Pierre Pollak

38.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
204 papers, 21.2k citations indexed

About

Pierre Pollak is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Pollak has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 21.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Neurology, 77 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 49 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Pollak's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (163 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (142 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (42 papers). Pierre Pollak is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (163 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (142 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (42 papers). Pierre Pollak collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United States. Pierre Pollak's co-authors include Alim‐Louis Benabid, Paul Krack, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Patricia Limousin, D. Hoffmann, Claire Ardouin, Alim Louis Benabid, Stéphan Chabardès, J Perret and A.L. Benabid and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Pollak

201 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

Five-Year Follow-up of Bilateral Stimulation of the... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2003 1998 1991 1995 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Five-Year Follow-up of Bilateral Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Advanced Parkinson's Disease
    2003 1.6k citations Paul Krack, Stéphan Chabardès et al. profile →
  2. Electrical Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Advanced Parkinson's Disease
    1998 1.4k citations Patricia Limousin, Paul Krack et al. profile →
  3. Long-term suppression of tremor by chronic stimulation of the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus
    1991 1.3k citations Alim Louis Benabid, Pierre Pollak et al. profile →
  4. Effect on parkinsonian signs and symptoms of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation
    1995 1.0k citations Patricia Limousin, Pierre Pollak et al. profile →
  5. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
    2008 958 citations Alim Louis Benabid, Stéphan Chabardès et al. profile →
  6. Combined (Thalamotomy and Stimulation) Stereotactic Surgery of the VIM Thalamic Nucleus for Bilateral Parkinson Disease
    1987 879 citations A.L. Benabid, Pierre Pollak et al. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery profile →
  7. Causal relation between α-synuclein locus duplication as a cause of familial Parkinson's disease
    2004 818 citations Ebba Lohmann, Yves Agid et al. profile →
  8. Bilateral Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus in Primary Generalized Dystonia
    2005 739 citations Jean‐Luc Houéto, Alim‐Louis Benabid et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Pollak France 64 18.9k 10.6k 4.0k 2.6k 1.1k 204 21.2k
Patricia Limousin United Kingdom 73 17.9k 0.9× 10.7k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 4.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 248 21.4k
Paul Krack France 68 16.4k 0.9× 7.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 637 0.6× 270 18.2k
Marwan Hariz United Kingdom 72 13.4k 0.7× 8.0k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 3.7k 1.4× 772 0.7× 252 16.2k
Alim‐Louis Benabid France 51 9.7k 0.5× 6.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 670 0.6× 123 12.8k
Marie Vidailhet France 68 13.3k 0.7× 6.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 3.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.7× 342 17.8k
María Rodríguez‐Oroz Spain 54 10.8k 0.6× 5.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 147 13.8k
Andreas Kupsch Germany 64 10.3k 0.5× 7.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 3.0k 1.2× 346 0.3× 227 12.7k
Clement Hamani Canada 61 9.3k 0.5× 6.6k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 4.5k 1.8× 893 0.8× 285 16.2k
Abdelhamid Benazzouz France 50 11.5k 0.6× 7.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 345 0.3× 132 13.1k
Andrea A. Kühn Germany 66 12.5k 0.7× 8.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 4.8k 1.9× 270 0.2× 316 15.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goetz, Laurent, Manik Bhattacharjee, Murielle Ferraye, et al.. (2018). Deep Brain Stimulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus Area in Parkinson Disease: MRI-Based Anatomoclinical Correlations and Optimal Target. Neurosurgery. 84(2). 506–518. 51 indexed citations
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Polosan, Mircea, Stéphan Chabardès, Thierry Bougerol, et al.. (2016). Long-term improvement in obsessions and compulsions with subthalamic stimulation. Neurology. 87(17). 1843–1844. 8 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Christian & Pierre Pollak. (2016). Optogenetically inspired deep brain stimulation: linking basic with clinical research. Swiss Medical Weekly. 146(1314). w14278–w14278. 11 indexed citations
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Kamtchum‐Tatuene, Joseph, Gilles Allali, Arnaud Saj̈, et al.. (2016). Incidence, Risk Factors and Anatomy of Peripersonal Visuospatial Neglect in Acute Stroke. European Neurology. 75(3-4). 157–163. 14 indexed citations
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Vingerhoets, François, Renaud Du Pasquier, Pierre R. Burkhard, & Pierre Pollak. (2015). Stimulation [b]cérébrale[/b] profonde et «révolution translationnelle» : le rôle central des cliniciens. Revue Médicale Suisse. 11(472). 955–956.
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Anheim, Mathieu, Alexis Elbaz, Suzanne Lesage, et al.. (2012). Penetrance of Parkinson disease in glucocerebrosidase gene mutation carriers. Neurology. 78(6). 417–420. 183 indexed citations
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Maillet, Audrey, Pierre Pollak, & Bettina Debû. (2012). Imaging gait disorders in parkinsonism: a review. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83(10). 986–993. 40 indexed citations
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Benabid, Alim Louis, Thomas Costecalde, Napoleon Torrès, et al.. (2011). Deep brain stimulation. Progress in brain research. 194. 71–82. 15 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Maria-João, Stéphane Thobois, Ebba Lohmann, et al.. (2009). A Multitracer Dopaminergic PET Study of Young-Onset Parkinsonian Patients With and Without Parkin Gene Mutations. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 50(8). 1244–1250. 29 indexed citations
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Ferraye, Murielle, Bettina Debû, Valérie Fraix, et al.. (2009). Effects of pedunculopontine nucleus area stimulation on gait disorders in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 133(1). 205–214. 346 indexed citations
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Lohmann, Ebba, Marie‐Laure Welter, Valérie Fraix, et al.. (2008). Are parkin patients particularly suited for deep‐brain stimulation?. Movement Disorders. 23(5). 740–743. 29 indexed citations
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Sauleau, Paul, Pierre Pollak, Paul Krack, et al.. (2008). Subthalamic stimulation improves orienting gaze movements in Parkinson’s disease. Clinical Neurophysiology. 119(8). 1857–1863. 34 indexed citations
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Broussolle, Emmanuel, Paul Krack, Stéphane Thobois, et al.. (2007). Contribution of Jules Froment to the study of Parkinsonian rigidity. Movement Disorders. 22(7). 909–914. 43 indexed citations
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Nowinski, Wiesław L., et al.. (2005). Statistical Analysis of 168 Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Implantations by Means of the Probabilistic Functional Atlas. Operative Neurosurgery. 57(suppl_4). ONS–319. 55 indexed citations
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Krack, Paul, et al.. (2001). Mirthful laughter induced by subthalamic nucleus stimulation. Movement Disorders. 16(5). 867–875. 219 indexed citations
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Gentil, Michèle, Pedro Ruiz, Pierre Pollak, & Alim‐Louis Benabid. (2000). Effect of Bilateral Deep-Brain Stimulation on Oral Control of Patients with Parkinsonism. European Neurology. 44(3). 147–152. 37 indexed citations
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Ardouin, Claire, Hélène Klinger, Patricia Limousin, et al.. (1999). The effect of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation on cognitive functions. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Limousin, Patricia, et al.. (1997). Positron emission tomography (PET) study of modulation of cerebral activity by subthalamic nucleus (STN) and internal globus pallidus (GPi) stimulation in Parkinson's disease. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Lavallée, S., et al.. (1993). Micro- and Semi-Microrecordings in the Ventral Thalamus of Human Patients and Monkeys with Dyskinesias. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 60(1-3). 146–146. 2 indexed citations
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Scherman, Daniel, Claire Desnos, François Darchen, et al.. (1989). Striatal dopamine deficiency in parkinson's disease: Role of aging. Annals of Neurology. 26(4). 551–557. 220 indexed citations

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