Xavier Nicol

1.6k total citations
28 papers, 905 citations indexed

About

Xavier Nicol is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Nicol has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 905 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Xavier Nicol's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (11 papers). Xavier Nicol is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (11 papers). Xavier Nicol collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Xavier Nicol's co-authors include Patrícia Gaspar, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Aude Muzerelle, Stefania Averaimo, Nicolas Narboux‐Nême, Thomas C. Südhof, Richard Miles, Jacques Bellalou, Emmanuelle Clérin and Thierry Léveillard and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Nicol

27 papers receiving 903 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xavier Nicol France 14 614 570 123 120 97 28 905
Arjun Krishnaswamy Canada 12 525 0.9× 399 0.7× 115 0.9× 30 0.3× 33 0.3× 24 745
Yoshiki Ueda Japan 10 497 0.8× 509 0.9× 35 0.3× 59 0.5× 37 0.4× 13 709
Craig Meyers United States 19 740 1.2× 479 0.8× 195 1.6× 133 1.1× 53 0.5× 33 1.4k
Heinz W�ssle Germany 9 1.1k 1.7× 918 1.6× 126 1.0× 150 1.3× 16 0.2× 10 1.2k
Sarah Huntwork‐Rodriguez United States 10 446 0.7× 351 0.6× 201 1.6× 36 0.3× 114 1.2× 16 752
Jérôme E. Roger France 19 795 1.3× 235 0.4× 168 1.4× 335 2.8× 65 0.7× 37 1.1k
Andrea Gerstner Germany 7 670 1.1× 463 0.8× 90 0.7× 141 1.2× 9 0.1× 7 815
Evanna Gleason United States 17 613 1.0× 599 1.1× 77 0.6× 17 0.1× 27 0.3× 34 834
Satoko Kitajima Japan 17 479 0.8× 324 0.6× 142 1.2× 18 0.1× 51 0.5× 38 725
Patrizia Zanassi Italy 8 358 0.6× 347 0.6× 66 0.5× 15 0.1× 101 1.0× 8 628

Countries citing papers authored by Xavier Nicol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xavier Nicol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Nicol

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xavier Nicol. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xavier Nicol 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 Xavier Nicol. Xavier Nicol 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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Assali, Ahlem, et al.. (2025). Point contact-restricted cAMP signaling controls ephrin-A5-induced axon repulsion. Journal of Cell Science. 138(2).
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Giudicelli, François, Véronique Henriot, Cécile Haumaître, et al.. (2024). Tubulin glutamylation regulates axon guidance via the selective tuning of microtubule-severing enzymes. The EMBO Journal. 44(1). 107–140. 2 indexed citations
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Zagar, Yvrick, et al.. (2023). Subcellular second messenger networks drive distinct repellent-induced axon behaviors. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3809–3809. 7 indexed citations
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Wurmser, Maud, et al.. (2023). CXCL12 targets the primary cilium cAMP/cGMP ratio to regulate cell polarity during migration. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8003–8003. 8 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, et al.. (2022). Microtubule remodelling as a driving force of axon guidance and pruning. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 140. 35–53. 16 indexed citations
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Assali, Ahlem, et al.. (2021). Targeted in utero electroporation of the ventro-temporal mouse retina. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100516–100516. 1 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, et al.. (2021). Electrical match between initial segment and somatodendritic compartment for action potential backpropagation in retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neurophysiology. 126(1). 28–46. 6 indexed citations
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Chaffiol, Antoine, et al.. (2020). cAMP-Dependent Co-stabilization of Axonal Arbors from Adjacent Developing Neurons. Cell Reports. 33(1). 108220–108220. 9 indexed citations
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Zagar, Yvrick, Karine Loulier, Asadollah Aghaie, et al.. (2020). SpiCee: A Genetic Tool for Subcellular and Cell-Specific Calcium Manipulation. Cell Reports. 32(3). 107934–107934. 14 indexed citations
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Zagar, Yvrick, Karine Loulier, Asadollah Aghaie, et al.. (2019). SpiCee: A Genetic Tool for Subcellular and Cell-Specific Calcium Manipulation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Assali, Ahlem, et al.. (2017). RIM1/2 in retinal ganglion cells are required for the refinement of ipsilateral axons and eye-specific segregation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3236–3236. 7 indexed citations
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Averaimo, Stefania, et al.. (2016). A plasma membrane microdomain compartmentalizes ephrin-generated cAMP signals to prune developing retinal axon arbors. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12896–12896. 43 indexed citations
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Gaspar, Patrícia, Xavier Nicol, Nicolas Narboux‐Nême, & Alexandra Rebsam. (2015). Approche génétique des mécanismes d’exocytose pendant le développement des circuits neuronaux. Biologie Aujourd hui. 209(1). 87–95. 1 indexed citations
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Aït-Ali, Najate, Ram Fridlich, Géraldine Millet-Puel, et al.. (2015). Rod-Derived Cone Viability Factor Promotes Cone Survival by Stimulating Aerobic Glycolysis. Cell. 161(4). 817–832. 295 indexed citations
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Averaimo, Stefania & Xavier Nicol. (2014). Intermingled cAMP, cGMP and calcium spatiotemporal dynamics in developing neuronal circuits. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 8. 376–376. 43 indexed citations
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Muzerelle, Aude, et al.. (2012). Modeling Activity and Target-Dependent Developmental Cell Death of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells Ex Vivo. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31105–e31105. 8 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, Aude Muzerelle, Nicolas Narboux‐Nême, et al.. (2007). cAMP oscillations and retinal activity are permissive for ephrin signaling during the establishment of the retinotopic map. Nature Neuroscience. 10(3). 340–347. 131 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, Aude Muzerelle, J.P. Rio, Christine Métin, & Patrícia Gaspar. (2006). Requirement of Adenylate Cyclase 1 for the Ephrin-A5-Dependent Retraction of Exuberant Retinal Axons. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(3). 862–872. 53 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, Mohamed Bennis, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, et al.. (2006). Role of the calcium modulated cyclases in the development of the retinal projections. European Journal of Neuroscience. 24(12). 3401–3414. 33 indexed citations
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Nicol, Xavier, et al.. (2005). Spatiotemporal localization of the calcium-stimulated adenylate cyclases, AC1 and AC8, during mouse brain development. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 486(3). 281–294. 32 indexed citations

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