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Abdelhamid Benazzouz

Abdelhamid Benazzouz

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
21307
World Ranking
3763
National Ranking
150

Overview

Abdelhamid Benazzouz is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on neurology. Other notable subfields in their work include cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their scholarly output includes a range of topics related to neurological disorders and treatments, pain mechanisms and treatments, and specifically Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Additional research topics cover neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies.

Benazzouz has contributed to numerous publications in respected scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Neuroscience
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Cells
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Movement Disorders

Among the recent papers associated with Benazzouz are:

  • Covid-19 Infection and Parkinsonism: Is There a Link?, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Cell-penetrating, antioxidant SELENOT mimetic protects dopaminergic neurons and ameliorates motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease animal models, 2020, Redox Biology
  • Neuropathic pain modeling: Focus on synaptic and ion channel mechanisms, 2021, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Bifenthrin insecticide promotes oxidative stress and increases inflammatory mediators in human neuroblastoma cells through NF-kappaB pathway, 2020, Toxicology in Vitro
  • Exposure of the human placental primary cells to nanoplastics induces cytotoxic effects, an inflammatory response and endocrine disruption, 2025, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent collaborators of Benazzouz include:

  • Rabia Bouali-Benazzouz
  • Pascal Fossat
  • Frédéric Naudet
  • Franck Aby
  • Keri-Ann Charles

Best Publications

  • Five-year follow-up of bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in advanced Parkinson's disease.

    Paul Krack;Alina Batir;Nadège Van Blercom;Stephan Chabardes

  • Electrical Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Advanced Parkinson's Disease

    Patricia Limousin;Paul Krack;Pierre Pollak;Abdelhamid Benazzouz

  • Effect on parkinsonian signs and symptoms of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation

    P. Limousin;P. Pollak;A. Benazzouz;D. Hoffmann

  • Reversal of Rigidity and Improvement in Motor Performance by Subthalamic High‐frequency Stimulation in MPTP‐treated Monkeys

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Christian Gross;Jean Féger;Thomas Boraud

  • Subthalamic nucleus or internal pallidal stimulation in young onset Parkinson's disease.

    Paul Krack;Pierre Pollak;P Limousin;D Hoffmann

  • Acute and long-term effects of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    A.L. Benabid;P. Pollak;C. Gross;D. Hoffmann

  • Deep brain stimulation in the treatment of severe dystonia

    Laurent Vercueil;Pierre Pollak;Valérie Fraix;Elena Caputo

  • Effect of high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on the neuronal activities of the substantia nigra pars reticulata and ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus in the rat.

    A Benazzouz;D.M Gao;Z.G Ni;B Piallat

  • Long-Term Electrical Inhibition of Deep Brain Targets in Movement Disorders

    A L Benabid;A Benazzouz;D Hoffmann;P Limousin

  • Responses of substantia nigra pars reticulata and globus pallidus complex to high frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in rats: electrophysiological data.

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Brigitte Piallat;Pierre Pollak;Alim-Louis Benabid

  • Subthalamic high frequency stimulation resets subthalamic firing and reduces abnormal oscillations.

    Wassilios Meissner;Arthur Leblois;David Hansel;Bernard Bioulac

  • Intraoperative microrecordings of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease.

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Sorin Breit;Adnan Koudsie;Pierre Pollak

  • Mechanism of action of deep brain stimulation.

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Mark Hallett

  • Deep brain stimulation of the ventral caudate nucleus in the treatment of obsessive—compulsive disorder and major depression: Case report

    Bruno Aouizerate;Emmanuel Cuny;Corinne Martin-Guehl;Dominique Guehl

  • Opposite motor effects of pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    Paul Krack;Pierre Pollak;P Limousin;D Hoffmann

  • Treatment of tremor in Parkinson's disease by subthalamic nucleus stimulation.

    P. Krack;Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Pierre Pollak;Patricia Limousin

  • Bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation for severe Parkinson's disease.

    Patricia Limousin;Pierre Pollak;Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Dominique Hoffmann

  • Subthalamic Nucleus Lesion in Rats Prevents Dopaminergic Nigral Neuron Degeneration After Striatal 6-OHDA Injection: Behavioural and Immunohistochemical Studies

    Brigitte Piallat;Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Alim Louis Benabid

  • From off-period dystonia to peak-dose chorea. The clinical spectrum of varying subthalamic nucleus activity.

    Paul Krack;Pierre Pollak;Patricia Limousin;Abdelhamid Benazzouz

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease : Methodologic aspects and clinical criteria

    Alim-Louis Benabid;Paul Krack;Abdelhamid Benazzouz;P. Limousin

  • Effects of the stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease

    P Pollak;A L Benabid;C Gross;D M Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Krack
Paul Krack University of Bern
Bernard Bioulac
Bernard Bioulac University of Bordeaux
Christian E. Gross
Christian E. Gross University of Bordeaux
Patricia Limousin
Patricia Limousin University College London
Valérie Fraix
Valérie Fraix Grenoble Alpes University
Dominique Hoffmann
Dominique Hoffmann Grenoble Alpes University
Stephan Chabardes
Stephan Chabardes Grenoble Alpes University
Pierre Burbaud
Pierre Burbaud University of Bordeaux
Philippe De Deurwaerdère
Philippe De Deurwaerdère University of Bordeaux
Dominique Guehl
Dominique Guehl University of Bordeaux

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