2026 Alain Dagher: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	93	964	864	52	45	394	41839

Overview

Alain Dagher is affiliated with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics include:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neurological disorders and treatments
Neural dynamics and brain function
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Diet and metabolism studies

Recent scientific papers involving Alain Dagher or their research group include:

Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation, 2020, Nature Communications
Association Between Midlife Obesity and Its Metabolic Consequences, Cerebrovascular Disease, and Cognitive Decline, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Local molecular and global connectomic contributions to cross-disorder cortical abnormalities, 2022, Nature Communications
Sex effects on brain structure in de novo Parkinson's disease: a multimodal neuroimaging study, 2020, Brain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alain Dagher include:

Bratislav Mišić
Filip Morys
Mahsa Dadar
Shady Rahayel
Golia Shafiei

Their work has been published frequently in certain venues, notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Brain
NeuroImage
Brain Communications
Communications Biology

Best Publications

Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music

Valorie N Salimpoor;Mitchel Benovoy;Kevin Larcher;Alain Dagher

2281
Citations
Evidence for striatal dopamine release during a video game

M. J. Koepp;R. N. Gunn;R. N. Gunn;Andrew David Lawrence;Andrew David Lawrence;V. J. Cunningham;V. J. Cunningham

1852
Citations
Changes in brain activity related to eating chocolate: from pleasure to aversion.

Dana M. Small;Robert J. Zatorre;Alain Dagher;Alan C. Evans

1482
Citations
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Human Prefrontal Cortex Induces Dopamine Release in the Caudate Nucleus

Antonio P. Strafella;Tomas Paus;Jennifer Barrett;Alain Dagher

1273
Citations
Wisconsin Card Sorting Revisited: Distinct Neural Circuits Participating in Different Stages of the Task Identified by Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Oury Monchi;Michael Petrides;Valentina Petre;Keith Worsley

1254
Citations
Cognitive strategies dependent on the hippocampus and caudate nucleus in human navigation: Variability and change with practice

Giuseppe Iaria;Michael Petrides;Alain Dagher;Bruce Pike

937
Citations
Dopamine Release in Response to a Psychological Stress in Humans and Its Relationship to Early Life Maternal Care: A Positron Emission Tomography Study Using [11C]Raclopride

Jens C. Pruessner;Frances Champagne;Michael J. Meaney;Alain Dagher

926
Citations
Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex

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862
Citations
Ghrelin Modulates Brain Activity in Areas that Control Appetitive Behavior

Saima Malik;Francis McGlone;Diane Bedrossian;Alain Dagher

850
Citations
Feeding-induced dopamine release in dorsal striatum correlates with meal pleasantness ratings in healthy human volunteers.

Dana M Small;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Alain Dagher

817
Citations
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802
Citations
Interactions Between the Nucleus Accumbens and Auditory Cortices Predict Music Reward Value

Valorie N. Salimpoor;Iris van den Bosch;Natasa Kovacevic;Anthony Randal McIntosh

752
Citations
Alcohol promotes dopamine release in the human nucleus accumbens.

Isabelle Boileau;Jean-Marc Assaad;Jean-Marc Assaad;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

738
Citations
Deactivation of the Limbic System During Acute Psychosocial Stress: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies

Jens C. Pruessner;Katarina Dedovic;Najmeh Khalili-Mahani;Veronika Engert

718
Citations
Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity Based on a Meta-Analysis of 126 Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Publications

Ronald B. Postuma;Alain Dagher

715
Citations
Striatal dopamine release induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex.

Antonio P Strafella;Tomás Paus;Maria Fraraccio;Alain Dagher

655
Citations
Clinical criteria for subtyping Parkinson’s disease: biomarkers and longitudinal progression

Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad;Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad;Yashar Zeighami;Alain Dagher;Ronald B Postuma

578
Citations
Mapping the network for planning: a correlational PET activation study with the Tower of London task

Alain Dagher;Adrian M. Owen;Henning Boecker;David J. Brooks

557
Citations
Dopamine neurons implanted into people with Parkinson’s disease survive without pathology for 14 years

Ivar Mendez;Angel Viñuela;Arnar Astradsson;Karim Mukhida

534
Citations
Amphetamine-Induced Increases in Extracellular Dopamine, Drug Wanting, and Novelty Seeking: A PET/[11C]Raclopride Study in Healthy Men

Marco Leyton;Isabelle Boileau;Isabelle Boileau;Chawki Benkelfat;Chawki Benkelfat;Mirko Diksic

524
Citations
Fibromyalgia patients show an abnormal dopamine response to pain.

Patrick B. Wood;Petra Schweinhardt;Erik Jaeger;Alain Dagher

509
Citations
Impaired small-world efficiency in structural cortical networks in multiple sclerosis associated with white matter lesion load.

Yong He;Alain Dagher;Zhang Chen;Arnaud Charil

507
Citations
Cell type analysis of functional fetal dopamine cell suspension transplants in the striatum and substantia nigra of patients with Parkinson's disease

Ivar Mendez;Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute;Oliver Cooper;Angel Viñuela

505
Citations