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Didier Pinault 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 Didier Pinault sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 publications — 2nd percentile

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Didier Pinault 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 Didier Pinault sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Didier Pinault is a researcher affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their work primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology. The research covers a variety of topics centered on neural mechanisms and brain function.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

The research outputs by Didier Pinault comprise multiple scientific papers published across a range of specialized peer-reviewed venues. Recent papers include:

  • "A single psychotomimetic dose of ketamine decreases thalamocortical spindles and delta oscillations in the sedated rat," 2020, Schizophrenia Research
  • "The psychotomimetic ketamine disrupts the transfer of late sensory information in the corticothalamic network," 2022, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Frontoparietal anodal tDCS reduces ketamine-induced oscillopathies," 2021, Translational Neuroscience
  • "Diminution des fuseaux du sommeil dans un modèle pour la schizophrénie," 2020, Médecine du Sommeil
  • "A single psychotomimetic dose of ketamine decreases thalamocortical spindles and delta oscillations in the sedated rat," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent publication venues for Didier Pinault include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Translational Neuroscience

The researcher has collaboration ties with several frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Ali Mahdavi
  • Yi Qin
  • Sofya Kulikova
  • Caroline Lahogue
  • Anne-Sophie Aubry

Best Publications

  • A novel single-cell staining procedure performed in vivo under electrophysiological control: morpho-functional features of juxtacellularly labeled thalamic cells and other central neurons with biocytin or Neurobiotin

    Didier Pinault

  • The thalamic reticular nucleus: structure, function and concept.

    Didier Pinault

  • Corticothalamic projections from the cortical barrel field to the somatosensory thalamus in rats: a single-fibre study using biocytin as an anterograde tracer.

    Jacques Bourassa;Didier Pinault;Martin Deschênes

  • N-Methyl d-Aspartate Receptor Antagonists Ketamine and MK-801 Induce Wake-Related Aberrant γ Oscillations in the Rat Neocortex

    Didier Pinault

  • Corticothalamic projections from layer V cells in rat are collaterals of long-range corticofugal axons.

    Martin Deschênes;Jacques Bourassa;Didier Pinault

  • Intracellular recordings in thalamic neurones during spontaneous spike and wave discharges in rats with absence epilepsy

    Didier Pinault;Nathalie Leresche;Stéphane Charpier;Jean-Michel Deniau

  • NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Leads to Generalized and Persistent Aberrant γ Oscillations Independent of Hyperlocomotion and the State of Consciousness

    Tahir Mohammed Hadi Brohi Hakami;Nigel Jones;Elena Tolmacheva;Julien Gaudias

  • Projection and innervation patterns of individual thalamic reticular axons in the thalamus of the adult rat: A three‐dimensional, graphic, and morphometric analysis

    Didier Pinault;Martin Deschênes

  • Medium-voltage 5-9-Hz oscillations give rise to spike-and-wave discharges in a genetic model of absence epilepsy: In vivo dual extracellular recording of thalamic relay and reticular neurons

    Didier Pinault;Marguerite Vergnes;Christian Marescaux

  • Voltage-dependent 40-Hz oscillations in rat reticular thalamic neurons in vivo

    D Pinault;M Deschênes

  • The axonal arborization of single thalamic reticular neurons in the somatosensory thalamus of the rat.

    Didier Pinault;Jacques Bourassa;Martin Deschênes

  • Cellular interactions in the rat somatosensory thalamocortical system during normal and epileptic 5-9 Hz oscillations.

    Didier Pinault

  • Anatomical evidence for a mechanism of lateral inhibition in the rat thalamus.

    Didier Pinault;Didier Pinault;Martin Deschênes

  • Dendrodendritic and Axoaxonic Synapses in the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus of the Adult Rat

    Didier Pinault;Yoland Smith;Yoland Smith;Martin Deschênes

  • Single striatofugal axons arborizing in both pallidal segments and in the substantia nigra in primates

    André Parent;Ali Charara;Didier Pinault

  • Dysfunctional Thalamus-Related Networks in Schizophrenia

    Didier Pinault

  • Acute administration of typical and atypical antipsychotics reduces EEG gamma power, but only the preclinical compound LY379268 reduces the ketamine-induced rise in gamma power

    Nigel C. Jones;Maya Reddy;Paul Anderson;Michael R. Salzberg

  • Cellular and network mechanisms of genetically-determined absence seizures.

    Didier Pinault;Terence John O'brien

  • Control of 40-Hz* firing of reticular thalamic cells by neurotransmitters

    D. Pinault;M. Descheˆnes

  • Functional stabilization of weakened thalamic pacemaker channel regulation in rat absence epilepsy

    Mira Kuisle;Nicolas Wanaverbecq;Amy L. Brewster;Samuel G. A. Frère

  • Backpropagation of action potentials generated at ectopic axonal loci: hypothesis that axon terminals integrate local environmental signals.

    Didier Pinault

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence J. O'Brien
Terence J. O'Brien Monash University
Nigel C. Jones
Nigel C. Jones Monash University
Christopher A. Reid
Christopher A. Reid Monash University
Martin Deschênes
Martin Deschênes Université Laval
Yoland Smith
Yoland Smith Emory University
László Acsády
László Acsády Institute of Experimental Medicine
André Parent
André Parent Université Laval
György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
Christian Marescaux
Christian Marescaux Grenoble Alpes University
Tallie Z. Baram
Tallie Z. Baram University of California, Irvine

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