Sophie Pezet

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Sophie Pezet is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Pezet has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Physiology, 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 23 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Sophie Pezet's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (18 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (17 papers). Sophie Pezet is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (18 papers) and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography (17 papers). Sophie Pezet collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Sophie Pezet's co-authors include Stephen B. McMahon, Mickaël Tanter, Zsolt Lenkei, Marzia Malcangio, Olivier Couture, Claudia Errico, Juliette Pierre, Éric Desailly, Thomas Deffieux and Bruno-Félix Osmanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Pezet

63 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy for deep super-resolution vascular imaging
    2015 913 citations Claudia Errico, Juliette Pierre et al. Nature profile →
  2. NEUROTROPHINS: Mediators and Modulators of Pain
    2006 699 citations Sophie Pezet, Stephen B. McMahon profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophie Pezet France 31 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 625 66 4.3k
Isabelle Aubert Canada 38 838 0.6× 2.4k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 2.4× 129 6.1k
Saak V. Ovsepian Germany 29 561 0.4× 586 0.4× 706 0.5× 392 0.3× 885 1.4× 108 2.6k
Kouichi Itoh Japan 36 425 0.3× 433 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 515 0.4× 1.2k 1.9× 209 4.1k
Zsolt Lenkei France 31 304 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 997 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 67 4.5k
Krista Vandenborne United States 48 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 559 0.4× 536 0.4× 2.3k 3.7× 158 6.1k
Minghuan Wang China 23 823 0.6× 433 0.3× 3.9k 2.9× 867 0.7× 751 1.2× 71 7.1k
Takuya Hayashi Japan 36 399 0.3× 447 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 993 0.8× 1.7k 2.7× 143 4.9k
Zhenggang Zhang United States 40 462 0.3× 295 0.2× 1.7k 1.3× 270 0.2× 2.2k 3.5× 113 7.9k
Denis Vivien France 63 1.4k 1.0× 474 0.3× 2.4k 1.8× 523 0.4× 3.8k 6.1× 323 12.4k
Bruce J. Simon United States 43 612 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 361 0.3× 1.8k 2.9× 93 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Pezet

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Pezet

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Pezet

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sophie Pezet. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sophie Pezet based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sophie Pezet. Sophie Pezet is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baranger, Jérôme, Charlie Demené, Bruno-Félix Osmanski, et al.. (2025). Physio-fUS: a tissue-motion based method for heart and breathing rate assessment in neurofunctional ultrasound imaging. EBioMedicine. 112. 105581–105581. 1 indexed citations
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Bergel, Alexandre, et al.. (2024). Functional Ultrasound imaging as an emerging tool for whole brain imaging of sleep in rodents. Sleep Medicine. 115. S408–S409.
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Sitt, Jacobo, Isabelle Rivals, Yushan Liu, et al.. (2024). Specific and non-uniform brain states during cold perception in mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(12). e0909232023–e0909232023.
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Pezet, Sophie, et al.. (2023). Backscattering amplitude in ultrasound localization microscopy. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11477–11477. 8 indexed citations
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Goazigo, Annabelle Réaux‐Le, Lauriane Delay, Isabelle Rivals, et al.. (2022). Ultrasound localization microscopy and functional ultrasound imaging reveal atypical features of the trigeminal ganglion vasculature. Communications Biology. 5(1). 330–330. 11 indexed citations
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Heiles, Baptiste, Arthur Chavignon, Antoine Bergel, et al.. (2022). Volumetric Ultrasound Localization Microscopy of the Whole Rat Brain Microvasculature. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2. 261–282. 33 indexed citations
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Bergel, Antoine, et al.. (2022). Global dissociation of the posterior amygdala from the rest of the brain during REM sleep. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1306–1306. 4 indexed citations
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Dizeux, Alexandre, Benoît Larrat, Erwan Selingue, et al.. (2022). Retinal functional ultrasound imaging (rfUS) for assessing neurovascular alterations: a pilot study on a rat model of dementia. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19515–19515. 7 indexed citations
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Tiran, Elodie, Thomas Deffieux, Mickaël Tanter, et al.. (2022). Ultrafast Doppler imaging and ultrasound localization microscopy reveal the complexity of vascular rearrangement in chronic spinal lesion. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6574–6574. 16 indexed citations
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Ferrier, Jérémy, Bruno-Félix Osmanski, Nathalie Ialy-Radio, et al.. (2021). A functional ultrasound brain GPS for automatic vascular-based neuronavigation. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15197–15197. 27 indexed citations
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Thibault, Karine, Sébastien Rivière, Zsolt Lenkei, Isabelle Férézou, & Sophie Pezet. (2016). Orofacial Neuropathic Pain Leads to a Hyporesponsive Barrel Cortex with Enhanced Structural Synaptic Plasticity. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160786–e0160786. 11 indexed citations
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Errico, Claudia, Juliette Pierre, Sophie Pezet, et al.. (2015). Ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy for deep super-resolution vascular imaging. Nature. 527(7579). 499–502. 913 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pezet, Sophie, Agnieszka Krzyzanowska, Liang‐Fong Wong, et al.. (2006). Reversal of neurochemical changes and pain-related behavior in a model of neuropathic pain using modified lentiviral vectors expressing GDNF. Molecular Therapy. 13(6). 1101–1109. 53 indexed citations
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Pezet, Sophie, et al.. (2004). Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor induces NMDA receptor subunit one phosphorylation via ERK and PKC in the rat spinal cord. European Journal of Neuroscience. 20(7). 1769–1778. 122 indexed citations
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Lever, Isobel J., Andrew Grant, Sophie Pezet, et al.. (2003). Basal and activity-induced release of substance P from primary afferent fibres in NK1 receptor knockout mice: evidence for negative feedback. Neuropharmacology. 45(8). 1101–1110. 19 indexed citations
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Pezet, Sophie, Marzia Malcangio, & Stephen B. McMahon. (2002). BDNF: a neuromodulator in nociceptive pathways?. Brain Research Reviews. 40(1-3). 240–249. 171 indexed citations
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Frette, Catherine, et al.. (1998). Relationship of Serum Neutral Endopeptidase E.C.3,4,24.11 Activity to Alcohol Consumption. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 22(7). 1405–1408. 3 indexed citations
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Delacourt, Christophe, Marie‐Pia d’Ortho, I. Macquin‐Mavier, et al.. (1995). Increased 92 kD Gelatinase Activity from Alveolar Macrophages in Newborn Rats. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 151(6). 1939–1945. 12 indexed citations

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