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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
33202
World Ranking
1676
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Daniel Bertrand is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a focus on several specialized subfields and topics.

The main fields of study for their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Microbiology
  • Insect Science
  • Pharmacology

The primary topics covered in their research output are:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Pharmacological Research
  • Current topics in behavioral neurosciences

Daniel Bertrand has collaborated with the following frequent coauthors:

  • Kumiko Kambara
  • Chris Ulens
  • Marijke Brams
  • Aujan Mehregan
  • Mieke Nys

Their recent papers include:

  • A Review of the Cholinergic System and Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Brain Disorders, 2020, Current topics in behavioral neurosciences
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in neurological and psychiatric diseases, 2023, Pharmacological Research
  • The molecular mechanism of snake short-chain α-neurotoxin binding to muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Chemogenetics a robust approach to pharmacology and gene therapy, 2020, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Modulation of the Erwinia ligand-gated ion channel (ELIC) and the 5-HT3 receptor via a common vestibule site, 2020, eLife

Best Publications

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Nicotinic Cholinergic Mechanisms of the Central Nervous System

    John A. Dani;Daniel Bertrand

  • A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) is developmentally regulated and forms a homo-oligomeric channel blocked by α-BTX

    Sabine Couturier;Daniel Bertrand;Jean-Marc Matter;Maria-Clemencia Hernandez

  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to brain function.

    R. C. Hogg;Mario Raggenbass;Daniel Bertrand

  • Mutations in the channel domain alter desensitization of a neuronal nicotinic receptor.

    F. Revah;D. Bertrand;J.-L Galzi;A. Devillers-Thiéry

  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from basic science to therapeutics.

    Raymond Hurst;Hans Rollema;Daniel Bertrand

  • A novel positive allosteric modulator of the alpha7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: in vitro and in vivo characterization

    Raymond S. Hurst;Mihaly Hajós;Mario Raggenbass;Theron M. Wall

  • Chronic Exposure to Nicotine Upregulates the Human α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function

    Bruno Buisson;Daniel Bertrand

  • Mutations in the channel domain of a neuronal nicotinic receptor convert ion selectivity from cationic to anionic.

    Jean-Luc Galzi;Anne Devillers-Thiery;Nicolas Hussy;Sonia Bertrand

  • Chimaeric nicotinic–serotonergic receptor combines distinct ligand binding and channel specificities

    Jean-Luc Eiselé;Sonia Bertrand;Jean-Luc Galzi;Anne Devillers-Thiéry

  • Mutations at two distinct sites within the channel domain M2 alter calcium permeability of neuronal alpha 7 nicotinic receptor.

    D Bertrand;J L Galzi;A Devillers-Thiéry;S Bertrand

  • An Insertion Mutation of the CHRNA4 Gene in a Family With Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

    Ortrud K. Steinlein;Andres Magnusson;Jens Stoodt;Sonia Bertrand

  • Brain nicotinic receptors: structure and regulation, role in learning and reinforcement.

    Jean-Pierre Changeux;Daniel Bertrand;Pierre-Jean Corringer;Stanislas Dehaene

  • Crystal structure of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor homolog AChBP in complex with an alpha-conotoxin PnIA variant.

    Patrick H N Celie;Igor E Kasheverov;Dmitry Y Mordvintsev;Ronald C Hogg

  • Progesterone Modulates a Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

    Soledad Valera;Marc Ballivet;Daniel Bertrand

  • CHRNB2 is the second acetylcholine receptor subunit associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

    Hilary A. Phillips;Isabelle Favre;Martin Kirkpatrick;Sameer M. Zuberi

  • A three-dimensional multi-electrode array for multi-site stimulation and recording in acute brain slices.

    Marc Olivier Heuschkel;Michael Fejtl;Mario Raggenbass;Daniel Bertrand

  • First steps toward noninvasive intraocular pressure monitoring with a sensing contact lens

    Matteo Leonardi;Peter Leuenberger;Daniel Bertrand;Arnaud Bertsch

  • Nicotine addiction: the possible role of functional upregulation

    Bruno Buisson;Daniel Bertrand

  • Allosteric modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Daniel Bertrand;Murali Gopalakrishnan

  • Unconventional pharmacology of a neuronal nicotinic receptor mutated in the channel domain

    D Bertrand;A Devillers-Thiéry;F Revah;J L Galzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Bertrand
Sonia Bertrand University of Geneva
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux Institut Pasteur
Philippe Renaud
Philippe Renaud École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ortrud K. Steinlein
Ortrud K. Steinlein Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-Louis Reymond
Jean-Louis Reymond University of Bern
August B. Smit
August B. Smit Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel Hohl
Daniel Hohl University of Lausanne
Eliane Tribollet
Eliane Tribollet University of Geneva
Dominique Muller
Dominique Muller University of Geneva
Adrian M. Ionescu
Adrian M. Ionescu École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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