Najat Aourz

432 total citations
20 papers, 326 citations indexed

About

Najat Aourz is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Najat Aourz has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 326 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Najat Aourz's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Najat Aourz is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Najat Aourz collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and France. Najat Aourz's co-authors include Ilse Smolders, Yvette Michotte, Dimitri De Bundel, Ann Van Eeckhaut, Jeanelle Portelli, Ralph Clinckers, Katrien Maes, Luc Leybaert, Mathieu Vinken and Giulia Albertini and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cerebral Cortex and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Najat Aourz

19 papers receiving 324 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Najat Aourz Belgium 13 162 144 63 62 47 20 326
N. G. Levitskaya Russia 12 95 0.6× 106 0.7× 36 0.6× 85 1.4× 21 0.4× 50 345
О. В. Долотов Russia 11 117 0.7× 108 0.8× 37 0.6× 106 1.7× 18 0.4× 35 363
C. Masotto Italy 15 187 1.2× 124 0.9× 85 1.3× 64 1.0× 15 0.3× 32 553
Maureen Cabatic Austria 9 91 0.6× 126 0.9× 81 1.3× 56 0.9× 10 0.2× 13 440
Oleksandr Maximyuk Ukraine 12 161 1.0× 270 1.9× 54 0.9× 44 0.7× 16 0.3× 30 444
Dawn N. Albertson United States 4 171 1.1× 150 1.0× 38 0.6× 56 0.9× 11 0.2× 9 321
Uta Riechert Germany 11 338 2.1× 247 1.7× 41 0.7× 108 1.7× 20 0.4× 14 483
Silvia Gatti McArthur United Kingdom 4 79 0.5× 66 0.5× 22 0.3× 33 0.5× 33 0.7× 6 228
Lisbeth Elster Denmark 15 305 1.9× 269 1.9× 46 0.7× 46 0.7× 26 0.6× 25 500
Linda Console‐Bram United States 10 247 1.5× 170 1.2× 48 0.8× 61 1.0× 25 0.5× 13 563

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Najat Aourz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rajan, Nicholas, Emre Etlioglu, Mohammed Abderrafi Benotmane, et al.. (2025). Interneuron migration impairment and brain region-specific DNA damage response following irradiation during early neurogenesis in mice. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 118–118. 1 indexed citations
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Aourz, Najat, Surajit Sahu, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, et al.. (2023). The intracerebral injection of Aβ1-42 oligomers does not invariably alter seizure susceptibility in mice. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1239140–1239140. 1 indexed citations
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Barker‐Haliski, Melissa, Najat Aourz, Guy Nagels, et al.. (2022). Higher susceptibility to 6 Hz corneal kindling and lower responsiveness to antiseizure drugs in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Epilepsia. 63(10). 2703–2715. 17 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei‐Hsiang, Najat Aourz, Graham Coutts, et al.. (2022). Targeting firing rate neuronal homeostasis can prevent seizures. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 15(10). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Najat Aourz, Debby Mangelings, et al.. (2020). CE-MS metabolic profiling of volume-restricted plasma samples from an acute mouse model for epileptic seizures to discover potentially involved metabolomic features. Talanta. 217. 121107–121107. 14 indexed citations
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Aourz, Najat, Tatiana Afrikanova, RuAngelie Edrada‐Ebel, et al.. (2018). Identification of GSK-3 as a Potential Therapeutic Entry Point for Epilepsy. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10(4). 1992–2003. 37 indexed citations
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Albertini, Giulia, Najat Aourz, Dimitri De Bundel, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of astroglial connexin43 hemichannels with TAT‐Gap19 exerts anticonvulsant effects in rodents. Glia. 66(8). 1788–1804. 48 indexed citations
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Bentea, Eduard, Jacqueline Bayliss, Thomas Demuyser, et al.. (2017). Caloric Restriction Protects against Lactacystin-Induced Degeneration of Dopamine Neurons Independent of the Ghrelin Receptor. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18(3). 558–558. 7 indexed citations
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Bournonville, Catherine de, Najat Aourz, Ann Van Eeckhaut, et al.. (2016). Preoptic glutamate and estradiol release during male sexual behavior. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations
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Morelli, Giovanni, Ariel Ávila, Stylianos Ravanidis, et al.. (2016). Cerebral Cortical Circuitry Formation Requires Functional Glycine Receptors. Cerebral Cortex. 27(3). bhw025–bhw025. 33 indexed citations
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Aourz, Najat, et al.. (2016). Anticonvulsant effect of a ghrelin receptor agonist in 6Hz corneally kindled mice. Epilepsia. 57(9). e195–9. 13 indexed citations
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Aourz, Najat, Jeanelle Portelli, Dimitri De Bundel, et al.. (2014). Cortistatin‐14 Mediates its Anticonvulsant Effects Via sst2 and sst3 but Not Ghrelin Receptors. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 20(7). 662–670. 12 indexed citations
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Bentea, Eduard, Najat Aourz, Philippe De Deurwaerdère, et al.. (2014). NMDA receptor antagonism potentiates the l-DOPA-induced extracellular dopamine release in the subthalamic nucleus of hemi-parkinson rats. Neuropharmacology. 85. 198–205. 15 indexed citations
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Portelli, Jeanelle, Leen Thielemans, Luc Ver Donck, et al.. (2012). Inactivation of the Constitutively Active Ghrelin Receptor Attenuates Limbic Seizure Activity in Rodents. Neurotherapeutics. 9(3). 658–672. 29 indexed citations
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Aourz, Najat, Dimitri De Bundel, Ralph Clinckers, et al.. (2011). Rat hippocampal somatostatin sst3 and sst4 receptors mediate anticonvulsive effects in vivo: Indications of functional interactions with sst2 receptors. Neuropharmacology. 61(8). 1327–1333. 22 indexed citations
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Eeckhaut, Ann Van, Katrien Maes, Najat Aourz, Ilse Smolders, & Yvette Michotte. (2011). The Absolute Quantification of Endogenous Levels of Brain Neuropeptides In Vivo Using LC–MS/MS. Bioanalysis. 3(11). 1271–1285. 29 indexed citations
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Portelli, Jeanelle, Najat Aourz, Luc Ver Donck, Yvette Michotte, & Ilse Smolders. (2010). Anticonvulsant effects of ghrelin receptor ligands against pilocarpine-induced limbic seizures. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 4 indexed citations
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Bundel, Dimitri De, Najat Aourz, Foteini Kiagiadaki, et al.. (2010). Hippocampal sst1 receptors are autoreceptors and do not affect seizures in rats. Neuroreport. 21(4). 254–258. 12 indexed citations
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Portelli, Jeanelle, Najat Aourz, Dimitri De Bundel, et al.. (2009). Intrastrain differences in seizure susceptibility, pharmacological response and basal neurochemistry of Wistar rats. Epilepsy Research. 87(2-3). 234–246. 25 indexed citations

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