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Etienne Coutureau is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with a particular concentration on Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Additional subfields of study include Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, among which are:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Etienne Coutureau has authored multiple research papers, including recent notable publications such as:

  • Chemogenetic silencing of hippocampus and amygdala reveals a double dissociation in periadolescent obesogenic diet-induced memory alterations (2020, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory)
  • Inhibition of noradrenergic signalling in rodent orbitofrontal cortex impairs the updating of goal-directed actions (2023, eLife)
  • Dopamine and noradrenaline modulation of goal-directed behavior in orbital and medial prefrontal cortex: Toward a division of labor? (2021, Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • A response to claims of emergent intelligence and sentience in a dish (2023, Neuron)
  • Obesogenic diet induces circuit-specific memory deficits in mice (2024, eLife)

Frequent publication venues where Coutureau's research appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neuron

The scientist collaborates often with several co-authors, highlighting a network of research partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mathieu Wolff
  • Ioannis Bakoyiannis
  • Clémentine Bosch-Bouju
  • Guillaume Ferreira
  • Alessandro Piccin

Best Publications

  • Coordination of Actions and Habits in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Rats

    Simon Killcross;Etienne Coutureau

  • Inactivation of the infralimbic prefrontal cortex reinstates goal-directed responding in overtrained rats

    Etienne Coutureau;Simon Killcross

  • Pavlovian to instrumental transfer: a neurobehavioural perspective.

    Nathan M. Holmes;Alain R. Marchand;Etienne Coutureau

  • Parallel Maturation of Goal-Directed Behavior and Dopaminergic Systems during Adolescence

    Fabien Naneix;Alain R Marchand;Alain R Marchand;Georges Di Scala;Georges Di Scala;Jean-Rémi Pape;Jean-Rémi Pape

  • Transient role of the rat prelimbic cortex in goal-directed behaviour

    Delphine A. S. Tran-Tu-Yen;Alain R. Marchand;Alain R. Marchand;Jean-Rémi Pape;Jean-Rémi Pape;Georges Di Scala;Georges Di Scala

  • Differential contribution of dorsal and ventral hippocampus to trace and delay fear conditioning

    Frederic Esclassan;Frederic Esclassan;Etienne Coutureau;Georges Di Scala;Alain R. Marchand

  • Insular and Ventrolateral Orbitofrontal Cortices Differentially Contribute to Goal-Directed Behavior in Rodents.

    Shauna L Parkes;Shauna L Parkes;Shauna L Parkes;Pascal M Ravassard;Pascal M Ravassard;Juan-Carlos Cerpa;Juan-Carlos Cerpa;Mathieu Wolff;Mathieu Wolff

  • Entorhinal but not hippocampal or subicular lesions disrupt latent inhibition in rats.

    E. Coutureau;R. Galani;O. Gosselin;M. Majchrzak

  • A Role for Medial Prefrontal Dopaminergic Innervation in Instrumental Conditioning

    Fabien Naneix;Alain R. Marchand;Georges Di Scala;Jean-Rémi Pape

  • A Cholinergic-Dependent Role for the Entorhinal Cortex in Trace Fear Conditioning

    Frederic Esclassan;Etienne Coutureau;Georges Di Scala;Alain R. Marchand

  • Juvenile obesity enhances emotional memory and amygdala plasticity through glucocorticoids.

    Chloé Boitard;Mouna Maroun;Frédéric Tantot;Frédéric Tantot;Amandine Cavaroc;Amandine Cavaroc

  • Dopamine blockade impairs the exploration-exploitation trade-off in rats.

    François Cinotti;Virginie Fresno;Virginie Fresno;Nassim Aklil;Etienne Coutureau;Etienne Coutureau

  • Functional heterogeneity of the limbic thalamus: From hippocampal to cortical functions

    Mathieu Wolff;Fabien Alcaraz;Alain R. Marchand;Etienne Coutureau

  • Dietary omega-3 deficiency exacerbates inflammation and reveals spatial memory deficits in mice exposed to lipopolysaccharide during gestation.

    V.F. Labrousse;Q. Leyrolle;C. Amadieu;A. Aubert

  • Thalamocortical and corticothalamic pathways differentially contribute to goal-directed behaviors in the rat

    Fabien Alcaraz;Fabien Alcaraz;Virginie Fresno;Virginie Fresno;Alain R Marchand;Alain R Marchand;Eric J Kremer

  • Acquired Equivalence and Distinctiveness of Cues: II. Neural Manipulations and Their Implications

    Etinne Coutureau;Andrew Simon Killcross;Mark Andrew Good;V. J. Marshall

  • A comparison of the effects of fimbria-fornix, hippocampal, or entorhinal cortex lesions on spatial reference and working memory in rats: short versus long postsurgical recovery period

    Rodrigue Galani;Stéphanie Obis;Etienne Coutureau;Len Jarrard

  • Entorhinal cortex and cognition.

    Etienne Coutureau;Georges Di Scala

  • Inter-individual decision-making differences in the effects of cingulate, orbitofrontal, and prelimbic cortex lesions in a rat gambling task.

    Marion Rivalan;Etienne Coutureau;Aurélie Fitoussi;Françoise Dellu-Hagedorn

  • Goal-directed responding is sensitive to lesions to the prelimbic cortex or basolateral nucleus of the amygdala but not to their disconnection.

    Etienne Coutureau;Alain R. Marchand;Georges Di Scala

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Sophie Layé
Sophie Layé University of Bordeaux
Martine Cador
Martine Cador University of Bordeaux
Nathalie Castanon
Nathalie Castanon University of Bordeaux
Simon Killcross
Simon Killcross University of New South Wales
Nicole Mons
Nicole Mons University of Bordeaux
Robert Colin Honey
Robert Colin Honey Cardiff University
Geoffrey Schoenbaum
Geoffrey Schoenbaum National Institutes of Health
John C. Dalrymple-Alford
John C. Dalrymple-Alford University of Canterbury
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni National Autonomous University of Mexico

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