Hélène Girouard

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Hélène Girouard is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hélène Girouard has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 24 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Hélène Girouard's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (19 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (13 papers) and Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (11 papers). Hélène Girouard is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (19 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (13 papers) and Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (11 papers). Hélène Girouard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Hélène Girouard's co-authors include Costantino Iadecola, Josef Anrather, M. Florencia Iulita, Ping Zhou, Laibaik Park, Jacques de Champlain, Rachael M. Hannah, Mark T. Nelson, Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei and Herman Depypere and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Hélène Girouard

66 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Neurovascular coupling in the normal brain and in hypertension, stroke, and Alzheimer disease

2005 946 citations Hélène Girouard, Costantino Iadecola Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Sex differences in Alzheimer disease — the gateway to precision medicine

2018 613 citations Maria Teresa Ferretti, M. Florencia Iulita et al. Nature Reviews Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hélène Girouard Canada	28	1.2k	1.1k	947	826	598	66	4.4k
Zhongcong Xie United States	52	1.1k 0.9×	914 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	920 1.5×	201	8.8k
Eszter Farkas Hungary	42	1.6k 1.4×	2.7k 2.4×	457 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	997 1.7×	126	6.4k
Dale A. Pelligrino United States	41	1.7k 1.5×	899 0.8×	613 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	922 1.5×	122	5.5k
Hideo Tohgi Japan	39	918 0.8×	658 0.6×	771 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	773 1.3×	167	4.9k
Diana N. Krause United States	47	1.7k 1.4×	583 0.5×	650 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	960 1.6×	100	6.4k
Alberto Pupi Italy	39	1.9k 1.6×	621 0.6×	560 0.6×	872 1.1×	445 0.7×	146	6.0k
Ferenc Bari Hungary	37	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	234 0.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	170	4.6k
Tuomo Polvikoski United Kingdom	34	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	416 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	382 0.6×	91	5.3k
Timothy J. Hohman United States	31	1.1k 1.0×	514 0.5×	361 0.4×	613 0.7×	239 0.4×	174	3.2k
Karen Gertz Germany	37	520 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	557 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	686 1.1×	80	4.7k

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Vallerand, Diane, et al.. (2023). Neurovascular Coupling in Hypertension Is Impaired by IL-17A through Oxidative Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3959–3959. 16 indexed citations

Badji, Atef, Joana B. Pereira, Sara Shams, et al.. (2022). Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers, Brain Structural and Cognitive Performances Between Normotensive and Hypertensive Controlled, Uncontrolled and Untreated 70-Year-Old Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13. 777475–777475. 9 indexed citations

Akcan, Uğur, et al.. (2022). Targeting the blood–brain barrier disruption in hypertension by ALK5/TGF-Β type I receptor inhibitor SB-431542 and dynamin inhibitor dynasore. Brain Research. 1794. 148071–148071. 10 indexed citations

Badji, Atef, Christine Gagnon, Maxime Lamarre-Cliché, et al.. (2021). Associations Between Relative Morning Blood Pressure, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Memory in Older Adults Treated and Controlled for Hypertension. Hypertension. 77(5). 1703–1713. 4 indexed citations

Badji, Atef, et al.. (2019). Arterial stiffness and brain integrity: A review of MRI findings. Ageing Research Reviews. 53. 100907–100907. 52 indexed citations

Badji, Atef, Sven Joubert, Louis Bherer, et al.. (2019). AUGMENTATION INDEX IS A PREDICTOR OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW ACROSS GLOBAL GRAY MATTER IN THE ELDERLY. Innovation in Aging. 3(Supplement_1). S643–S643. 1 indexed citations

Ferretti, Maria Teresa, M. Florencia Iulita, Enrica Cavedo, et al.. (2018). Sex differences in Alzheimer disease — the gateway to precision medicine. Nature Reviews Neurology. 14(8). 457–469. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

Iulita, M. Florencia, Diane Vallerand, Tlili Barhoumi, et al.. (2018). CD4 ⁺ Regulatory T Lymphocytes Prevent Impaired Cerebral Blood Flow in Angiotensin II‐Induced Hypertension. Journal of the American Heart Association. 8(1). e009372–e009372. 26 indexed citations

Lefebvre, Joël, et al.. (2018). Fully automated dual-resolution serial optical coherence tomography aimed at diffusion MRI validation in whole mouse brains. Neurophotonics. 5(4). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène. (2016). Hypertension and the Brain as an End-Organ Target. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 14 indexed citations

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Guevara, Edgar, et al.. (2013). Optical imaging of resting-state functional connectivity in a novel arterial stiffness model. Biomedical Optics Express. 4(11). 2332–2332. 20 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène, Adrian D. Bonev, Rachael M. Hannah, et al.. (2010). Astrocytic endfoot Ca ²⁺ and BK channels determine both arteriolar dilation and constriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(8). 3811–3816. 252 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène, Gang Wang, Eduardo F. Gallo, et al.. (2009). NMDA Receptor Activation Increases Free Radical Production through Nitric Oxide and NOX2. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(8). 2545–2552. 206 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène, Andrée Lessard, Carmen Capone, Teresa A. Milner, & Costantino Iadecola. (2007). The neurovascular dysfunction induced by angiotensin II in the mouse neocortex is sexually dimorphic. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 294(1). H156–H163. 46 indexed citations

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Park, Laibaik, Josef Anrather, Hélène Girouard, Ping Zhou, & Costantino Iadecola. (2007). Nox2-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species Mediate Neurovascular Dysregulation in the Aging Mouse Brain. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 27(12). 1908–1918. 228 indexed citations

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Kawano, Takayuki, Alexander Kunz, T Abe, et al.. (2007). iNOS-Derived NO and Nox2-Derived Superoxide Confer Tolerance to Excitotoxic Brain Injury through Peroxynitrite. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 27(8). 1453–1462. 37 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène, Laibaik Park, Josef Anrather, Ping Zhou, & Costantino Iadecola. (2006). Cerebrovascular Nitrosative Stress Mediates Neurovascular and Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Angiotensin II. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 27(2). 303–309. 123 indexed citations

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Girouard, Hélène & Costantino Iadecola. (2005). Neurovascular coupling in the normal brain and in hypertension, stroke, and Alzheimer disease. Journal of Applied Physiology. 100(1). 328–335. 946 indexed citations breakdown →

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Girouard, Hélène, et al.. (2001). Vasorelaxant effects of the chronic treatment with melatonin on mesenteric artery and aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Journal of Hypertension. 19(8). 1369–1377. 69 indexed citations

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Wu, Lingyun, Hélène Girouard, & Jacques de Champlain. (2000). Involvement of the cyclic GMP pathway in the superoxide-induced IP3 formation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal of Hypertension. 18(8). 1057–1064. 7 indexed citations

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