Maria Bilen

846 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 569 citations indexed

About

Maria Bilen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Bilen has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 569 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 2 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Maria Bilen's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers). Maria Bilen is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers). Maria Bilen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Lebanon. Maria Bilen's co-authors include Nour Barmo, Joseph S. Stephan, Sama F. Sleiman, Mohamad Khalifeh, Patrick Nasrallah, Nabil Karnib, Lauretta El Hayek, Nancy Emmanuel, Victor Zibara and Edwina Abou Haidar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology and Psychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Maria Bilen

8 papers receiving 562 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.

  1. Lactate mediates the effects of exercise on learning and memory through SIRT1-dependent activation of hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
    2019 393 citations Lauretta El Hayek, Mohamad Khalifeh et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers

Maria Bilen
Patrick Nasrallah Lebanon
Nour Barmo Lebanon
Nabil Karnib Lebanon
Nancy Emmanuel Lebanon
Hye-Sang Park South Korea
Shujie Lou China
Joe Younes Lebanon
Gisele Agustini Lovatel Brazil
Sang-Seo Park South Korea
Ismael Valladolid‐Acebes Sweden
Patrick Nasrallah Lebanon
Maria Bilen
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Countries citing papers authored by Maria Bilen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Bilen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Bilen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Bilen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Bilen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maria Bilen. Maria Bilen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Venø, Morten T., Junyi Su, Edward Morrissey, et al.. (2024). Distinct fingerprints of tRNA-derived small non-coding RNA in animal models of neurodegeneration. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 17(11). 4 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Mohamed, Maria Bilen, Yubing Liu, et al.. (2024). The integrated stress response promotes neural stem cell survival under conditions of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration. Aging Cell. 23(7). e14165–e14165. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Yubing, Maria Bilen, Richard A. Harris, et al.. (2023). Early postnatal defects in neurogenesis in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Death and Disease. 14(2). 138–138. 12 indexed citations
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Bilen, Maria, et al.. (2022). The integrated stress response as a key pathway downstream of mitochondrial dysfunction. Current Opinion in Physiology. 27. 100555–100555. 18 indexed citations
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Bilen, Maria, Nour Barmo, Edwina Abou Haidar, et al.. (2020). Methionine mediates resilience to chronic social defeat stress by epigenetic regulation of NMDA receptor subunit expression. Psychopharmacology. 237(10). 3007–3020. 5 indexed citations
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Anilkumar, Ujval, Mireille Khacho, Alexanne Cuillerier, et al.. (2020). MCL-1Matrix maintains neuronal survival by enhancing mitochondrial integrity and bioenergetic capacity under stress conditions. Cell Death and Disease. 11(5). 321–321. 20 indexed citations
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Karnib, Nabil, Lauretta El Hayek, Patrick Nasrallah, et al.. (2019). Lactate is an antidepressant that mediates resilience to stress by modulating the hippocampal levels and activity of histone deacetylases. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(6). 1152–1162. 106 indexed citations
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Hayek, Lauretta El, Mohamad Khalifeh, Victor Zibara, et al.. (2019). Lactate mediates the effects of exercise on learning and memory through SIRT1-dependent activation of hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Journal of Neuroscience. 39(13). 1661–18. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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