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Etienne C. Hirsch

Etienne C. Hirsch

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
32890
World Ranking
12131
National Ranking
379

Neuroscience

D-Index
90
Citations
32890
World Ranking
1103
National Ranking
35

Etienne C. Hirsch 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 Etienne C. Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 227 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Etienne C. Hirsch 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 Etienne C. Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Etienne C. Hirsch is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work is specifically centered around neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology, with additional interests in physiology and polymers and plastics.

The main topics covered by Hirsch's research include Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, nuclear receptors and signaling, nerve injury and regeneration, RNA regulation and disease, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, conducting polymers and applications, and redox biology and oxidative stress.

Hirsch has contributed to several journal publications, especially in the fields of neurology and neuroscience. The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Movement Disorders
  • Scientific Reports
  • Revue Neurologique
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have authored multiple papers, notable among them:

  • "Ten Unsolved Questions About Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease" (2020), published in Movement Disorders
  • "Genes critical for development and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons are downregulated in Parkinson's disease" (2023), published in Journal of Neural Transmission
  • "Glutaredoxin 1 Downregulation in the Substantia Nigra Leads to Dopaminergic Degeneration in Mice" (2020), published in Movement Disorders

Frequent collaborators of Hirsch include Aditi Verma, Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Reddy Peera Kommaddi, Barathan Gnanabharathi, and Patrick P. Michel.

Best Publications

  • Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease: a target for neuroprotection?

    Etienne C Hirsch;Etienne C Hirsch;Stéphane Hunot;Stéphane Hunot

  • Melanized dopaminergic neurons are differentially susceptible to degeneration in Parkinson's disease

    Etienne Hirsch;Ann M. Graybiel;Yves A. Agid

  • Infiltration of CD4+ lymphocytes into the brain contributes to neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson disease

    Vanessa Brochard;Béhazine Combadière;Annick Prigent;Yasmina Laouar

  • Dopamine depletion impairs precursor cell proliferation in Parkinson disease

    Günter U Höglinger;Pamela Rizk;Marie P Muriel;Charles Duyckaerts

  • Missing pieces in the Parkinson's disease puzzle.

    Jose A Obeso;Maria C Rodriguez-Oroz;Christopher G Goetz;Concepcion Marin;Concepcion Marin

  • Caspase-3: A vulnerability factor and final effector in apoptotic death of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease.

    Andreas Hartmann;Stéphane Hunot;Patrick P. Michel;Marie-Paule Muriel

  • Nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB is increased in dopaminergic neurons of patients with parkinson disease.

    Stephane Hunot;Bernard Brugg;Damien Ricard;Patrick P. Michel

  • Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

    Etienne C. Hirsch;Etienne C. Hirsch;Sheela Vyas;Sheela Vyas;Stéphane Hunot;Stéphane Hunot

  • Understanding Dopaminergic Cell Death Pathways in Parkinson Disease.

    Patrick P. Michel;Etienne C. Hirsch;Stéphane Hunot

  • FcεRII/CD23 Is Expressed in Parkinson’s Disease and Induces, In Vitro, Production of Nitric Oxide and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Glial Cells

    Stéphane Hunot;Nathalie Dugas;Baptiste Faucheux;Andreas Hartmann

  • Parkin prevents mitochondrial swelling and cytochrome c release in mitochondria-dependent cell death

    Frédéric Darios;Olga Corti;Christoph B. Lücking;Cornelia Hampe

  • Cellular localization of the Huntington's disease protein and discrimination of the normal and mutated form.

    Yvon Trottier;Didier Devys;Georges Imbert;Frédéric Saudou

  • JNK-mediated induction of cyclooxygenase 2 is required for neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

    Stéphane Hunot;Miquel Vila;Peter Teismann;Roger J. Davis

  • Cholinergic mesencephalic neurons are involved in gait and postural disorders in Parkinson disease

    Carine Karachi;David Grabli;Frédéric A. Bernard;Dominique Tandé

  • Protective action of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist pioglitazone in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

    T. Breidert;J. Callebert;M. T. Heneka;G. Landreth

  • Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) contributes to neurodegeneration in animal models of Parkinson's disease.

    Julio Salazar;Natalia Mena;Stephane Hunot;Annick Prigent

  • Chronic systemic complex I inhibition induces a hypokinetic multisystem degeneration in rats.

    Günter U Höglinger;Günter U Höglinger;Jean Féger;Annick Prigent;Patrick P Michel

  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7 (SCA7): A Neurodegenerative Disorder With Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions

    Monica Holmberg;Charles Duyckaerts;Alexandra Dürr;Géraldine Cancel

  • Pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease

    Etienne C. Hirsch;Peter Jenner;Serge Przedborski

  • Novel pharmacological targets for the treatment of Parkinson's disease

    Anthony H V Schapira;Erwan Bezard;Jonathan Brotchie;Frédéric Calon

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Agid
Yves Agid Institut du Cerveau
Chantal François
Chantal François Sorbonne University
Andreas Hartmann
Andreas Hartmann Université Paris Cité
Jean Féger
Jean Féger Grenoble Alpes University
Charles Duyckaerts
Charles Duyckaerts Université Paris Cité
Günter U. Höglinger
Günter U. Höglinger Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Jean-Jacques Hauw
Jean-Jacques Hauw Grenoble Alpes University
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Wolfgang H. Oertel Philipp University of Marburg

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