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Eric LeGuern publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric LeGuern sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Eric LeGuern D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric LeGuern sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Eric LeGuern is a researcher affiliated with the Institut du Cerveau in France, specializing in medical and biological sciences related to neurological conditions. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields, including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. This multidisciplinary focus reflects in their engagement with subfields such as Neurology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

LeGuern's research interests cover a range of topics primarily revolving around neurological diseases and metabolism, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomics and rare diseases, epilepsy research and treatment, neurological disorders and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, and hereditary neurological disorders.

The scientist has co-authored studies with frequent collaborators including Alexis Brice, Julien Buratti, Lionel Arnaud, Jean-Madeleine de Sainte Agathe, and Caroline Nava. These collaborations contribute to a broad and interconnected body of work in their fields of expertise.

Eric LeGuern's recent publications illustrate a focus on neurodegenerative and genetic neurological disorders:

  • Plasma progranulin levels for frontotemporal dementia in clinical practice: a 10-year French experience (2020), published in Neurobiology of Aging
  • Genetic screening of ANXA11 revealed novel mutations linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020), published in Neurobiology of Aging
  • GM3 synthase deficiency in non-Amish patients (2021), published in Genetics in Medicine
  • Involvement of ADGRV1 Gene in Familial Forms of Genetic Generalized Epilepsy (2021), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • Expanding the Spectrum of AP5Z1-Related Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP-SPG48): A Multicenter Study on a Rare Disease (2021), published in Movement Disorders

The publications appear in recurring venues including Movement Disorders, Neurobiology of Aging, Journal of Medical Genetics, Genetics in Medicine, and Frontiers in Neurology. These venues indicate a consistent engagement with clinical and genetic aspects of neurological disease research.

Eric LeGuern was recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2004, an acknowledgment indicative of their standing in the scientific community. Their ongoing contributions focus on advancing knowledge in the genetics and molecular biology of neurological disorders, particularly those with hereditary and neurodevelopmental implications.

Best Publications

  • Mutations of SCN1A, encoding a neuronal sodium channel, in two families with GEFS+2.

    Andrew Escayg;Bryan T. MacDonald;Miriam H. Meisler;Stéphanie Baulac

  • First genetic evidence of GABA(A) receptor dysfunction in epilepsy: a mutation in the gamma2-subunit gene.

    Stéphanie Baulac;Gilles Huberfeld;Isabelle Gourfinkel-An;Georgia Mitropoulou

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B is caused by mutations in the gene encoding myotubularin-related protein-2

    Alessandra Bolino;Maria Muglia;Francesca Luisa Conforti;Eric LeGuern

  • Sporadic Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by Mutations in PCDH19 Resembles Dravet Syndrome but Mainly Affects Females

    Christel Depienne;Christel Depienne;Delphine Bouteiller;Boris Keren;Emmanuel Cheuret

  • The gene encoding ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 is mutated in axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4A disease.

    Ana Cuesta;Laia Pedrola;Teresa Sevilla;Javier García-Planells

  • Spectrum of SCN1A gene mutations associated with Dravet syndrome: analysis of 333 patients

    C Depienne;O Trouillard;C Saint-Martin;I Gourfinkel-An

  • Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, are a major cause of spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum

    Giovanni Stevanin;Filippo M. Santorelli;Hamid Azzedine;Hamid Azzedine;Paula Coutinho

  • Mutations in MTMR13, a new pseudophosphatase homologue of MTMR2 and Sbf1, in two families with an autosomal recessive demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease associated with early-onset glaucoma.

    H. Azzedine;A. Bolino;T. Taïeb;N. Birouk

  • SOD1, ANG, VAPB, TARDBP, and FUS mutations in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: genotype–phenotype correlations

    Stéphanie Millecamps;François Salachas;Cécile Cazeneuve;Paul H. Gordon

  • De novo loss-or gain-of-function mutations in KCNA2 cause epileptic encephalopathy

    Steffen Syrbe;Ulrike B.S. Hedrich;Erik Riesch;Tania Djémié

  • A Second Locus for Familial Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus Maps to Chromosome 2q21-q33

    Stéphanie Baulac;Isabelle Gourfinkel-An;Fabienne Picard;Fabienne Picard;Myriam Rosenberg-Bourgin

  • INF2 Mutations in Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease with Glomerulopathy

    Olivia Boyer;Fabien Nevo;Emmanuelle Plaisier;Benoit Funalot

  • Familial focal epilepsy with focal cortical dysplasia due to DEPDC5 mutations

    Stéphanie Baulac;Saeko Ishida;Elise Marsan;Catherine Miquel

  • Mutations of DEPDC5 cause autosomal dominant focal epilepsies

    Saeko Ishida;Fabienne Picard;Gabrielle Rudolf;Eric Noé;Eric Noé

  • Fever, genes, and epilepsy

    Stéphanie Baulac;Isabelle Gourfinkel-An;Rima Nabbout;Gilles Huberfeld

  • De Novo Loss-of-Function Mutations in CHD2 Cause a Fever-Sensitive Myoclonic Epileptic Encephalopathy Sharing Features with Dravet Syndrome

    Arvid Suls;Johanna A. Jaehn;Angela Kecskés;Yvonne Weber

  • De novo mutations in HCN1 cause early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

    Caroline Nava;Carine Dalle;Agnès Rastetter;Pasquale Striano

  • Mutations in SQSTM1 encoding p62 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: genetics and neuropathology

    Elisa Teyssou;Takahiro Takeda;Vincent Lebon;Séverine Boillée

  • A mutation in periaxin is responsible for CMT4F, an autosomal recessive form of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease

    Angèle Guilbot;Anna Williams;Nicole Ravisé;Christophe Verny

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Stéphanie Baulac
Stéphanie Baulac Sorbonne University
Christel Depienne
Christel Depienne Essen University Hospital
Sarah Weckhuysen
Sarah Weckhuysen University of Antwerp
Rima Nabbout
Rima Nabbout Université Paris Cité
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Giovanni Stevanin
Giovanni Stevanin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Ingo Helbig
Ingo Helbig Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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