Katia Befort

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Katia Befort is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katia Befort has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Katia Befort's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (34 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers). Katia Befort is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (34 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers). Katia Befort collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Katia Befort's co-authors include Brigitte L. Kieffer, Jérôme A. J. Becker, Clifford J. Woolf, Julie Le Merrer, Claire Gavériaux‐Ruff, Frédéric Simonin, Ru‐Rong Ji, Dominique Filliol, Rafaël Maldonado and Olga Valverde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Katia Befort

56 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Loss of morphine-induced analgesia, reward effect and withdrawal symptoms in mice lacking the µ-opioid-receptor gene

1996 1.4k citations Hans W. D. Matthes, Rafaël Maldonado et al. Nature profile →
Reward Processing by the Opioid System in the Brain

2009 756 citations Julie Le Merrer, Jérôme A. J. Becker et al. Physiological Reviews profile →
Mice deficient for δ- and μ-opioid receptors exhibit opposing alterations of emotional responses

2000 550 citations Dominique Filliol, Sandy Ghozland et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The rostromedial tegmental nucleus gates fat overconsumption through ventral tegmental area output in male rats 2024 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·(unknown), Katia Befort, Romain Bourdy	1
2	Hippocampal mu opioid receptors are modulated following cocaine self‐administration in rat 2021 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Romain Bourdy, Dominique Filliol, Pascal Romieu, Katia Befort	4
3	Binge sucrose-induced neuroadaptations: A focus on the endocannabinoid system 2021 ·Appetite ·(unknown), Romain Bourdy, Dominique Filliol, (unknown), (unknown), Yannick Goumon, Mary C. Olmstead, Katia Befort	11
4	Distinct Mu, Delta, and Kappa Opioid Receptor Mechanisms Underlie Low Sociability and Depressive-Like Behaviors During Heroin Abstinence 2014 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Pierre-Éric Lutz, Gülebru Ayrancı, Paul Chu Sin Chung, Audrey Matifas, Pascale Koebel, Dominique Filliol, Katia Befort, Abdel‐Mouttalib Ouagazzal, Brigitte L. Kieffer	65
5	Dissociation of heroin-induced emotional dysfunction from psychomotor activation and physical dependence among inbred mouse strains 2014 ·Psychopharmacology ·Gülebru Ayrancı, Katia Befort, Laurence Lalanne, Brigitte L. Kieffer, Pierre-Éric Lutz	7
6	Delta opioid receptors expressed in forebrain GABAergic neurons are responsible for SNC80-induced seizures 2014 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Paul Chu Sin Chung, (unknown), Aline Stéphan, Audrey Matifas, Grégory Scherrer, Emmanuel Darcq, Katia Befort, Brigitte L. Kieffer	54
7	15 years of genetic approaches in vivo for addiction research: Opioid receptor and peptide gene knockout in mouse models of drug abuse 2013 ·Neuropharmacology ·(unknown), Brigitte L. Kieffer, Katia Befort	114
8	Reward Processing by the Opioid System in the Brain breakdown → 2009 ·Physiological Reviews ·Julie Le Merrer, Jérôme A. J. Becker, Katia Befort, Brigitte L. Kieffer	756
9	Mu‐opioid receptor activation induces transcriptional plasticity in the central extended amygdala 2008 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Katia Befort, Dominique Filliol, (unknown), Emmanuel Darcq, Audrey Matifas, Jean Muller, Aurélie Lardenois, Christelle Thibault-Carpentier, Doulaye Dembélé, Julie Le Merrer, Jérôme A. J. Becker, Olivier Poch, Brigitte L. Kieffer	65
10	Identification of novel striatal genes by expression profiling in adult mouse brain 2007 ·Neuroscience ·(unknown), Katia Befort, Jérôme A. J. Becker, Dominique Filliol, Christine Bôle‐Feysot, (unknown), Bernard Jost, Marc Koch, Brigitte L. Kieffer	35
11	Peripheral axonal injury results in reduced μ opioid receptor pre- and post-synaptic action in the spinal cord☆ 2005 ·Pain ·Tatsuro Kohno, Ru‐Rong Ji, Nobuko Ito, Andrew Allchorne, Katia Befort, Laurie A. Karchewski, Clifford J. Woolf	149
12	Ionotropic and Metabotropic Receptors, Protein Kinase A, Protein Kinase C, and Src Contribute to C-Fiber-Induced ERK Activation and cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Phosphorylation in Dorsal Horn Neurons, Leading to Central Sensitization 2004 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Tatsuro Kohno, Zhi-Ye Zhuang, Gary J. Brenner, Haibin Wang, C. van der Meer, Katia Befort, Clifford J. Woolf, Ru‐Rong Ji	315
13	A Single Nucleotide Polymorphic Mutation in the Human μ-Opioid Receptor Severely Impairs Receptor Signaling 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Katia Befort, Dominique Filliol, Fabien M. Décaillot, Claire Gavériaux‐Ruff, Margret R. Hoehe, Brigitte L. Kieffer	205
14	Mice deficient for δ- and μ-opioid receptors exhibit opposing alterations of emotional responses breakdown → 2000 ·Nature Genetics ·Dominique Filliol, Sandy Ghozland, Johanna Chluba, Miguel Martín, Hans W. D. Matthes, Frédéric Simonin, Katia Befort, Claire Gavériaux‐Ruff, Andrée Dierich, Marianne LeMeur, Olga Valverde, Rafaël Maldonado, Brigitte L. Kieffer	550
15	Constitutive Activation of the δ Opioid Receptor by Mutations in Transmembrane Domains III and VII 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Katia Befort, (unknown), Dominique Filliol, (unknown), Brigitte L. Kieffer	71
16	Detection of opioid receptor mRNA by RT-PCR reveals alternative splicing for the δ- and κ-opioid receptors 1997 ·Molecular Brain Research ·Claire Gavériaux‐Ruff, Jean Peluso, Katia Befort, Frédéric Simonin, (unknown), Brigitte L. Kieffer	48
17	Loss of morphine-induced analgesia, reward effect and withdrawal symptoms in mice lacking the µ-opioid-receptor gene breakdown → 1996 ·Nature ·Hans W. D. Matthes, Rafaël Maldonado, Frédéric Simonin, Olga Valverde, (unknown), Ian Kitchen, Katia Befort, Andrée Dierich, Marianne Le Meur, Pascal Dollé, Eleni T. Tzavara, Jacques Hanoune, Bernárd P. Roques, Brigitte L. Kieffer	1414
18	[35S]GTPγS binding: A tool to evaluate functional activity of a cloned opioid receptor transiently expressed in COS cells 1996 ·Neurochemical Research ·Katia Befort, (unknown), Brigitte L. Kieffer	45
19	The conserved aspartate residue in the third putative transmembrane domain of the delta-opioid receptor is not the anionic counterpart for cationic opiate binding but is a constituent of the receptor binding site. 1996 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Katia Befort, (unknown), Suzanne B. Bausch, Charles Chavkin, (unknown), Brigitte L. Kieffer	95
20	kappa-Opioid receptor in humans: cDNA and genomic cloning, chromosomal assignment, functional expression, pharmacology, and expression pattern in the central nervous system. 1995 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Frédéric Simonin, Claire Gavériaux‐Ruff, Katia Befort, Harald Matthes, Béatrice Lannes, Gabriele Micheletti, Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi, (unknown), Bertrand Bloch, Brigitte L. Kieffer	181

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