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64
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14320
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3280
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118

David Blum 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 David Blum sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 204 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Blum 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 David Blum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Blum is affiliated with the University of Lille in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields, including physiology, neurology, nuclear and high energy physics, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their scientific work addresses a diverse set of topics, primarily focusing on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neutrino physics research, adenosine and purinergic signaling, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, and particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

David Blum has published numerous scientific papers, with recent notable works including:

  • Novel Alzheimer risk genes determine the microglia response to amyloid-β but not to TAU pathology, 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • IL-17 triggers the onset of cognitive and synaptic deficits in early stages of Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Sub-percent precision measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters with JUNO*, 2022, Chinese Physics C
  • Human platelet lysate biotherapy for traumatic brain injury: preclinical assessment, 2021, Brain
  • Neuronal tau species transfer to astrocytes and induce their loss according to tau aggregation state, 2021, Brain

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Luc Buée, Kévin Carvalho, Émilie Faivre, Thilo Birkenfeld, and Ouada Nebie, reflecting active collaboration within their research community.

The scientist's work is often published in several recurring venues, demonstrating consistency across particular journals and preprint repositories. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Best Publications

  • Molecular pathways involved in the neurotoxicity of 6-OHDA, dopamine and MPTP: contribution to the apoptotic theory in Parkinson's disease.

    David Blum;Sakina Torch;Nathalie Lambeng;Marie-France Nissou

  • NLRP3 inflammasome activation drives tau pathology

    Christina Ising;Carmen Venegas;Shuangshuang Zhang;Hannah Scheiblich

  • 3‐Nitropropionic acid: a mitochondrial toxin to uncover physiopathological mechanisms underlying striatal degeneration in Huntington's disease

    Emmanuel Brouillet;Carine Jacquard;Nicolas Bizat;David Blum

  • Biochemistry of Tau in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurological disorders

    Nicolas Sergeant;Alexis Bretteville;Malika Hamdane;Marie-Laure Caillet-Boudin

  • Tau and neuroinflammation: What impact for Alzheimer's Disease and Tauopathies?

    Cyril Laurent;Luc Buée;David Blum;David Blum

  • Novel Alzheimer risk genes determine the microglia response to amyloid-β but not to TAU pathology.

    Annerieke Sierksma;Ashley Lu;Renzo Mancuso;Nicola Fattorelli

  • Tau phosphorylation and sevoflurane anesthesia: an association to postoperative cognitive impairment.

    Le Freche H;Brouillette J;Fernandez-Gomez Fj;Patin P

  • Hippocampal T cell infiltration promotes neuroinflammation and cognitive decline in a mouse model of tauopathy

    Cyril Laurent;Guillaume Dorothée;Guillaume Dorothée;Stéphane Hunot;Elodie Martin

  • Targeting phospho-Ser422 by active Tau Immunotherapy in the THYTau22 mouse model: a suitable therapeutic approach

    Laetitia Troquier;Raphaelle Caillierez;Sylvie Burnouf;Francisco J Fernandez-Gomez

  • Beneficial effects of caffeine in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease-like tau pathology.

    Cyril Laurent;Cyril Laurent;Sabiha Eddarkaoui;Sabiha Eddarkaoui;Maxime Derisbourg;Maxime Derisbourg;Antoine Leboucher;Antoine Leboucher

  • Atypical, non-standard functions of the microtubule associated Tau protein

    Ioannis Sotiropoulos;Marie-Christine Galas;Joana M. Silva;Efthimios Skoulakis

  • Tau deletion promotes brain insulin resistance.

    Elodie Marciniak;Antoine Leboucher;Emilie Caron;Tariq Ahmed;Tariq Ahmed

  • Beneficial effects of exercise in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease-like Tau pathology.

    Karim Belarbi;Sylvie Burnouf;Francisco-Jose Fernandez-Gomez;Cyril Laurent

  • Neurotoxicity and Memory Deficits Induced by Soluble Low-Molecular-Weight Amyloid-β1–42 Oligomers Are Revealed In Vivo by Using a Novel Animal Model

    Jonathan Brouillette;Raphaëlle Caillierez;Nadège Zommer;Claire Alves-Pires

  • Clinical potential of minocycline for neurodegenerative disorders.

    David Blum;Abdelwahed Chtarto;Liliane Tenenbaum;Jacques Brotchi

  • IL-17 triggers the onset of cognitive and synaptic deficits in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease

    Helena C. Brigas;Miguel Ribeiro;Joana E. Coelho;Rui Gomes;Rui Gomes

  • A2A adenosine receptor deletion is protective in a mouse model of Tauopathy.

    C Laurent;C Laurent;S Burnouf;S Burnouf;B Ferry;V L Batalha

  • Hypothalamic Alterations in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Their Relation to Abnormal Energy Metabolism.

    Pauline Vercruysse;Didier Vieau;David Blum;Åsa Petersén

  • Age-related shift in LTD is dependent on neuronal adenosine A2A receptors interplay with mGluR5 and NMDA receptors

    Mariana Temido-Ferreira;Diana G. Ferreira;Vânia L. Batalha;Inês Marques-Morgado

  • The Chemokine MIP-1α/CCL3 impairs mouse hippocampal synaptic transmission, plasticity and memory.

    Elodie Marciniak;Elodie Marciniak;Emilie Faivre;Emilie Faivre;Patrick Dutar;Claire Alves Pires;Claire Alves Pires

  • Extracellular toxicity of 6-hydroxydopamine on PC12 cells.

    David Blum;Sakina Torch;Marie-France Nissou;Alim-Louis Benabid

  • Adenosine receptors and Huntington's disease: implications for pathogenesis and therapeutics

    David Blum;Raphaël Hourez;Marie-Christine Galas;Patrizia Popoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Buée
Luc Buée University of Lille
Rudi D'Hooge
Rudi D'Hooge KU Leuven
Luísa V. Lopes
Luísa V. Lopes University of Lisbon
Serge N. Schiffmann
Serge N. Schiffmann Université Libre de Bruxelles
Catherine Ledent
Catherine Ledent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tiago F. Outeiro
Tiago F. Outeiro University of Göttingen
Christa E. Müller
Christa E. Müller University of Bonn

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