2026 André Luxen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	95	905	811	7	7	468	32992

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Neuroscience

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32992

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

André Luxen is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research focuses predominantly on fields related to Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular attention to Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Luxen's scientific contributions cover several main topics, such as:

Sleep and related disorders
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Epilepsy research and treatment

In terms of published research, some of Luxen's recent works include:

Development of a General Automated Flow Photoredox ¹⁸F-Difluoromethylation of N-Heteroaromatics in an AllinOne Synthesizer, 2020, Organic Process Research & Development
In vivo exploration of synaptic projections in frontotemporal dementia, 2021, Scientific Reports
Radiolabelling of lipid-based nanocarriers with fluorine-18 for in vivo tracking by PET, 2020, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces
Exploring with [18F]UCB-H the in vivo Variations in SV2A Expression through the Kainic Acid Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, 2020, Molecular Imaging and Biology
Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness, 2020, SLEEP

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Luxen include:

Éric Salmon
Fabienne Collette
Pierre Maquet
Christophe Phillips
Gilles Vandewalle

Luxen's work has appeared repeatedly in several notable publication venues, including:

Scientific Reports
SLEEP
Cerebral Cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer s & Dementia

Best Publications

Functional neuroanatomy of human rapid-eye-movement sleep and dreaming.

Pierre Maquet;Jean-Marie Péters;Joël Aerts;Guy Delfiore

1585
Citations
Are spatial memories strengthened in the human hippocampus during slow wave sleep

Philippe Peigneux;Steven Laureys;Sonia Fuchs;Fabienne Collette

1050
Citations
Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep

Pierre Maquet;Pierre Maquet;Steven Laureys;Philippe Peigneux;Sonia Fuchs

996
Citations
Breakdown of within- and between-network Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity during Propofol-induced Loss of Consciousness

Pierre Boveroux;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Quentin Noirhomme

700
Citations
Functional neuroanatomy of human slow wave sleep.

Pierre Maquet;Christian Degueldre;Guy Delfiore;Joël Aerts

685
Citations
Self-referential reflective activity and its relationship with rest: a PET study.

Arnaud D'Argembeau;Fabienne Collette;Martial Van der Linden;Martial Van der Linden;Steven Laureys

680
Citations
Distinct Regions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Are Associated with Self-referential Processing and Perspective Taking

Arnaud D'Argembeau;Perrine Ruby;Fabienne Collette;Christian Degueldre

630
Citations
Baseline brain activity fluctuations predict somatosensory perception in humans

Mélanie Boly;Evelyne Balteau;Caroline Schnakers;Christian Degueldre

603
Citations
Exploring the unity and diversity of the neural substrates of executive functioning.

Fabienne Collette;Martial Van der Linden;Steven Laureys;Guy Delfiore

602
Citations
Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

584
Citations
Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.

Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Evelyne Balteau;Gilles Vandewalle

570
Citations
Two distinct neuronal networks mediate the awareness of environment and of self

Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Athena Demertzi;Manuel Schabus;Quentin Noirhomme

541
Citations
Restoration of thalamocortical connectivity after recovery from persistent vegetative state

Steven Laureys;Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville;André Luxen;Maurice Lamy

536
Citations
Cortical Processing of Noxious Somatosensory Stimuli in the Persistent Vegetative State

S. Laureys;M.E. Faymonville;P. Peigneux;P. Damas

533
Citations
Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;GeneviÃ¨ve Albouy

528
Citations
Perception of pain in the minimally conscious state with PET activation: an observational study

Mélanie Boly;Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville;Caroline Schnakers;Philippe Peigneux

500
Citations
Impaired effective cortical connectivity in vegetative state : Preliminary investigation using PET

S. Laureys;S. Goldman;C. Phillips;P. Van Bogaert

476
Citations
Brain Response to One's Own Name in Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State, and Locked-in Syndrome

Fabien Perrin;Caroline Schnakers;Manuel Schabus;Christian Degueldre

472
Citations
Preoperative Evaluation of 54 Gliomas by PET with Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose and/or Carbon-11- Methionine

Bruno Kaschten;Achille Stevenaert;Bernard Sadzot;Manuel Deprez

469
Citations
Neural Mechanisms of Antinociceptive Effects of Hypnosis

Marie Elisabeth Faymonville;Steven Laureys;Christian Degueldre;Guy DelFiore

468
Citations