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Overview

Bruno P. Guiard is affiliated with the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès in France and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, biological psychiatry, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their primary research areas include neuroscience and neuropharmacology, tryptophan and brain disorders, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, stress responses and cortisol regulation, connexins and lens biology, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and adipose tissue metabolism.

Guiard has published in several notable scientific journals across multiple disciplines. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • eLife
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Acta Physiologica

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Guiard are:

  • The High-Precision Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (HPLC-ECD) for Monoamines Neurotransmitters and Their Metabolites: A Review, 2024, Molecules
  • The menace of obesity to depression and anxiety prevalence, 2021, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Reassessment of the involvement of Snord115 in the serotonin 2c receptor pathway in a genetically relevant mouse model, 2020, eLife
  • Insulin modulates emotional behavior through a serotonin-dependent mechanism, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The impact of insulin on the serotonergic system and consequences on diabetes-associated mood disorders, 2021, Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Guiard has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including Sophie Guyonnet, Sébastien Bullich, Sandrine Andrieu, Lionel Moulédous, and Angelo Parini. These collaborative efforts reflect an interdisciplinary approach toward the investigation of neurochemical processes and behavioral outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Neurogenesis-Dependent and -Independent Effects of Fluoxetine in an Animal Model of Anxiety/Depression

    Denis J. David;Benjamin Adam Samuels;Quentin Rainer;Jing Wen Wang

  • Nicotine reinforcement and cognition restored by targeted expression of nicotinic receptors.

    U. Maskos;B. E. Molles;S. Pons;M. Besson;M. Besson

  • 5-HT1A autoreceptor levels determine vulnerability to stress and response to antidepressants

    Jesse W. Richardson-Jones;Caryne P. Craige;Bruno P. Guiard;Alisson Stephen

  • The menace of obesity to depression and anxiety prevalence.

    Stephanie Fulton;Léa Décarie-Spain;Xavier Fioramonti;Bruno Guiard

  • Functional interactions between dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine neurons: an in-vivo electrophysiological study in rats with monoaminergic lesions

    Bruno P. Guiard;Mostafa El Mansari;Zul Merali;Pierre Blier

  • BDNF overexpression in mouse hippocampal astrocytes promotes local neurogenesis and elicits anxiolytic-like activities

    G Quesseveur;D J David;M C Gaillard;M C Gaillard;P Pla

  • Proteinases and proteinase-activated receptor 2 : a possible role to promote visceral hyperalgesia in rats

    Anne–Marie Coelho;Nathalie Vergnolle;Bruno Guiard;Jean Fioramonti

  • Serotonin-1A Autoreceptors Are Necessary and Sufficient for the Normal Formation of Circuits Underlying Innate Anxiety

    J. W. Richardson-Jones;C. P. Craige;T. H. Nguyen;H. F. Kung

  • Behavioral and serotonergic consequences of decreasing or increasing hippocampus brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein levels in mice.

    T. Deltheil;B.P. Guiard;J. Cerdan;D.J. David;D.J. David

  • Relevance of norepinephrine-dopamine interactions in the treatment of major depressive disorder.

    Mostafa El Mansari;Bruno P. Guiard;Olga Chernoloz;Ramez Ghanbari

  • High-fat diet-induced metabolic disorders impairs 5-HT function and anxiety-like behavior in mice

    Juliane Zemdegs;Gaël Quesseveur;David Jarriault;Luc Pénicaud

  • Cross-Talk between Dopaminergic and Noradrenergic Systems in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area, Locus Ceruleus, and Dorsal Hippocampus

    Bruno P. Guiard;Mostafa El Mansari;Pierre Blier

  • Organic cation transporter 2 controls brain norepinephrine and serotonin clearance and antidepressant response

    A. Bacq;L. Balasse;L. Balasse;G. Biala;B. Guiard

  • Central serotonin-2A (5-HT2A) receptor dysfunction in depression and epilepsy: the missing link?

    Bruno Pierre Guiard;Bruno Pierre Guiard;Bruno Pierre Guiard;Giuseppe eDi Giovanni;Giuseppe eDi Giovanni

  • Ketamine treatment involves medial prefrontal cortex serotonin to induce a rapid antidepressant-like activity in BALB/cJ mice.

    T.H. Pham;I. Mendez-David;C. Defaix;B.P. Guiard

  • Antidepressant and anxiolytic potential of the multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine (Lu AA21004) assessed by behavioural and neurogenesis outcomes in mice.

    Jean-Philippe Guilloux;Indira Mendez-David;Alan Pehrson;Bruno P. Guiard

  • Metformin Promotes Anxiolytic and Antidepressant-Like Responses in Insulin-Resistant Mice by Decreasing Circulating Branched-Chain Amino Acids

    Juliane Zemdegs;Hugo Martin;Hiranya Pintana;Hiranya Pintana;Sebastien Bullich

  • 5-HT2 ligands in the treatment of anxiety and depression.

    Gaël Quesseveur;Hai T Nguyen;Alain M Gardier;Bruno P Guiard

  • Prospect of a dopamine contribution in the next generation of antidepressant drugs: the triple reuptake inhibitors.

    Bruno P. Guiard;Mostafa El Mansari;Pierre Blier

  • Attenuated Levels of Hippocampal Connexin 43 and its Phosphorylation Correlate with Antidepressant- and Anxiolytic-Like Activities in Mice.

    Gaël Quesseveur;Benjamin Portal;Jean-Arnaud Basile;Pascal Ezan

  • Consequences of changes in BDNF levels on serotonin neurotransmission, 5-HT transporter expression and function: studies in adult mice hippocampus.

    Thierry Deltheil;Bruno P. Guiard;Jean Philippe Guilloux;Lorelei Nicolas

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain M. Gardier
Alain M. Gardier University of Paris-Saclay
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
Jean-Philippe Guilloux
Jean-Philippe Guilloux University of Paris-Saclay
Claire Rampon
Claire Rampon Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Laurence Lanfumey
Laurence Lanfumey Université Paris Cité
Siriporn C. Chattipakorn
Siriporn C. Chattipakorn Chiang Mai University
Stephen P. Hunt
Stephen P. Hunt University College London
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Uwe Maskos
Uwe Maskos Institut Pasteur
Vincent Vialou
Vincent Vialou Sorbonne University

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