M. Tsacopoulos

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

M. Tsacopoulos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Tsacopoulos has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in M. Tsacopoulos's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (44 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). M. Tsacopoulos is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (44 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). M. Tsacopoulos collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. M. Tsacopoulos's co-authors include Pierre J. Magistretti, Serge Poitry, Jonathan A. Coles, Carol L. Poitry‐Yamate, Constantin J. Pournaras, C. Pournaras, Kevin Strommer, Philippe Perrottet, P Leuenberger and Peter R. MacLeish and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

M. Tsacopoulos

85 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Metabolic coupling between glia and neurons

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Tsacopoulos Switzerland	32	1.8k	1.8k	931	563	512	87	3.6k
Donald G. Puro United States	41	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	824 0.9×	464 0.8×	460 0.9×	87	4.0k
Janet C. Blanks United States	31	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.8×	424 0.8×	64	4.0k
Serguei N. Skatchkov Puerto Rico	28	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	840 0.9×	388 0.7×	281 0.5×	77	3.7k
B. Ehinger Sweden	44	3.3k 1.8×	3.4k 1.9×	599 0.6×	266 0.5×	533 1.0×	147	4.9k
Barbara J. McLaughlin United States	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	313 0.3×	377 0.7×	493 1.0×	72	2.6k
Mike Francke Germany	28	1.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	829 1.5×	337 0.7×	66	3.8k
Per Ekström Sweden	38	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	918 1.0×	183 0.3×	296 0.6×	105	4.0k
Berndt Ehinger Sweden	32	2.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	590 0.6×	314 0.6×	207 0.4×	121	3.4k
Charlotte E. Remé Switzerland	39	1.5k 0.8×	3.9k 2.1×	2.1k 2.2×	519 0.9×	309 0.6×	60	5.5k
Nicolás Cuenca Spain	47	1.9k 1.1×	3.9k 2.1×	2.2k 2.3×	828 1.5×	345 0.7×	174	5.7k

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Tsacopoulos, M., Carol L. Poitry‐Yamate, Peter R. MacLeish, & Serge Poitry. (1998). Trafficking of molecules and metabolic signals in the retina. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 17(3). 429–442. 73 indexed citations

Tsacopoulos, M. & A.-L. Veuthey. (1993). The Nutritive Function of Glia in a Crystal-Like Nervous Tissue: The Retina of the Honeybee Drone. Developmental Neuroscience. 15(3-5). 336–342. 14 indexed citations

Brazitikos, Periklis, Constantin J. Pournaras, M. Tsacopoulos, & J.L. Cruz. (1992). Facteurs métaboliques dans la régulation de la vasomotricité au niveau de la rétine interne. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde. 200(5). 502–503. 6 indexed citations

Poitry‐Yamate, Carol L. & M. Tsacopoulos. (1992). Glucose metabolism in freshly isolated Müller glial cells from a mammalian retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 320(2). 257–266. 52 indexed citations

Brazitikos, Periklis & M. Tsacopoulos. (1991). Metabolic signaling between photoreceptors and glial cells in the retina of the drone (Apis mellifera). Brain Research. 567(1). 33–41. 17 indexed citations

Fathi, Marc, et al.. (1991). Separation of nucleotides in homogenates of octopus retina by ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography and identification by mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 563(2). 356–362. 5 indexed citations

Poitry‐Yamate, Carol L. & M. Tsacopoulos. (1991). Glial (Müller) cells take up and phosphorylate [3H]2-deoxy-d-glucose in a mammalian retina. Neuroscience Letters. 122(2). 241–244. 37 indexed citations

Widmer, H., Serge Poitry, & M. Tsacopoulos. (1990). The increase of oxygen consumption after a flash of light is tightly coupled to sodium pumping in the lateral ocellus of barnacle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 96(1). 83–108. 1 indexed citations

Pournaras, Constantin J., Charles E. Riva, M. Tsacopoulos, & Kevin Strommer. (1989). Diffusion of O2 in the retina of anesthetized miniature pigs in normoxia and hyperoxia. Experimental Eye Research. 49(3). 347–360. 123 indexed citations

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Fein, Alan M. & M. Tsacopoulos. (1988). Light-induced oxygen consumption in Limulus ventral photoreceptors does not result from a rise in the intracellular sodium concentration.. The Journal of General Physiology. 91(4). 515–527. 15 indexed citations

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Jones, G J & M. Tsacopoulos. (1987). The response to monochromatic light flashes of the oxygen consumption of honeybee drone photoreceptors.. The Journal of General Physiology. 89(5). 791–813. 12 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M. & Serge Poitry. (1982). Kinetics of oxygen consumption after a single flash of light in photoreceptors of the drone (Apis mellifera).. The Journal of General Physiology. 80(1). 19–55. 52 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M., Serge Poitry, & A. Borsellino. (1981). Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in the superfused retina of the drone (Apis mellifera) in darkness.. The Journal of General Physiology. 77(6). 601–628. 58 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M.. (1979). [Role of metabolic factors in the regulation of retinal blood minute volume].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 39. 233–73. 5 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M., et al.. (1978). [The role of the glial cells in the maintenance of the ionic environment of the photoreceptors of the retina of the drone (author's transl)].. PubMed. 172(4). 449–51. 1 indexed citations

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Pournaras, C. & M. Tsacopoulos. (1978). [The metabolic regulation of the retinal blood flow and the role of prostaglandins (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 172(4). 445–8. 2 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M., et al.. (1978). [Metabolic changes in the retina after experimental microembolism in the miniature pig (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 172(4). 451–60. 5 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M., et al.. (1977). A method of making fine double-barrelled potassium-sensitive micro-electrodes for intracellular recording [proceedings].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 270(1). 12P–14P. 16 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M.. (1977). Physiopathologie des thromboses artérielles et veineuses rétiniennes. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde. 170(2). 1 indexed citations

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Tsacopoulos, M.. (1977). [The pathophysiology of retinal artery and vein thromboses (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 170(2). 192–8. 1 indexed citations

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