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Chawki Benkelfat

Chawki Benkelfat

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Medicine

D-Index
74
Citations
19896
World Ranking
19398
National Ranking
825

Overview

Chawki Benkelfat was affiliated with McGill University in Canada and conducted research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work focused on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

The main topics Benkelfat addressed in their research covered Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Benikelfat authored several notable papers published between 2020 and 2022. Among these publications were:

  • Extra-striatal D2/3 receptor availability in youth at risk for addiction, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Externalizing Risk Pathways for Adolescent Substance Use and Its Developmental Onset: A Canadian Birth Cohort Study: Trajectoires de comportements extériorisés et le risque pour l'initiation et l'usage de substances des adolescents: Une étude de cohorte de naissance canadienne, 2021, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • mGlu5 receptor availability in youth at risk for addictions: effects of vulnerability traits and cannabis use, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Metabotropic glutamate type 5 receptor binding availability during dextroamphetamine sensitization in mice and humans, 2021, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Radiosynthesis and In Vivo Evaluation of Four Positron Emission Tomography Tracer Candidates for Imaging of Melatonin Receptors, 2022, ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors in Benkelfat's research included Marco Leyton, Kelly Smart, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Sylvia M. L. Cox, and Robert O. Pihl.

Publication venues where their work appeared multiple times include Neuropsychopharmacology, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, and Imaging Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Differences between males and females in rates of serotonin synthesis in human brain.

    S. Nishizawa;C. Benkelfat;S. N. Young;M. Leyton

  • Risk Factors for Suicide Completion in Major Depression: A Case-Control Study of Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors in Men

    Alexandre Dumais;A. D. Lesage;Martin Alda;Guy Rouleau

  • Alcohol promotes dopamine release in the human nucleus accumbens.

    Isabelle Boileau;Jean-Marc Assaad;Jean-Marc Assaad;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  • Amphetamine-Induced Increases in Extracellular Dopamine, Drug Wanting, and Novelty Seeking: A PET/[11C]Raclopride Study in Healthy Men

    Marco Leyton;Isabelle Boileau;Isabelle Boileau;Chawki Benkelfat;Chawki Benkelfat;Mirko Diksic

  • Local cerebral glucose metabolic rates in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Patients treated with clomipramine.

    Chawki Benkelfat;Chawki Benkelfat;Thomas E. Nordahl;William E. Semple;A. Catherine King

  • Cerebral glucose metabolic rates in obsessive compulsive disorder

    Thomas E Nordahl;Chawki Benkelfat;William Emes Semple;Michael Gross

  • Serotonin and alcohol intake, abuse, and dependence: Findings of animal studies.

    David LeMarquand;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  • Mood-lowering effect of tryptophan depletion. Enhanced susceptibility in young men at genetic risk for major affective disorders.

    Chawki Benkelfat;Mark A. Ellenbogen;Peggy Dean;Roberta M. Palmour

  • Modeling Sensitization to Stimulants in Humans: An [11C]Raclopride/Positron Emission Tomography Study in Healthy Men

    Isabelle Boileau;Alain Dagher;Marco Leyton;Roger N. Gunn

  • Elevated dopa decarboxylase activity in living brain of patients with psychosis

    J. Reith;C. Benkelfat;A. Sherwin;Y. Yasuhara

  • Serotonin and alcohol intake, abuse, and dependence: Clinical evidence

    David LeMarquand;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  • Global brain gene expression analysis links glutamatergic and GABAergic alterations to suicide and major depression.

    Adolfo Sequeira;Firoza Mamdani;Carl Ernst;Marquis P. Vawter

  • A systematic review of association studies investigating genes coding for serotonin receptors and the serotonin transporter: II. Suicidal behavior.

    M Anguelova;C Benkelfat;G Turecki

  • Effect on mood of subthalamic DBS for Parkinson's disease: a consecutive series of 24 patients.

    A Berney;François Vingerhoets;A Perrin;P Guex

  • A systematic review of association studies investigating genes coding for serotonin receptors and the serotonin transporter: I. Affective disorders.

    M Anguelova;C Benkelfat;G Turecki

  • Prediction of level of serotonin 2A receptor binding by serotonin receptor 2A genetic variation in postmortem brain samples from subjects who did or did not commit suicide.

    Gustavo Turecki;Richard Brière;Karen Dewar;Tonino Antonetti

  • Brain Regional α-[11C]Methyl-l-Tryptophan Trapping in Impulsive Subjects With Borderline Personality Disorder

    Marco Leyton;Hidehiko Okazawa;Mirko Diksic;Joel Paris

  • Mood Response to Acute Tryptophan Depletion in Healthy Volunteers: Sex Differences and Temporal Stability

    Mark A. Ellenbogen;Simon N. Young;Peggy Dean;Roberta M. Palmour

  • Predictors of mood response to acute tryptophan depletion: A reanalysis

    Linda Booij;Willem Van der Does;Chawki Benkelfat;J Douglas Bremner

  • Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val-108/158-Met Gene Variants Associated With Performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

    Ridha Joober;Julie Gauthier;Samarthji Lal;David Bloom

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Leyton
Marco Leyton McGill University
Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Simon N. Young
Simon N. Young McGill University
Alain Dagher
Alain Dagher Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Linda Booij
Linda Booij Concordia University
Robert O. Pihl
Robert O. Pihl McGill University
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Glen B. Baker
Glen B. Baker University of Alberta

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