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Alain Destée

Alain Destée

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
23931
World Ranking
16151
National Ranking
528

Overview

Alain Destée is affiliated with the University of Lille in France. Their research primarily focuses on medical and biological sciences, with significant work in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. More specifically, their subfields of study include Neurology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Alain Destée has contributed to several papers, some of which are:

  • A potential patient stratification biomarker for Parkinson´s disease based on LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in peripheral blood-derived cells, 2024, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Alterations in the LRRK2-Rab pathway in urinary extracellular vesicles as Parkinson's disease and pharmacodynamic biomarkers, 2023, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Utilization Patterns of Amantadine in Parkinson's Disease Patients Enrolled in the French COPARK Study, 2020, Drugs & Aging
  • Excessive buccal saliva in patients with Parkinson's disease of the French COPARK cohort, 2020, Journal of Neural Transmission
  • A potential patient stratification biomarker for Parkinson's disease based on LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in peripheral blood-derived cells, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Coline Leghay
  • Eugénie Mutez
  • Jean-Marc Taymans
  • Marie-Christine Chartier-Harlin
  • Olivier Rascol

Among the publication venues where Alain Destée has frequently published are:

  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Drugs & Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • α-synuclein locus duplication as a cause of familial Parkinson's disease

    Marie-Christine Chartier-Harlin;Jennifer M. Kachergus;Christophe Roumier;Vincent Mouroux

  • Bilateral Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus in Primary Generalized Dystonia

    Marie Vidailhet;Laurent Vercueil;Jean-Luc Houeto;Pierre Krystkowiak

  • The Lille apathy rating scale (LARS), a new instrument for detecting and quantifying apathy: validation in Parkinson’s disease

    P Sockeel;K Dujardin;D Devos;C Denève

  • Memantine for patients with Parkinson's disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Murat Emre;Magda Tsolaki;Ubaldo Bonuccelli;Alain Destée

  • Bilateral, pallidal, deep-brain stimulation in primary generalised dystonia: a prospective 3 year follow-up study

    Marie Vidailhet;Laurent Vercueil;Jean-Luc Houeto;Pierre Krystkowiak

  • Loss of VPS13C Function in Autosomal-Recessive Parkinsonism Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Increases PINK1/Parkin-Dependent Mitophagy.

    Suzanne Lesage;Valérie Drouet;Elisa Majounie;Vincent Deramecourt

  • STN-DBS frequency effects on freezing of gait in advanced Parkinson disease

    C. Moreau;L. Defebvre;A. Destée;S. Bleuse

  • How much phenotypic variation can be attributed to parkin genotype

    Ebba Lohmann;Magali Periquet;Vincenzo Bonifati;Nick W Wood

  • Translation initiator EIF4G1 mutations in familial Parkinson disease

    Marie Christine Chartier-Harlin;Marie Christine Chartier-Harlin;Justus C. Dachsel;Carles Vilariño-Güell;Sarah J. Lincoln

  • Clozapine in drug induced psychosis in Parkinson’s disease: a randomised, placebo controlled study with open follow up

    P Pollak;F Tison;O Rascol;A Destée

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • Bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation for the treatment of patients with dystonia-choreoathetosis cerebral palsy: a prospective pilot study.

    Marie Vidailhet;Jerome Yelnik;Christelle Lagrange;Valerie Fraix

  • Prevalence, determinants, and effect on quality of life of freezing of gait in Parkinson disease

    Santiago Perez-Lloret;Laurence Negre-Pages;Philippe Damier;Arnaud Delval

  • Comparison of desipramine and citalopram treatments for depression in Parkinson's disease: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

    David Devos;Kathy Dujardin;Isabelle Poirot;Caroline Moreau

  • Apathy may herald cognitive decline and dementia in Parkinson's disease

    Kathy Dujardin;Pascal Sockeel;Marie Delliaux;Alain Destée

  • Influence of chronic bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on cognitive function in Parkinson's disease.

    K Dujardin;L Defebvre;P Krystkowiak;S Blond

  • Characteristics of apathy in Parkinson's disease

    Kathy Dujardin;Pascal Sockeel;David Devos;Marie Delliaux

  • Acute myelopathies: Clinical, laboratory and outcome profiles in 79 cases.

    Jérôme de Seze;Tanya Stojkovic;Guillaume Breteau;Christian Lucas

  • Deficits in decoding emotional facial expressions in Parkinson's disease.

    Kathy Dujardin;Sylvie Blairy;Luc Defebvre;Stéphane Duhem

  • Study of circadian melatonin secretion pattern at different stages of Parkinson's disease.

    R Bordet;D Devos;S Brique;Y Touitou

Frequent Co-Authors

David Devos
David Devos University of Lille
Kathy Dujardin
Kathy Dujardin University of Lille
Pierre Krystkowiak
Pierre Krystkowiak University of Picardie Jules Verne
Philippe Derambure
Philippe Derambure University of Lille
Alain Duhamel
Alain Duhamel University of Lille
Patrick Vermersch
Patrick Vermersch University of Lille
Didier Leys
Didier Leys University of Lille
Régis Bordet
Régis Bordet University of Lille
Matthew J. Farrer
Matthew J. Farrer University of Florida

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