Yann S. Mineur

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

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Yann S. Mineur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yann S. Mineur has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yann S. Mineur's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (38 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (19 papers). Yann S. Mineur is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (38 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (19 papers). Yann S. Mineur collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Yann S. Mineur's co-authors include Marina R. Picciotto, Wim E. Crusio, Michael J. Higley, Catherine Belzung, Darlene H. Brunzell, Nii Addy, Sherry A. McKee, Gianna Fote, Tamás L. Horváth and Kelly Cosgrove and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yann S. Mineur

78 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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.

Acetylcholine as a Neuromodulator: Cholinergic Signaling Shapes Nervous System Function and Behavior

2012 970 citations Marina R. Picciotto, Yann S. Mineur et al. profile →
Sex differences in stress-related alcohol use

2019 292 citations MacKenzie R. Peltier, Terril L. Verplaetse et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yann S. Mineur United States	37	2.7k	2.0k	1.1k	889	835	78	5.9k
Robert H. Lipsky United States	44	2.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	970 0.9×	743 0.8×	557 0.7×	112	8.1k
Christian P. Müller Germany	44	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	892 0.8×	777 0.9×	494 0.6×	201	6.9k
Johannes Thome Germany	45	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.9×	892 1.0×	756 0.9×	178	7.9k
Peter Gass Germany	49	1.6k 0.6×	3.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	199	7.7k
Robert K. McNamara United States	49	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.8k 2.0×	944 1.1×	180	8.6k
Fabio Fumagalli Italy	43	2.3k 0.8×	4.1k 2.1×	731 0.6×	565 0.6×	714 0.9×	175	6.5k
Sandrine Thuret United Kingdom	37	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	97	8.9k
Joanna C. Neill United Kingdom	45	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	503 0.6×	635 0.8×	141	5.8k
Thomas J. Gould United States	48	3.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	663 0.8×	182	6.6k
José N. Nóbrega Canada	43	1.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	653 0.8×	199	7.1k

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Picciotto, Marina R., et al.. (2024). Alcohol drinking is attenuated by PDE4 inhibition but partial microglia depletion is not sufficient to block stress-induced escalation of alcohol intake in female mice. Alcohol. 122. 31–42. 1 indexed citations

Peltier, MacKenzie R., Terril L. Verplaetse, Margaret Altemus, et al.. (2024). The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 73. 101119–101119. 2 indexed citations

Mineur, Yann S. & Marina R. Picciotto. (2023). How can I measure brain acetylcholine levels in vivo? Advantages and caveats of commonly used approaches. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(1). 3–15. 12 indexed citations

Mineur, Yann S., Steven T. Pittenger, Hao Wu, et al.. (2022). ACh signaling modulates activity of the GABAergic signaling network in the basolateral amygdala and behavior in stress-relevant paradigms. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(12). 4918–4927. 18 indexed citations

Zhou, Wen‐Liang, Kristen K.O. Kim, Farhan Ali, et al.. (2022). Activity of a direct VTA to ventral pallidum GABA pathway encodes unconditioned reward value and sustains motivation for reward. Science Advances. 8(42). eabm5217–eabm5217. 20 indexed citations

Crouse, Richard B., Kristen K.O. Kim, Hannah M. Batchelor, et al.. (2020). Acetylcholine is released in the basolateral amygdala in response to predictors of reward and enhances the learning of cue-reward contingency. eLife. 9. 57 indexed citations

Barthas, Florent, et al.. (2020). Cumulative Effects of Social Stress on Reward-Guided Actions and Prefrontal Cortical Activity. Biological Psychiatry. 88(7). 541–553. 15 indexed citations

Mineur, Yann S. & Marina R. Picciotto. (2019). The role of acetylcholine in negative encoding bias: Too much of a good thing?. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(1). 114–125. 43 indexed citations

Picciotto, Marina R., Alan S. Lewis, Gerrit I. van Schalkwyk, & Yann S. Mineur. (2015). Mood and anxiety regulation by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: A potential pathway to modulate aggression and related behavioral states. Neuropharmacology. 96(Pt B). 235–243. 122 indexed citations

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Malki, Karim, Yann S. Mineur, Maria Grazia Tosto, et al.. (2015). Pervasive and opposing effects of Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress (UCMS) on hippocampal gene expression in BALB/cJ and C57BL/6J mouse strains. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 262–262. 29 indexed citations

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Verplaetse, Terril L., Andrea H. Weinberger, Philip H. Smith, et al.. (2015). Targeting the Noradrenergic System for Gender-Sensitive Medication Development for Tobacco Dependence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 17(4). 486–495. 34 indexed citations

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Sarıçiçek, Aybala, Irina Esterlis, Kathleen Maloney, et al.. (2012). Persistent β₂*-Nicotinic Acetylcholinergic Receptor Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 169(8). 851–859. 91 indexed citations

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Prut, L., Françoise Saurini, Yann S. Mineur, et al.. (2012). Gabra5-gene haplotype block associated with behavioral properties of the full agonist benzodiazepine chlordiazepoxide. Behavioural Brain Research. 233(2). 474–482. 3 indexed citations

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Vieyra-Reyes, Patricia, Yann S. Mineur, Marina R. Picciotto, et al.. (2008). Antidepressant-like effects of nicotine and transcranial magnetic stimulation in the olfactory bulbectomy rat model of depression. Brain Research Bulletin. 77(1). 13–18. 53 indexed citations

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Mineur, Yann S., Darlene H. Brunzell, S. R. Grady, et al.. (2008). Localized low‐level re‐expression of high‐affinity mesolimbic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors restores nicotine‐induced locomotion but not place conditioning. Genes Brain & Behavior. 8(3). 257–266. 28 indexed citations

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Mineur, Yann S., Catherine Belzung, & Wim E. Crusio. (2006). Effects of unpredictable chronic mild stress on anxiety and depression-like behavior in mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 175(1). 43–50. 359 indexed citations

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Mineur, Yann S., et al.. (2005). Social behavior deficits in the Fmr1 mutant mouse. Behavioural Brain Research. 168(1). 172–175. 126 indexed citations

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Mineur, Yann S., Declan M. McLoughlin, Wim E. Crusio, & Frans Sluyter. (2005). Genetic Mouse Models of Alzheimer′s Disease. Neural Plasticity. 12(4). 299–310. 17 indexed citations

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Prut, L., et al.. (2003). Réponses induites par les benzodiazépines chez des souris mutantes. 14(4). 253–256. 1 indexed citations

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Mineur, Yann S., Frans Sluyter, Sanne de Wit, Ben A. Oostra, & Wim E. Crusio. (2002). Behavioral and neuroanatomical characterization of the Fmr1 knockout mouse. Hippocampus. 12(1). 39–39. 11 indexed citations

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