Chawki Benkelfat

Best Publications

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

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

  1135
  Citations

• Alcohol promotes dopamine release in the human nucleus accumbens.

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

  738
  Citations

• 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

  521
  Citations

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

  David LeMarquand;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  467
  Citations

• 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

  459
  Citations

• 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

  437
  Citations

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

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

  435
  Citations

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

  David LeMarquand;Robert O. Pihl;Chawki Benkelfat

  433
  Citations

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

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

  430
  Citations

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

  A Berney;François Vingerhoets;A Perrin;P Guex

  401
  Citations

• 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

  389
  Citations

• 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

  366
  Citations

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

  Marco Leyton;Hidehiko Okazawa;Mirko Diksic;Joel Paris

  330
  Citations

• The neurobiology of depression—revisiting the serotonin hypothesis. I. Cellular and molecular mechanisms

  Paul R. Albert;Chawki Benkelfat;Laurent Descarries

  258
  Citations

• Peripheral SLC6A4 DNA methylation is associated with in vivo measures of human brain serotonin synthesis and childhood physical aggression.

  Dongsha Wang;Moshe Szyf;Chawki Benkelfat;Nadine Provençal

  251
  Citations

• Functional neuroanatomy of CCK4-induced anxiety in normal healthy volunteers.

  C Benkelfat;J Bradwejn;E Meyer;M Ellenbogen

  222
  Citations

• Conditioned Dopamine Release in Humans: A Positron Emission Tomography [11C]Raclopride Study with Amphetamine

  Isabelle Boileau;Alain Dagher;Marco Leyton;Krzysztof Welfeld

  219
  Citations

• An examination of DSM-IV depressive symptoms and risk for suicide completion in major depressive disorder: a psychological autopsy study.

  Alexander McGirr;Johanne Renaud;Monique Seguin;Martin Alda

  217
  Citations

• Implication of SSAT by Gene Expression and Genetic Variation in Suicide and Major Depression

  Adolfo Sequeira;Fuad G. Gwadry;Jarlath M. H. ffrench-Mullen;Lilian Canetti

  210
  Citations

• Functional neuroanatomy of smooth pursuit and predictive saccades.

  G. A. O'driscoll;A.-L. V. Wolff;C. Benkelfat;P. S. Florencio

  201
  Citations