Roger D. Porsolt

14.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
89 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Roger D. Porsolt is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger D. Porsolt has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Roger D. Porsolt's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers). Roger D. Porsolt is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers). Roger D. Porsolt collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Roger D. Porsolt's co-authors include M Jalfre, N. Blavet, Sylvain Roux, Paul Moser, Vincent Castagné, Anne Bertin, Elisabeth Mocaër, Antoine Lenègre, Michel Bourin and Bernard Thierry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Roger D. Porsolt

85 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Depression: a new animal model sensitive to antidepressant treatments

1977 3.7k citations Roger D. Porsolt et al. profile →
Behavioural despair in rats: A new model sensitive to antidepressant treatments

1978 2.7k citations Roger D. Porsolt et al. European Journal of Pharmacology profile →
Rodent Models of Depression: Forced Swim and Tail Suspension Behavioral Despair Tests in Rats and Mice

2011 572 citations Vincent Castagné, Paul Moser et al. profile →
“Behavioural despair” in rats and mice: Strain differences and the effects of imipramine

1978 547 citations Roger D. Porsolt et al. European Journal of Pharmacology profile →
Immobility induced by forced swimming in rats: Effects of agents which modify central catecholamine and serotonin activity

1979 485 citations Roger D. Porsolt et al. European Journal of Pharmacology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The usefulness of non-human primates in central nervous system safety pharmacology 2013 ·Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods ·Roger D. Porsolt	12
2	Continuous evaluation of drug withdrawal in the rat using telemetry: Effects of morphine and chlordiazepoxide 2011 ·Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods ·(unknown), (unknown), Philippe Guillaume, Roger D. Porsolt, Vincent Castagné, Paul Moser	12
3	Behavioral Indices in Antipsychotic Drug Discovery 2010 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Roger D. Porsolt, Paul Moser, Vincent Castagné	83
4	Continuous stimulation of dopaminergic receptors by rotigotine does not interfere with the sleep–wake cycle in the rat 2008 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·D. Scheller, N. Dürmüller, Paul Moser, Roger D. Porsolt	12
5	The use of the dog electroencephalogram (EEG) in safety pharmacology to evaluate proconvulsant risk 2007 ·Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods ·Niklaus Dürmüller, Philippe Guillaume, Pierre Lacroix, Roger D. Porsolt, Paul Moser	20
6	The Serotonin1A Receptor Partial Agonist S15535 [4-(Benzodioxan-5-yl)1-(indan-2-yl)piperazine] Enhances Cholinergic Transmission and Cognitive Function in Rodents: A Combined Neurochemical and Behavioral Analysis 2004 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Mark J. Millan, Alain P. Gobert, Sylvain Roux, Roger D. Porsolt, Alfredo Meneses, Mirjana Carli, Benjamin Di Cara, Robert Jaffard, Jean‐Michel Rivet, Pierre Lestage, Elisabeth Mocaër, Jean-Louis Péglion, Anne Dekeyne	60
7	Animal Models of Disease 2004 ·Current Protocols in Pharmacology ·Roger D. Porsolt	0
8	New perspectives in CNS safety pharmacology 2002 ·Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology ·Roger D. Porsolt, Martine Lemaire‐Chamley, Niklaus Dürmüller, Sylvain Roux	52
9	The preclinical pharmacologic profile of tiapride 2001 ·European Psychiatry ·B. Scatton, Caroline Cohen, Ghislaine Perrault, A. Oblin, Y. Claustre, H. Schoemaker, D. J. Sanger, L. Rouquier, Roger D. Porsolt	35
10	Comparison of the phenotype of NK1R−/− mice with pharmacological blockade of the substance P (NK 1 ) receptor in assays for antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs 2001 ·Behavioural Pharmacology ·N.M.J. Rupniak, Emma Carlson, J.K. Webb, Timothy Harrison, Roger D. Porsolt, Sylvain Roux, C. De Felipe, Stephen P. Hunt, Bryan Oates, Alan Wheeldon	125
11	Reboxetine: a pharmacologically potent, selective, and specific norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor 2000 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Erik H.F. Wong, Mark S. Sonders, Susan Amara, (unknown), Montford F. Piercey, (unknown), Deborah K. Hyslop, Stanley R. Franklin, Roger D. Porsolt, A. Bonsignori, Nicola Carfagna, Robert A. McArthur	291
12	Animal Models of Depression: Utility for Transgenic Research 2000 ·Reviews in the Neurosciences ·Roger D. Porsolt	225
13	MK-801 and enantiomers: Potential antidepressants or false positives in classical screening models? 1993 ·Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior ·E Panconi, Jacques Roux, (unknown), (unknown), Roger D. Porsolt	51
14	Serotonin: Neurotransmitter "A la Mode" 1993 ·Pharmacopsychiatry ·Roger D. Porsolt	10
15	Combined effects of diazepam and melatonin in two tests for anxiolytic activity in the mouse 1992 ·Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior ·Béatrice Guardiola‐Lemaître, Antoine Lenègre, Roger D. Porsolt	46
16	Concluding Remarks 1990 ·Pharmacopsychiatry ·Roger D. Porsolt, (unknown)	1
17	Behavioral indices of beta receptor subsensitivity after chronic treatment with viloxazine in the mouse 1990 ·Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior ·Roger D. Porsolt, Antoine Lenègre, (unknown), (unknown)	1
18	Specificity of piracetam's anti-amnesic activity in three models of amnesia in the mouse 1988 ·Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior ·Antoine Lenègre, R Chermat, (unknown), Lucien Stéru, Roger D. Porsolt	36
19	Psychopharmacological analysis of some behavioural models of depression 1986 ·Roger D. Porsolt	1
20	Inter-group aggression in mice 1975 ·Psychopharmacology ·(unknown), Roger D. Porsolt, D. Loew	27

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