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Catherine Chiron 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 Catherine Chiron sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 278 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Catherine Chiron 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 Catherine Chiron sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Catherine Chiron is affiliated with Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris in France. Their research primarily focuses on epilepsy and related neurological conditions, with an emphasis on pediatric populations and pharmacological interventions.

Their recent publications include:

  • Initiating stiripentol before 2 years of age in patients with Dravet syndrome is safe and beneficial against status epilepticus, 2023, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Comparative efficacy and safety of stiripentol, cannabidiol and fenfluramine as first-line add-on therapies for seizures in Dravet syndrome: A network meta-analysis, 2024, Epilepsia Open
  • Pharmacotherapy for Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, 2021, CNS Drugs
  • Fifteen years of real-world data on the use of vigabatrin in individuals with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, 2023, Epilepsia
  • Safety considerations selecting antiseizure medications for the treatment of individuals with Dravet syndrome, 2021, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Their work has been published in several notable venues, including:

  • Epilepsia
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Epilepsia Open
  • Neurology and Therapy
  • CNS Drugs

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Catherine Chiron include:

  • Rima Nabbout
  • Mathieu Kuchenbuch
  • Nicole Chémaly
  • Anna Kamińska
  • Jacques Laschet

The primary field of study is Medicine, with a substantial focus on related subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Physiology.

Main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Advanced MRI techniques and applications
  • Tuberous sclerosis complex research
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases

Best Publications

  • Stiripentol in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a randomised placebo-controlled syndrome-dedicated trial

    C Chiron;MC Marchand;A Tran;E Rey

  • The right brain hemisphere is dominant in human infants.

    C Chiron;I Jambaque;R Nabbout;R Lounes

  • Changes in regional cerebral blood flow during brain maturation in children and adolescents.

    Catherine Chiron;Claude Raynaud;Bernard Mazière;M. Zilbovicius

  • Randomized trial comparing vigabatrin and hydrocortisone in infantile spasms due to tuberous sclerosis

    C Chiron;C Dumas;I Jambaqué;J Mumford

  • Late plasticity for language in a child's non-dominant hemisphere: a pre- and post-surgery fMRI study.

    Lucie Hertz-Pannier;Catherine Chiron;Isabelle Jambaque;Virginie Renaux-Kieffer

  • Guidelines for imaging infants and children with recent-onset epilepsy.

    William D. Gaillard;Catherine Chiron;J. Helen Cross;A. Simon Harvey

  • Spectrum of SCN1A mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

    Rima Nabbout;E. Gennaro;B. Dalla Bernardina;O. Dulac

  • Migrating Partial Seizures in Infancy: A Malignant Disorder with Developmental Arrest

    G. Coppola;P. Plouin;C. Chiron;O. Robain

  • Therapeutic trial of vigabatrin in refractory infantile spasms.

    Catherine Chiron;Olivier Dulac;Daniel Beaumont;Leonardo Palacios

  • A conserved switch in sensory processing prepares developing neocortex for vision

    Matthew T. Colonnese;Anna Kaminska;Anna Kaminska;Marat Minlebaev;Mathieu Milh

  • FDG-PET improves surgical outcome in negative MRI Taylor-type focal cortical dysplasias

    F. Chassoux;S. Rodrigo;F. Semah;F. Beuvon

  • Mental and behavioural outcome of infantile epilepsy treated by vigabatrin in tuberous sclerosis patients.

    I Jambaqué;C Chiron;C Dumas;J Mumford

  • Acute encephalopathy with inflammation-mediated status epilepticus

    Rima Nabbout;Annamaria Vezzani;Olivier Dulac;Catherine Chiron;Catherine Chiron

  • Fenfluramine for Treatment-Resistant Seizures in Patients With Dravet Syndrome Receiving Stiripentol-Inclusive Regimens: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Rima Nabbout;Arun Mistry;Sameer Zuberi;Nathalie Villeneuve

  • Bumetanide for the treatment of seizures in newborn babies with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (NEMO) : an open-label, dose finding, and feasibility phase 1/2 trial

    Ronit M Pressler;Geraldine B Boylan;Neil Marlow;Mats Blennow

  • Devastating epileptic encephalopathy in school-aged children (DESC): a pseudo encephalitis.

    Y. Mikaeloff;I. Jambaqué;L. Hertz-Pannier;A. Zamfirescu

  • Clinical Heterogeneity of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Definition of Sub-Phenotypes and Predictive Criteria by Long-Term Follow-Up

    Isabelle Desguerre;Isabelle Desguerre;Christo Christov;Michele Mayer;Reinhard Zeller

  • The three stages of epilepsy in patients with CDKL5 mutations.

    Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Anna Kaminska;Anna Kaminska;Nathalie Boddaert;Nathalie Boddaert;Marlène Rio

  • Neuropsychiatric aspects of tuberous sclerosis.

    P. Curatolo;R. Cusmai;F. Cortesi;C. Chiron

  • Type II focal cortical dysplasia: Electroclinical phenotype and surgical outcome related to imaging

    Francine Chassoux;Elisabeth Landré;Charles Mellerio;Baris Turak

  • The pharmacologic treatment of Dravet syndrome.

    Catherine Chiron;Olivier Dulac;Olivier Dulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Dulac
Olivier Dulac AdPueriVitam
Rima Nabbout
Rima Nabbout Université Paris Cité
Anna Kaminska
Anna Kaminska Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Perrine Plouin
Perrine Plouin Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Lucie Hertz-Pannier
Lucie Hertz-Pannier Université Paris Cité
Nathalie Villeneuve
Nathalie Villeneuve Hôpital Européen
Nathalie Boddaert
Nathalie Boddaert Université Paris Cité
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Stéphane Auvin
Stéphane Auvin Université Paris Cité
Georges Dellatolas
Georges Dellatolas Grenoble Alpes University

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