Richard Robitaille

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Robitaille is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Robitaille has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Richard Robitaille's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (42 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (27 papers). Richard Robitaille is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (42 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (27 papers). Richard Robitaille collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Richard Robitaille's co-authors include Milton P. Charlton, Jean‐Claude Lacaille, Giorgio Carmignoto, Andrea Volterra, Philip G. Haydon, Stéphane H. R. Oliet, Joanne Vallée, Alfonso Araque, Daniel Auld and Elizabeth M. Adler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Richard Robitaille

93 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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Richard Robitaille

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Masahiro Fukaya Japan

William A. Staines Canada

George W. Huntley United States

Jordi Alberch Spain

Carola A. Haas Germany

Gerald Seifert Germany

Christian Steinhäuser Germany

David Stellwagen Canada

Dan Goldowitz United States

Michael Dragunow New Zealand

Masahiro Fukaya Japan

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Cefis, Marina, Jean‐Philippe Leduc‐Gaudet, Pierrette Gaudreau, et al.. (2025). Experimental Evidence Against Taurine Deficiency as a Driver of Aging in Humans. Aging Cell. 24(10). e70191–e70191.

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Fiore, Frédéric Di, Nancy Larochelle, Danielle Arbour, et al.. (2024). Reversal of cognitive deficits in FUSR521G amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice by arimoclomol and a class I histone deacetylase inhibitor independent of heat shock protein induction. Neurotherapeutics. 21(5). e00388–e00388. 3 indexed citations

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Gould, Thomas W., Chien‐Ping Ko, Hugh J. Willison, & Richard Robitaille. (2024). Perisynaptic Schwann Cells: Guardians of Neuromuscular Junction Integrity and Function in Health and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 17(1). a041362–a041362. 4 indexed citations

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Martineau, Éric, Adriana Di Polo, Christine Vande Velde, & Richard Robitaille. (2020). Sex-Specific Differences in Motor-Unit Remodeling in a Mouse Model of ALS. eNeuro. 7(1). ENEURO.0388–19.2020. 14 indexed citations

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Auclair, François, et al.. (2018). GABAergic modulation of olfactomotor transmission in lampreys. PLoS Biology. 16(10). e2005512–e2005512. 16 indexed citations

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Patten, Scott B., Dina Aggad, J. Ricardo Martinez, et al.. (2017). Neuroleptics as therapeutic compounds stabilizing neuromuscular transmission in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. JCI Insight. 2(22). 81 indexed citations

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Morquette, Philippe, Dorly Verdier, James Féthière, et al.. (2015). An astrocyte-dependent mechanism for neuronal rhythmogenesis. Nature Neuroscience. 18(6). 844–854. 120 indexed citations

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Gaub, Perrine, Deeann Wallis, Roxanne Larivière, et al.. (2015). Vapb/Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 knock-in mice display slowly progressive motor behavior defects accompanying ER stress and autophagic response. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(22). 6515–6529. 44 indexed citations

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Darabid, Houssam, Danielle Arbour, & Richard Robitaille. (2013). Glial Cells Decipher Synaptic Competition at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(4). 1297–1313. 54 indexed citations

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Panatier, Aude, Joanne Vallée, Michael Haber, et al.. (2011). Astrocytes Are Endogenous Regulators of Basal Transmission at Central Synapses. Cell. 146(5). 785–798. 476 indexed citations

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Rousse, Isabelle, et al.. (2010). Synapse–glia interactions are governed by synaptic and intrinsic glial properties. Neuroscience. 167(3). 621–632. 22 indexed citations

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Todd, Keith J., et al.. (2006). Glial cells in synaptic plasticity. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 99(2-3). 75–83. 53 indexed citations

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Haddjeri, Nasser, et al.. (2006). GABAergic Network Activation of Glial Cells Underlies Hippocampal Heterosynaptic Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(20). 5370–5382. 309 indexed citations

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Robitaille, Richard, et al.. (2002). No dependence of glutamate mediated synaptic depression at the frog neuromuscular junction. 8386. 4 indexed citations

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Castonguay, Annie & Richard Robitaille. (2002). Xestospongin C is a potent inhibitor of SERCA at a vertebrate synapse. Cell Calcium. 32(1). 39–47. 37 indexed citations

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Descarries, L., Shufen Cai, & Richard Robitaille. (1998). Localization and characterization of nitric oxide synthase at the frog neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neurocytology. 27(11). 829–840. 43 indexed citations

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Georgiou, John, et al.. (1994). Synaptic regulation of glial protein expression in vivo. Neuron. 12(2). 443–455. 93 indexed citations

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Jahromi, Babak S., Richard Robitaille, & Milton P. Charlton. (1992). Transmitter release increases intracellular calcium in perisynaptic schwann cells in situ. Neuron. 8(6). 1069–1077. 188 indexed citations

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Swain, James E., et al.. (1991). Phosphatases modulate transmission and serotonin facilitation at synapses: Studies with the inhibitor okadaic acid. Journal of Neurobiology. 22(8). 855–864. 31 indexed citations

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Robitaille, Richard, Elizabeth M. Adler, & Milton P. Charlton. (1990). Strategic location of calcium channels at transmitter release sites of frog neuromuscular synapses. Neuron. 5(6). 773–779. 337 indexed citations

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