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Claude Messier

Claude Messier

University of Ottawa
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
7173
World Ranking
7403
National Ranking
436

Claude Messier 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 Claude Messier sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 93 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claude Messier 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 Claude Messier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Claude Messier is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various specialized subfields, including physiology, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their research include stress responses and cortisol, adipose tissue and metabolism, mitochondrial function and pathology, circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and wakefulness research, tryptophan and brain disorders, and gut microbiota and health.

Recent publications by Claude Messier demonstrate a focus on behavioral and metabolic responses under various physiological conditions. Notable papers include:

  • Chronic sleep disruption induces depression-like behavior in adolescent male and female mice and sensitization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in adolescent female mice, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Environmental enrichment alters LPS-induced changes in BDNF and PSD-95 expressions during puberty, 2023, Brain Research
  • 16p11.2 haploinsufficiency reduces mitochondrial biogenesis in brain endothelial cells and alters brain metabolism in adult mice, 2023, Cell Reports
  • The effect of probiotic supplementation on sleep, depression-like behaviour, and central glucose and lactate metabolism in male and female pubertal mice exposed to chronic sleep disruption, 2024, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Brain and muscle adaptation to high-fat diets and exercise: Metabolic transporters, enzymes and substrates in the rat cortex and muscle, 2020, Brain Research

Claude Messier frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Common coauthor names include:

  • Michael Murack
  • Nafissa Ismail
  • Alexandria Béland-Millar
  • Kevin B. Smith
  • Olivia H. Traynor

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Brain Research
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • The Relationship between Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cognitive Function

    Nesrine Awad;Michèle Gagnon;Claude Messier

  • Glucose improvement of memory: a review.

    Claude Messier

  • Glucose regulation and cognitive functions: relation to Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.

    Claude Messier;Michèle Gagnon

  • Methodological and conceptual issues in the use of the elevated plus-maze as a psychological measurement instrument of animal anxiety-like behavior.

    P.M. Wall;Claude Messier

  • Impact of impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes on cognitive aging

    Claude Messier

  • Immunohistochemical localization and quantification of glucose transporters in the mouse brain.

    C Choeiri;W Staines;C Messier

  • The role of insulin, insulin growth factor, and insulin-degrading enzyme in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease.

    Claude Messier;Kevin Teutenberg

  • Measuring the impact of exercise on cognitive aging: methodological issues.

    Delyana I. Miller;Vanessa Taler;Patrick S.R. Davidson;Patrick S.R. Davidson;Claude Messier

  • Memory improvement by glucose, fructose, and two glucose analogs: A possible effect on peripheral glucose transport

    Claude Messier;Norman M. White

  • Contingent and non-contingent actions of sucrose and saccharin reinforcers: effects on taste preference and memory.

    Claude Messier;Norman M. White

  • Infralimbic kappa opioid and muscarinic M1 receptor interactions in the concurrent modulation of anxiety and memory.

    Philip M. Wall;Claude Messier

  • The hippocampal formation--orbitomedial prefrontal cortex circuit in the attentional control of active memory.

    P.M Wall;C Messier

  • Effect of apamin, a toxin that inhibits Ca2+-dependent K+ channels, on learning and memory processes

    Claude Messier;Christiane Mourre;Bruno Bontempi;Jamila Sif

  • Diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and apolipoprotein genotype.

    Claude Messier

  • Memory-improving action of glucose: indirect evidence for a facilitation of hippocampal acetylcholine synthesis.

    Claude Messier;Thomas Durkin;Oulaya Mrabet;Claude Destrade

  • Raised glucose levels enhance scopolamine-induced acetylcholine overflow from the hippocampus: an in vivo microdialysis study in the rat.

    Thomas P. Durkin;Claude Messier;Peter de Boer;B.H.C. Westerink

  • Effect of glucose and peripheral glucose regulation on memory in the elderly.

    C. Messier;C. Messier;M. Gagnon;M. Gagnon;V. Knott;V. Knott

  • Effect of glucose, glucose regulation, and word imagery value on human memory.

    Claude Messier;Alain Desrochers;Michèle Gagnon

  • Ethological confirmatory factor analysis of anxiety-like behaviour in the murine elevated plus-maze.

    Philip M Wall;Claude Messier

  • Longitudinal study of the effects of a high-fat diet on glucose regulation, hippocampal function, and cerebral insulin sensitivity in C57BL/6 mice.

    John G. Mielke;Katarina Nicolitch;Vanessa Avellaneda;Karen Earlam

  • Object recognition in mice: improvement of memory by glucose.

    Claude Messier

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman M. White
Norman M. White McGill University
Robert Jaffard
Robert Jaffard University of Bordeaux
Michel Lazdunski
Michel Lazdunski Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Susumu Seino
Susumu Seino Kobe University
Michael A. Rudnicki
Michael A. Rudnicki Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis Rush University Medical Center
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
André Calas
André Calas University of Bordeaux
Catherine Heurteaux
Catherine Heurteaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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