marcy E. MacDonald United States	68	16.0k 1.7×	16.1k 1.7×	7.1k 2.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	183	22.2k
Lynn A. Raymond Canada	59	6.3k 0.7×	7.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	683 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	123	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frédéric Saudou

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Dubouchaud, Hervé, et al.. (2023). A vesicular Warburg effect: Aerobic glycolysis occurs on axonal vesicles for local NAD+ recycling and transport. Traffic. 25(1). e12926–e12926. 8 indexed citations

Gadet, Rudy, Olivier Lohez, Ivan Mikaélian, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial Bcl-xL promotes brain synaptogenesis by controlling non-lethal caspase activation. iScience. 26(5). 106674–106674. 3 indexed citations

Schaeffer, Julia, Béatrice Blot, Jean‐Jacques Diaz, et al.. (2023). Customization of the translational complex regulates mRNA-specific translation to control CNS regeneration. Neuron. 111(18). 2881–2898.e12. 13 indexed citations

Chivet, Mathilde, Anne‐Sophie Nicot, Julie Brocard, et al.. (2022). Huntingtin regulates calcium fluxes in skeletal muscle. The Journal of General Physiology. 155(1). 7 indexed citations

Kim, Hyeongju, Sophie Lenoir, Angela Helfricht, et al.. (2022). A pathogenic proteolysis–resistant huntingtin isoform induced by an antisense oligonucleotide maintains huntingtin function. JCI Insight. 7(17). 7 indexed citations

Virlogeux, Amandine, Chiara Scaramuzzino, Sophie Lenoir, et al.. (2021). Increasing brain palmitoylation rescues behavior and neuropathology in Huntington disease mice. Science Advances. 7(14). 52 indexed citations

Morelli, Giovanni, Sophie Laguesse, Nathalie Krusy, et al.. (2021). ATP-citrate lyase promotes axonal transport across species. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5878–5878. 16 indexed citations

Lenoir, Sophie, Aurélie Genoux, Fabienne Agasse, Frédéric Saudou, & Sandrine Humbert. (2021). Recreating mouse cortico-hippocampal neuronal circuit in microfluidic devices to study BDNF axonal transport upon glucocorticoid treatment. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100382–100382. 8 indexed citations

Fokin, Artem I., Violaine David, Ksénia Oguievetskaia, et al.. (2021). The Arp1/11 minifilament of dynactin primes the endosomal Arp2/3 complex. Science Advances. 7(3). 23 indexed citations

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Ehinger, Yann, Julie Bruyère, Nicolas Panayotis, et al.. (2020). Huntingtin phosphorylation governs BDNF homeostasis and improves the phenotype of Mecp2 knockout mice. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 12(2). e10889–e10889. 23 indexed citations

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Bruyère, Julie, Hélène Vitet, Gaëlle Fontaine, et al.. (2020). Presynaptic APP levels and synaptic homeostasis are regulated by Akt phosphorylation of huntingtin. eLife. 9. 23 indexed citations

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Morelli, Giovanni, Loïc Broix, Chiara Scaramuzzino, et al.. (2019). ATAT1-enriched vesicles promote microtubule acetylation via axonal transport. Science Advances. 5(12). eaax2705–eaax2705. 44 indexed citations

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Drouet, Valérie, Marta Ruiz, Diana Zala, et al.. (2014). Allele-Specific Silencing of Mutant Huntingtin in Rodent Brain and Human Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99341–e99341. 45 indexed citations

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M’Barek, Karim Ben, Patrick Pla, Sophie Orvoën, et al.. (2013). Huntingtin Mediates Anxiety/Depression-Related Behaviors and Hippocampal Neurogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(20). 8608–8620. 37 indexed citations

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Zala, Diana, et al.. (2008). Phosphorylation of mutant huntingtin at S421 restores anterograde and retrograde transport in neurons. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(24). 3837–3846. 126 indexed citations

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Bizat, Nicolas, Jean‐Michel Hermel, Sandrine Humbert, et al.. (2003). In Vivo Calpain/Caspase Cross-talk during 3-Nitropropionic Acid-induced Striatal Degeneration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(44). 43245–43253. 108 indexed citations

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Humbert, Sandrine, Fabrice P. Cordelières, Sandeep Robert Datta, et al.. (2002). The IGF-1/Akt Pathway Is Neuroprotective in Huntington's Disease and Involves Huntingtin Phosphorylation by Akt. Developmental Cell. 2(6). 831–837. 412 indexed citations

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Humbert, Sandrine & Frédéric Saudou. (2002). Toward Cell Specificity in SCA1. Neuron. 34(5). 669–670. 11 indexed citations

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Ramboz, Sylvie, Frédéric Saudou, Djamel Aït Amara, et al.. (1995). 5-HT1 receptor knock out — behavioral consequences. Behavioural Brain Research. 73(1-2). 305–312. 150 indexed citations

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Saudou, Frédéric, et al.. (1994). 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor Subtypes: Molecular and Functional Diversity. Advances in pharmacology. 30. 327–380. 66 indexed citations

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