Naguib Mechawar

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Naguib Mechawar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Naguib Mechawar has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 34 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Naguib Mechawar's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (34 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (31 papers). Naguib Mechawar is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (34 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (31 papers). Naguib Mechawar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Naguib Mechawar's co-authors include Gustavo Turecki, Susana G. Torres‐Platas, Ian Mahar, Benoît Labonté, Laurent Descarries, Cristiana Cruceanu, Volodymyr Yerko, Rémi Quirion, Maria Antonietta Davoli and Francis Rodriguez Bambico and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Naguib Mechawar

152 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Stress, serotonin, and hippocampal neurogenesis in relation to depression and antidepressant effects

2013 504 citations Ian Mahar, Naguib Mechawar et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naguib Mechawar Canada	51	3.4k	2.5k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	155	9.1k
Massimo Gennarelli Italy	54	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	244	9.4k
Etienne Sibille United States	54	3.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	879 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	177	9.5k
Johann Steiner Germany	55	2.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	253	10.4k
Andrew J. Dwork United States	50	3.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	140	10.4k
Yogesh Dwivedi United States	55	3.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	623 0.3×	2.2k 1.3×	174	10.4k
Hans‐Gert Bernstein Germany	51	3.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	254	10.3k
Jos Prickaerts Netherlands	62	5.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.4×	3.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	239	11.7k
William Renthal United States	31	4.5k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	549 0.3×	1.8k 1.1×	52	9.3k
Bernhard Bogerts Germany	44	1.6k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	132	7.1k
Synthia H. Mellon United States	57	3.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	689 0.4×	3.1k 1.8×	157	12.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rossetti, A.C., Josef Frank, Frank Stein, et al.. (2025). A multi-omics and cell type-specific characterization of the ventral striatum in human cocaine use disorder. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115332–115332.

Belliveau, Claudia, Reza Rahimian, Maria Antonietta Davoli, et al.. (2024). Evidence of microglial involvement in the childhood abuse-associated increase in perineuronal nets in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 124. 321–334. 2 indexed citations

Belliveau, Claudia, Reza Rahimian, Maria Antonietta Davoli, et al.. (2024). Chondroitin sulfate glycan sulfation patterns influence histochemical labeling of perineuronal nets: a comparative study of interregional distribution in human and mouse brain. Glycobiology. 34(8). 8 indexed citations

Rahimian, Reza, Maria Antonietta Davoli, Natalie Matosin, et al.. (2024). Spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the human brain. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 49(5). E319–E333. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuan, Yida Pan, Minzhen Zhu, et al.. (2023). Enhancing HIF-1α–P2X2 signaling in dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons promotes psychological resilience. Redox Biology. 69. 103005–103005. 4 indexed citations

Rahimian, Reza, et al.. (2022). Targeting microglia–oligodendrocyte crosstalk in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. Drug Discovery Today. 27(9). 2562–2573. 17 indexed citations

Lacombe, R. J. Scott, et al.. (2022). Quantitative and carbon isotope ratio analysis of fatty acids isolated from human brain hemispheres. Journal of Neurochemistry. 164(1). 44–56. 8 indexed citations

Rahimian, Reza, Marina Wakid, Liam Anuj O’Leary, & Naguib Mechawar. (2021). The emerging tale of microglia in psychiatric disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 131. 1–29. 68 indexed citations

Dudek, Katarzyna, Laurence Dion‐Albert, Manon Lebel, et al.. (2020). Molecular adaptations of the blood–brain barrier promote stress resilience vs. depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 3326–3336. 242 indexed citations

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Pizzagalli, Diego A., Sabina Berretta, Dustin Wooten, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Striatal Dopamine Transporter Binding in Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. 76(8). 854–854. 72 indexed citations

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Cao, Xiong, Yuanning Zeng, Minzhen Zhu, et al.. (2019). Astrocytic Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Signaling in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Modulates Depressive-like Behaviors. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(23). 4606–4623. 62 indexed citations

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Aguilar‐Valles, Argel, Nabila Haji, Danilo De Gregorio, et al.. (2018). Translational control of depression-like behavior via phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2459–2459. 63 indexed citations

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Ramoz, Nicolás, Jean‐Marie Moalic, Florence Noble, et al.. (2017). Netrin G1: its downregulation in the nucleus accumbens of cocaine‐conditioned mice and genetic association in human cocaine dependence. Addiction Biology. 23(1). 448–460. 3 indexed citations

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Mahar, Ian, Siddhartha Mondragón‐Rodríguez, Chelsea Cavanagh, et al.. (2017). Phenotypic Alterations in Hippocampal NPY- and PV-Expressing Interneurons in a Presymptomatic Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 8. 327–327. 55 indexed citations

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Mahar, Ian, Maria Antonietta Davoli, Jean‐Guy Chabot, et al.. (2015). Regional and sub-regional differences in hippocampal GABAergic neuronal vulnerability in the TgCRND8 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 7. 30–30. 59 indexed citations

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López, Juan Pablo, Raymond S. Lim, Cristiana Cruceanu, et al.. (2014). miR-1202 is a primate-specific and brain-enriched microRNA involved in major depression and antidepressant treatment. Nature Medicine. 20(7). 764–768. 236 indexed citations

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Cyr, Marilyn, Maxime Parent, Naguib Mechawar, et al.. (2013). PET imaging with [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol ([18F]FEOBV) following selective lesion of cholinergic pedunculopontine tegmental neurons in rat. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 41(1). 96–101. 19 indexed citations

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Davoli, Maria Antonietta, et al.. (2012). Amygdalar expression of proteins associated with neuroplasticity in major depression and suicide. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 47(3). 384–390. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Gary Gang, Laura M. Fiori, Luc Moquin, et al.. (2010). Evidence of Altered Polyamine Concentrations in Cerebral Cortex of Suicide Completers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(7). 1477–1484. 46 indexed citations

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Mechawar, Naguib, Armen Saghatelyan, Régis Grailhe, et al.. (2004). Nicotinic receptors regulate the survival of newborn neurons in the adult olfactory bulb. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(26). 9822–9826. 87 indexed citations

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