Marc Colonnier

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Marc Colonnier is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Colonnier has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Marc Colonnier's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers). Marc Colonnier is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers). Marc Colonnier collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Marc Colonnier's co-authors include Clermont Beaulieu, John R. OʼKusky, R. W. Guillery, Nicole Leclerc, Richard Hawkes, Ford F. Ebner, János Szabó, Gary D. Partlow, Toni Paladino and Ian R. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Marc Colonnier

34 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Synaptic patterns on different cell types in the different laminae of the cat visual cortex. An electron microscope study

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Marc Colonnier

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Eric Rinvik Norway

E. Fifková United States

S.H.C. Hendry United States

Theodor Blackstad Norway

D.J. Woodward United States

Ford F. Ebner United States

Françoise Condé France

J. Hámori Hungary

Julie H. Sandell United States

Nigel W. Daw United States

Eric Rinvik Norway

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Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1989). Number of neurons in individual laminae of areas 3B, 4γ, and 6aα of the cat cerebral cortex: A comparison with major visual areas. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 279(2). 228–234. 56 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1989). Number and size of neurons and synapses in the motor cortex of cats raised in different environmental complexities. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 289(1). 178–187. 42 indexed citations

Leclerc, Nicole, Philip Beesley, Ian R. Brown, et al.. (1989). Synaptophysin expression during synaptogenesis in the rat cerebellar cortex. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 280(2). 197–212. 190 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1989). Effects of the richness of the environment on six different cortical areas of the cat cerebral cortex. Brain Research. 495(2). 382–386. 16 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1988). Richness of environment affects the number of contacts formed by boutons containing flat vesicles but does not alter the number of these boutons per neuron. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 274(3). 347–356. 21 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1987). Effect of the richness of the environment on the cat visual cortex. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 266(4). 478–494. 80 indexed citations

Colonnier, Marc & Clermont Beaulieu. (1985). An empirical assessment of stereological formulae applied to the counting of synaptic disks in the cerebral cortex. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 231(2). 175–179. 104 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1985). A laminar analysis of the number of round‐asymmetrical and flat‐symmetrical synapses on spines, dendritic trunks, and cell bodies in area 17 of the cat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 231(2). 180–189. 198 indexed citations

Beaulieu, Clermont & Marc Colonnier. (1983). The number of neurons in the different laminae of the binocular and monocular regions of area 17 in the cat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 217(3). 337–344. 99 indexed citations

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OʼKusky, John R. & Marc Colonnier. (1982). Postnatal changes in the number of neurons and synapses in the visual cortex (area 17) of the macaque monkey: A stereological analysis in normal and monocularly deprived animals. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 210(3). 291–306. 145 indexed citations

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Smith, Leslie, Ford F. Ebner, & Marc Colonnier. (1980). The thalamocortical projection in Pseudemys turtles: A quantitative electron microscopic study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 190(3). 445–461. 49 indexed citations

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Tremblay, Jacques P., Marc Colonnier, & H. McLennan. (1979). An electron microscope study of synaptic contacts in the abdominal ganglion of Aplysia californica. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 188(3). 367–389. 26 indexed citations

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Ebner, Ford F. & Marc Colonnier. (1978). A quantitative study of synaptic patterns in turtle visual cortex. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 179(2). 263–276. 25 indexed citations

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Colonnier, Marc & Emilia Sas. (1978). An anterograde degeneration study of the tangential spread of axons in cortical areas 17 and 18 of the squirrel monkey (Saimiri Sciureus). The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 179(2). 245–262. 20 indexed citations

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Partlow, Gary D., Marc Colonnier, & János Szabó. (1977). Thalamic projections of the superior colliculus in the rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta. A light and electron microscopic study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 171(3). 285–317. 112 indexed citations

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Ebner, Ford F. & Marc Colonnier. (1975). Synaptic patterns in the visual cortex of turtle: An electron microscopic study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 160(1). 51–79. 62 indexed citations

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Guillery, R. W. & Marc Colonnier. (1970). Synaptic patterns in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the monkey. Cell and Tissue Research. 103(1). 90–108. 106 indexed citations

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Colonnier, Marc, et al.. (1969). The molecular layer of the adult cat cerebellar cortex after lesion of the parallel Fibers: An optic and electron microscope study. Brain Research. 16(2). 307–323. 50 indexed citations

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Colonnier, Marc. (1968). Synaptic patterns on different cell types in the different laminae of the cat visual cortex. An electron microscope study. Brain Research. 9(2). 268–287. 809 indexed citations breakdown →

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Colonnier, Marc. (1967). The Fine Structural Arrangement of the Cortex. Archives of Neurology. 16(6). 651–657. 24 indexed citations

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