2026 Carmen Sandi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	83	1462	1328	26	26	303	23214

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Neuroscience

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23214

Overview

Carmen Sandi is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions in molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology.

The main topics within their body of work include:

Stress Responses and Cortisol
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Carmen Sandi has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

"Mitofusin-2 in the Nucleus Accumbens Regulates Anxiety and Depression-like Behaviors Through Mitochondrial and Neuronal Actions" (2020) published in Biological Psychiatry
"Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses" (2020) published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
"The social nature of mitochondria: Implications for human health" (2020) published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
"A thalamo-amygdalar circuit underlying the extinction of remote fear memories" (2021) published in Nature Neuroscience
"Title: "Labels Matter: Is it stress or is it Trauma?"" (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry

Their research is often disseminated through several key publication venues, namely:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Translational Psychiatry
European Journal of Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Carmen Sandi has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Jocelyn Grosse
Olivia Zanoletti
Simone Astori
Isabelle Guillot de Suduiraut
Eva Ramos-Fernández

Best Publications

Urolithin A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle function in rodents

Dongryeol Ryu;Laurent Mouchiroud;Pénélope A Andreux;Elena Katsyuba

1000
Citations
Gene expression across mammalian organ development

Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Jean Halbert;Delphine Valloton;Britta Velten

868
Citations
Stress and memory: behavioral effects and neurobiological mechanisms.

Carmen Sandi;M. Teresa Pinelo-Nava

767
Citations
Stress and the social brain: behavioural effects and neurobiological mechanisms

Carmen Sandi;József Haller

680
Citations
Experience-dependent facilitating effect of corticosterone on spatial memory formation in the water maze

Carmen Sandi;Maria Loscertales;Carmen Guaza

561
Citations
An energetic view of stress: Focus on mitochondria.

Martin Picard;Bruce S McEwen;Elissa S Epel;Carmen Sandi

540
Citations
Stress and cognition.

Carmen Sandi

520
Citations
Neurobiological links between stress and anxiety.

Nuria Daviu;Michael R. Bruchas;Bita Moghaddam;Carmen Sandi

471
Citations
Abnormal fear conditioning and amygdala processing in an animal model of autism

Kamila Markram;Tania Rinaldi;Deborah La Mendola;Carmen Sandi

469
Citations
Stress effects on working memory, explicit memory, and implicit memory for neutral and emotional stimuli in healthy men

Mathias Luethi;Beat Meier;Carmen Sandi

460
Citations
Stress, cognitive impairment and cell adhesion molecules

Carmen Sandi

456
Citations
Learning under stress: the inverted-U-shape function revisited.

Basira Salehi;M. Isabel Cordero;Carmen Sandi

328
Citations
CORTICOSTERONE ENHANCES LONG-TERM RETENTION IN ONE-DAY-OLD CHICKS TRAINED IN A WEAK PASSIVE AVOIDANCE LEARNING PARADIGM

Carmen Sandi;Steven P.R. Rose

306
Citations
Mitochondrial function in the brain links anxiety with social subordination

Fiona Hollis;Michael A. van der Kooij;Olivia Zanoletti;Laura Lozano

299
Citations
High anxiety trait: A vulnerable phenotype for stress-induced depression

Meltem Weger;Carmen Sandi

294
Citations
Peripuberty stress leads to abnormal aggression, altered amygdala and orbitofrontal reactivity and increased prefrontal MAOA gene expression.

C Márquez;G L Poirier;M I Cordero;M H Larsen

292
Citations
Stratified medicine for mental disorders

Gunter Schumann;Elisabeth B. Binder;Arne Holte;E. Ronald de Kloet

279
Citations
Novelty‐related Rapid Locomotor Effects of Corticosterone in Rats

Carmen Sandi;César Venero;Carmen Guaza

271
Citations
From high anxiety trait to depression: a neurocognitive hypothesis

Carmen Sandi;Gal Richter-Levin

270
Citations
Effects of chronic stress on contextual fear conditioning and the hippocampal expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule, its polysialylation, and L1

C Sandi;J.J Merino;M.I Cordero;K Touyarot

245
Citations
Facilitation of AMPA Receptor Synaptic Delivery as a Molecular Mechanism for Cognitive Enhancement

Shira Knafo;Shira Knafo;César Venero;Cristina Sánchez-Puelles;Inmaculada Pereda-Peréz

108
Citations