Pierre-Yves Plaçais

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Pierre-Yves Plaçais is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre-Yves Plaçais has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Pierre-Yves Plaçais's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (6 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers). Pierre-Yves Plaçais is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (6 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers). Pierre-Yves Plaçais collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Pierre-Yves Plaçais's co-authors include Thomas Préat, Hiromu Tanimoto, Yoshinori Aso, Gerald M. Rubin, Anja Friedrich, Igor Siwanowicz, Séverine Trannoy, Nobuhiro Yamagata, Chang Liu and Barret D. Pfeiffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pierre-Yves Plaçais

24 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

A subset of dopamine neurons signals reward for odour memory in Drosophila

2012 402 citations Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Nobuhiro Yamagata et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre-Yves Plaçais France	15	1.4k	635	424	337	280	26	1.7k
Igor Siwanowicz United States	19	1.5k 1.1×	779 1.2×	570 1.3×	391 1.2×	456 1.6×	32	2.0k
Guillaume Isabel France	17	1.1k 0.8×	634 1.0×	538 1.3×	356 1.1×	219 0.8×	35	1.6k
Thomas Riemensperger Germany	19	1.3k 0.9×	544 0.9×	349 0.8×	321 1.0×	337 1.2×	26	1.6k
Ilona C Grunwald Kadow Germany	21	1.6k 1.2×	656 1.0×	384 0.9×	635 1.9×	395 1.4×	40	2.2k
Andreas S. Thum Germany	29	1.9k 1.4×	863 1.4×	551 1.3×	511 1.5×	351 1.3×	62	2.3k
J. Steven de Belle United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	744 1.2×	587 1.4×	376 1.1×	441 1.6×	36	1.9k
Florence Friggi‐Grelin France	9	1.5k 1.1×	735 1.2×	512 1.2×	523 1.6×	327 1.2×	9	1.8k
Wolf Huetteroth Germany	21	1.7k 1.2×	912 1.4×	667 1.6×	469 1.4×	203 0.7×	30	1.9k
Suewei Lin Taiwan	17	1.1k 0.8×	453 0.7×	311 0.7×	220 0.7×	370 1.3×	27	1.3k
Cory M. Root United States	11	1.5k 1.1×	544 0.9×	355 0.8×	341 1.0×	352 1.3×	19	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre-Yves Plaçais

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, et al.. (2025). Astrocyte-to-neuron H2O2 signalling supports long-term memory formation in Drosophila and is impaired in an Alzheimer’s disease model. Nature Metabolism. 7(2). 321–335. 2 indexed citations

Pavlowsky, Alice, Ruchira Basu, David Gény, et al.. (2025). Neuronal fatty acid oxidation fuels memory after intensive learning in Drosophila. Nature Metabolism. 7(12). 2438–2450.

Pavlowsky, Alice, David Gény, Philippe Bun, et al.. (2024). Spaced training activates Miro/Milton-dependent mitochondrial dynamics in neuronal axons to sustain long-term memory. Current Biology. 34(9). 1904–1917.e6. 9 indexed citations

Préat, Thomas, et al.. (2024). PKCδ is an activator of neuronal mitochondrial metabolism that mediates the spacing effect on memory consolidation. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations

Basu, Ruchira, Thomas Préat, & Pierre-Yves Plaçais. (2024). Glial metabolism versatility regulates mushroom body–driven behavioral output inDrosophila. Learning & Memory. 31(5). a053823–a053823.

Lapraz, François, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Delphine Cérézo, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric activity of NetrinB controls laterality of the Drosophila brain. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1052–1052. 8 indexed citations

Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, et al.. (2023). Glycolysis-derived alanine from glia fuels neuronal mitochondria for memory in Drosophila. Nature Metabolism. 5(11). 2002–2019. 30 indexed citations

Pascual, Alberto, et al.. (2022). Glia fuel neurons with locally synthesized ketone bodies to sustain memory under starvation. Nature Metabolism. 4(2). 213–224. 69 indexed citations

Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, et al.. (2021). Glial glucose fuels the neuronal pentose phosphate pathway for long-term memory. Cell Reports. 36(8). 109620–109620. 40 indexed citations

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, et al.. (2020). DrosophilaMiddle-Term Memory: Amnesiac is Required for PKA Activation in the Mushroom Bodies, a Function Modulated by Neprilysin 1. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(21). 4219–4229. 8 indexed citations

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Hadjieconomou, Dafni, George A. King, Pedro Gaspar, et al.. (2020). Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction. Nature. 587(7834). 455–459. 61 indexed citations

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Hudry, Bruno, Alessandro Mineo, Pedro Gaspar, et al.. (2019). Sex Differences in Intestinal Carbohydrate Metabolism Promote Food Intake and Sperm Maturation. Cell. 178(4). 901–918.e16. 104 indexed citations

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Pavlowsky, Alice, et al.. (2018). A GABAergic Feedback Shapes Dopaminergic Input on the Drosophila Mushroom Body to Promote Appetitive Long-Term Memory. Current Biology. 28(11). 1783–1793.e4. 51 indexed citations

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Scheunemann, Lisa, et al.. (2018). Dunce Phosphodiesterase Acts as a Checkpoint for Drosophila Long-Term Memory in a Pair of Serotonergic Neurons. Neuron. 98(2). 350–365.e5. 47 indexed citations

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Trannoy, Séverine, et al.. (2015). Two Independent Mushroom Body Output Circuits Retrieve the Six Discrete Components of Drosophila Aversive Memory. Cell Reports. 11(8). 1280–1292. 106 indexed citations

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Yamagata, Nobuhiro, Toshiharu Ichinose, Yoshinori Aso, et al.. (2014). Distinct dopamine neurons mediate reward signals for short- and long-term memories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(2). 578–583. 164 indexed citations

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves & Thomas Préat. (2013). To Favor Survival Under Food Shortage, the Brain Disables Costly Memory. Science. 339(6118). 440–442. 135 indexed citations

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, Séverine Trannoy, Anja Friedrich, Hiromu Tanimoto, & Thomas Préat. (2013). Two Pairs of Mushroom Body Efferent Neurons Are Required for Appetitive Long-Term Memory Retrieval in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 5(3). 769–780. 77 indexed citations

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, Séverine Trannoy, Guillaume Isabel, et al.. (2012). Slow oscillations in two pairs of dopaminergic neurons gate long-term memory formation in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 15(4). 592–599. 119 indexed citations

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Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, Yoshinori Aso, Igor Siwanowicz, et al.. (2011). Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 14(7). 903–910. 181 indexed citations

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