Hervé Simon

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Hervé Simon is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hervé Simon has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Hervé Simon's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (22 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (17 papers). Hervé Simon is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (22 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (17 papers). Hervé Simon collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Morocco. Hervé Simon's co-authors include Michel Le Moal, Stefania Maccari, Pier Vincenzo Piazza, Willy Mayo, Monique Vallée, B. Scatton, F. Dellu, Michel Le Moal, Françoise Rougé‐Pont and A. Calas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Hervé Simon

53 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Prenatal Stress Induces High Anxiety and Postnatal Handli... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Prenatal Stress Induces High Anxiety and Postnatal Handling Induces Low Anxiety in Adult Offspring: Correlation with Stress-Induced Corticosterone Secretion
    1997 666 citations Monique Vallée, Willy Mayo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hervé Simon France 37 3.4k 2.6k 1.9k 1.2k 1.2k 53 6.4k
Alain Gratton Canada 44 3.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 93 6.2k
H. Simon France 43 4.6k 1.4× 2.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 1.7k 1.4× 80 7.7k
Willy Mayo France 38 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 86 5.6k
Janice M. Juraska United States 51 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.7× 982 0.8× 119 7.5k
Ronald P. Hammer United States 37 4.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 96 6.8k
Sheryl S. Smith United States 41 2.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 633 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 98 5.5k
Adolf Tobeña Spain 44 2.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 921 0.8× 186 6.5k
Victoria N. Luine United States 62 3.0k 0.9× 5.3k 2.0× 3.2k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 1.6k 1.3× 146 12.4k
Elena I. Varlinskaya United States 42 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 970 0.8× 798 0.7× 159 5.8k
Therese A. Kosten United States 47 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 893 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 164 6.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hervé Simon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hervé Simon

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All Works

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Guillou, Catherine, et al.. (2003). (−)-9-Dehydrogalanthaminium bromide, a new cholinesterase inhibitor, enhances place and object recognition memory in young and old rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 80(2). 113–122. 18 indexed citations
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Guillou, Catherine, et al.. (2003). Combined treatment with galanthaminium bromide, a new cholinesterase inhibitor, and RS 67333, a partial agonist of 5-HT4 receptors, enhances place and object recognition in young adult and old rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 27(1). 185–195. 34 indexed citations
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Simon, Hervé, et al.. (2001). Enhancement of place and object recognition memory in young adult and old rats by RS 67333, a partial agonist of 5-HT4 receptors. Neuropharmacology. 41(7). 844–853. 94 indexed citations
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Taghzouti, Khalid, et al.. (1999). Interindividual differences in active and passive behaviors in the forced-swimming test: implications for animal models of psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry. 45(6). 750–758. 52 indexed citations
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Len, Christophe, et al.. (1997). Synthesis of Carbamic Esters Derivatives of Itols:  Antifungal Activity against Various Crop Diseases. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 45(1). 3–6. 54 indexed citations
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Vallée, Monique, Willy Mayo, Stefania Maccari, Michel Le Moal, & Hervé Simon. (1996). Long-term effects of prenatal stress and handling on metabolic parameters: relationship to corticosterone secretion response. Brain Research. 712(2). 287–292. 134 indexed citations
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Haney, Margaret, Stefania Maccari, Michel Le Moal, Hervé Simon, & Pier Vincenzo Piazza. (1995). Social stress increases the acquisition of cocaine self-administration in male and female rats. Brain Research. 698(1-2). 46–52. 211 indexed citations
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Piazza, P.V., et al.. (1994). Social isolation-induced enhancement of the psychomotor effects of morphine depends on corticosterone secretion. Brain Research. 640(1-2). 136–139. 78 indexed citations
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Deroche‐Gamonet, Véronique, Pier Vincenzo Piazza, Paola Casolini, et al.. (1992). Stress-induced sensitization to amphetamine and morphine psychomotor effects depend on stress-induced corticosterone secretion. Brain Research. 598(1-2). 343–348. 185 indexed citations
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Piazza, Pier Vincenzo, et al.. (1992). Repeated corticosterone administration sensitizes the locomotor response to amphetamine. Brain Research. 584(1-2). 309–313. 118 indexed citations
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Maccari, Stefania, Pier Vincenzo Piazza, Pierre Mormède, et al.. (1991). Life events-induced decrease of corticosteroid type I receptors is associated with reduced corticosterone feedback and enhanced vulnerability to amphetamine self-administration. Brain Research. 547(1). 7–20. 75 indexed citations
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Taghzouti, Khalid, Michel Le Moal, & Hervé Simon. (1991). Suppression of noradrenergic innervation compensates for behavioral deficits induced by lesion of dopaminergic terminals in the lateral septum. Brain Research. 552(1). 124–128. 16 indexed citations
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Piazza, Pier Vincenzo, et al.. (1990). Stress- and pharmacologically-induced behavioral sensitization increases vulnerability to acquisition of amphetamine self-administration. Brain Research. 514(1). 22–26. 450 indexed citations
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Simon, Hervé & Michel Le Moal. (1988). Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons: Role in the General Economy of the Brain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 537(1). 235–253. 38 indexed citations
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Baud, Patrick, Willy Mayo, Michel Le Moal, & Hervé Simon. (1988). Locomotor hyperactivity in the rat after infusion of muscimol and [d-Ala2]Met-enkephalin into the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Possible interaction with cortical cholinergic projections. Brain Research. 452(1-2). 203–211. 33 indexed citations
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Taghzouti, Khalid, Michel Le Moal, & Hervé Simon. (1985). Enhanced frustrative nonreward effect following 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the lateral septum in the rat.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 99(6). 1066–1073. 13 indexed citations
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Koob, George F., Hervé Simon, J.P. Herman, & Michel Le Moal. (1984). Neuroleptic-like distruption of the conditioned avoidance response requires destruction of both the mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine systems. Brain Research. 303(2). 319–329. 97 indexed citations
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Simon, Hervé, Michel Le Moal, & Bernard Cardo. (1975). Self-stimulation in the dorsal pontine tegmentum in the rat. Behavioral Biology. 13(3). 339–347. 75 indexed citations

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