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Alexandre Dayer publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexandre Dayer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 144 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Alexandre Dayer D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexandre Dayer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexandre Dayer is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with significant contributions also in Neuroscience.

The main subfields of their research include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Alexandre Dayer's work notably addresses topics such as Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare.

Key recent papers by Alexandre Dayer include the following:

  • Inflammation, anxiety, and stress in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder: A narrative review (2021) published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder (2020) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Temporal controls over inter-areal cortical projection neuron fate diversity (2021) published in Nature
  • Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Using polygenic scores and clinical data for bipolar disorder patient stratification and lithium response prediction: machine learning approach (2022) published in The British Journal of Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Alexandre Dayer include Liping Hou, Franziska Degenhardt, Kazufumi Akiyama, Raffaella Ardau, and Lena Backlund.

Their publications have appeared in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Translational Psychiatry, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Cell Reports, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Short-term and long-term survival of new neurons in the rat dentate gyrus

    Alexandre G. Dayer;Abigail A. Ford;Kathryn M. Cleaver;Mina Yassaee

  • Regulation of adult neurogenesis by stress, sleep disruption, exercise and inflammation: Implications for depression and antidepressant action

    P J Lucassen;P Meerlo;A S Naylor;A S Naylor;A M van Dam

  • New GABAergic interneurons in the adult neocortex and striatum are generated from different precursors.

    Alexandre G. Dayer;Kathryn M. Cleaver;Thamara Abouantoun;Heather A. Cameron

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • Temporal patterning of apical progenitors and their daughter neurons in the developing neocortex.

    Ludovic Telley;Gulistan Agirman;Gulistan Agirman;Julien Prados;N Amberg

  • Sequential transcriptional waves direct the differentiation of newborn neurons in the mouse neocortex.

    Ludovic Telley;Subashika Govindan;Julien Prados;Isabelle Stevant

  • Developmental Stage-dependent persistent impact of propofol anesthesia on dendritic spines in the rat medial prefrontal cortex.

    Adrian Briner;Irina Nikonenko;Mathias De Roo;Alexandre Dayer

  • Volatile anesthetics rapidly increase dendritic spine density in the rat medial prefrontal cortex during synaptogenesis.

    Adrian Briner;Mathias De Roo;Alexandre Dayer;Dominique Muller

  • Genome-wide association study of 40,000 individuals identifies two novel loci associated with bipolar disorder.

    Liping Hou;Sarah E. Bergen;Sarah E. Bergen;Nirmala Akula;Jie Song

  • Anesthetics rapidly promote synaptogenesis during a critical period of brain development

    Mathias De Roo;Paul Klauser;Adrian Briner;Irina Nikonenko

  • Adverse effects of methylene blue on the central nervous system.

    Laszlo Vutskits;Adrian Briner;Paul Klauser;Eduardo Gascon

  • Excess of serotonin affects embryonic interneuron migration through activation of the serotonin receptor 6.

    Orbicia Riccio;Gael Potter;Claude Walzer;Philippe Vallet

  • Association of Polygenic Score for Schizophrenia and HLA Antigen and Inflammation Genes With Response to Lithium in Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Genome-Wide Association Study.

    Azmeraw T. Amare;Klaus Oliver Schubert;Klaus Oliver Schubert;Liping Hou;Scott R. Clark

  • Borderline personality disorder and childhood maltreatment: a genome-wide methylation analysis.

    Julien Prados;Ludwig Stenz;P Courtet;Paco Boris Prada

  • METHYLATION OF SEROTONIN RECEPTOR 3A IN ADHD, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY, AND BIPOLAR DISORDERS: LINK WITH SEVERITY OF THE DISORDERS AND CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT.

    Nader Perroud;Seblewongel Zewdie;Ludwig Stenz;Wafae Adouan

  • Glial responses to neonatal hypoxic–ischemic injury in the rat cerebral cortex

    Stéphane Sizonenko;Emily J. Camm;Alexandre Dayer;Jozsef Zoltan Kiss

  • New interneurons in the adult neocortex: small, sparse, but significant?

    Heather A. Cameron;Alexandre G. Dayer

  • GABA Regulates Dendritic Growth by Stabilizing Lamellipodia in Newly Generated Interneurons of the Olfactory Bulb

    Eduardo Gascon;Alexandre Dayer;Marc-Olivier Sauvain;Gael Potter

  • An Ion Transport-Independent Role for the Cation-Chloride Cotransporter KCC2 in Dendritic Spinogenesis In Vivo

    Hubert Fiumelli;Adrian Briner;Martin Puskarjov;Peter Blaesse

  • Childhood maltreatment and methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1 in bipolar disorder

    Nader Ali Perroud;Alexandre Dayer;Camille Piguet;Audrey Nallet

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Michel Aubry
Jean-Michel Aubry University of Geneva
Nader Perroud
Nader Perroud University of Geneva
Mirko Manchia
Mirko Manchia University of Cagliari
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Andreas J. Forstner
Andreas J. Forstner Philipp University of Marburg

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