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André Parent

André Parent

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Neuroscience

D-Index
111
Citations
36781
World Ranking
531
National Ranking
21

Overview

André Parent is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada, contributing primarily to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans across several related subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The core focus of their work centers on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments. Additional areas of interest include Nerve Injury and Regeneration, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

André Parent has authored multiple papers published in well-recognized scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • A Topographic Atlas of the Human Brainstem in the Ponto-Mesencephalic Junction Plane, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • The Highly Selective mGlu 2 Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator LY-487,379 Alleviates l-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia in the 6-OHDA-Lesioned Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Density of Calretinin Striatal Interneurons Is Decreased in 6-OHDA-Lesioned Mice, 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • Adult Neurogenesis in the Subventricular Zone of Patients with Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases and Following Long-Term Treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation, 2025, Annals of Neurology
  • Cholinergic and Nadph-δ Neurons in the Pedunculopontine and Laterodorsal Tegmental Nuclei of Human and Nonhuman Primates, 2023, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Their research contributions have been cited, indicating the integration of their findings within the scientific community's ongoing discourse. André Parent collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including Martin Parent, Stéphan Saïkali, Dave Gagnon, Vincent Coulombe, and Laurent Goetz.

Publication venues where André Parent's work has appeared include:

  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Best Publications

  • Functional anatomy of the basal ganglia. I. The cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loop

    André Parent;Lili-Naz Hazrati

  • Functional anatomy of the basal ganglia. II. The place of subthalamic nucleus and external pallidum in basal ganglia circuitry.

    André Parent;Lili-Naz Hazrati

  • Extrinsic connections of the basal ganglia.

    André Parent

  • Organization of ascending serotonin systems in the adult rat brain. A radioautographic study after intraventricular administration of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine.

    A. Parent;L. Descarries;A. Beaudet

  • Newly generated neurons in the amygdala and adjoining cortex of adult primates

    Patrick J. Bernier;Andréanne Bédard;Jonathan Vinet;Martin Lévesque

  • Carpenter's Human Neuroanatomy

    André Parent;Malcolm B. Carpenter

  • Presence of reactive microglia in monkey substantia nigra years after 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐tetrahydropyridine administration

    Patrick L. McGeer;Claudia Schwab;Andre Parent;Doris Doudet

  • Efferent connections of the centromedian and parafascicular thalamic nuclei in the squirrel monkey: a PHA-L study of subcortical projections.

    A. F. Sadikot;A. Parent;C. François

  • Comparative neurobiology of the basal ganglia

    André Parent

  • Vasculature Guides Migrating Neuronal Precursors in the Adult Mammalian Forebrain via Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling

    Marina Snapyan;Morgane Lemasson;Monika S. Brill;Mathieu Blais

  • Evidence of newly generated neurons in the human olfactory bulb.

    Andréanne Bédard;André Parent

  • Pedunculopontine nucleus in the squirrel monkey: projections to the basal ganglia as revealed by anterograde tract-tracing methods.

    Brigitte Lavoie;André Parent

  • Neurons of the subthalamic nucleus in primates display glutamate but not GABA immunoreactivity.

    Yoland Smith;André Parent

  • Differential connections of caudate nucleus and putamen in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

    Y. Smith;A. Parent

  • Efferent connections of the centromedian and parafascicular thalamic nuclei in the squirrel monkey: a light and electron microscopic study of the thalamostriatal projection in relation to striatal heterogeneity.

    A. F. Sadikot;A. Parent;Y. Smith;J. P. Bolam

  • Glutamatergic inputs from the pedunculopontine nucleus to midbrain dopaminergic neurons in primates: Phaseolus vulgaris‐leucoagglutinin anterograde labeling combined with postembedding glutamate and GABA immunohistochemistry

    Ali Charara;Yoland Smith;André Parent

  • The striatopallidal and striatonigral projections: two distinct fiber systems in primate.

    A. Parent;C. Bouchard;Y. Smith

  • Projections of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons of the brainstem core to relay and associational thalamic nuclei in the cat and macaque monkey

    M. Steriade;Denis Pare;A. Parent;Y. Smith

  • Organization of the basal ganglia: the importance of axonal collateralization.

    André Parent;Fumi Sato;Ying Wu;Julie Gauthier

  • Thalamic projections of nucleus reticularis thalami of cat : a study using retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase and fluorescent tracers

    M. Steriade;A. Parent;J. Hada

  • Phylogeny and development of catecholamine systems in the CNS of vertebrates

    André Parent

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Parent
Martin Parent Université Laval
Yoland Smith
Yoland Smith Emory University
Francesca Cicchetti
Francesca Cicchetti Université Laval
Denis Paré
Denis Paré Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mircea Steriade
Mircea Steriade Université Laval
Jean-Martin Beaulieu
Jean-Martin Beaulieu University of Toronto
Valérie Fraix
Valérie Fraix Grenoble Alpes University
Paul J. Bédard
Paul J. Bédard Université Laval
Martin Deschênes
Martin Deschênes Université Laval
J. P. Bolam
J. P. Bolam University of Oxford

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