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François Tison

François Tison

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
19937
World Ranking
1850
National Ranking
61

Overview

François Tison is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology. Their work addresses neurological disorders, combining clinical and physiological approaches.

Tison's subfields of study include:

  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

François Tison has contributed to publications in several venues, with a concentration in Parkinsonism and related neurological conditions. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Movement Disorders
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Their recent papers reflect a broad engagement with neurodegenerative diseases and related complications. Notable publications include:

  • Characterization of Recessive Parkinson Disease in a Large Multicenter Study, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Characteristics and progression of patients with frontotemporal dementia in a regional memory clinic network, 2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Early cognitive decline after bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease patients with GBA mutations, 2020, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Dysphagia in multiple system atrophy consensus statement on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, 2021, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • The late stage of Parkinson's - results of a large multinational study on motor and non-motor complications, 2020, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

François Tison frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors. Among the most regular are:

  • Wassilios G. Meissner
  • Philippe Damier
  • Margherita Fabbri
  • Mathieu Anheim
  • Jean-Christophe Corvol

Best Publications

  • Multiple system atrophy: A review of 203 pathologically proven cases

    G. K. Wenning;F. Tison;Y. ben Shlomo;S. E. Daniel

  • The natural history of multiple system atrophy: a prospective European cohort study

    Gregor K Wenning;Felix Geser;Felix Geser;Florian Krismer;Klaus Seppi

  • Priorities in Parkinson's disease research

    Wassilios G Meissner;Wassilios G Meissner;Mark Frasier;Thomas Gasser;Christopher G Goetz

  • Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease.

    Matthieu F. Bastide;Wassilios G. Meissner;Barbara Picconi;Stefania Fasano

  • Loss of VPS13C Function in Autosomal-Recessive Parkinsonism Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Increases PINK1/Parkin-Dependent Mitophagy.

    Suzanne Lesage;Valérie Drouet;Elisa Majounie;Vincent Deramecourt

  • Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome in French adults: A nationwide survey: The INSTANT Study

    F. Tison;A. Crochard;D. Léger;S. Bouée

  • Unbiased screen for interactors of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 supports a common pathway for sporadic and familial Parkinson disease

    A. Beilina;I. N. Rudenko;A. Kaganovich;L. Civiero

  • Clozapine in drug induced psychosis in Parkinson’s disease: a randomised, placebo controlled study with open follow up

    P Pollak;F Tison;O Rascol;A Destée

  • Prevalence, determinants, and effect on quality of life of freezing of gait in Parkinson disease

    Santiago Perez-Lloret;Laurence Negre-Pages;Philippe Damier;Arnaud Delval

  • Mutations in XPR1 cause primary familial brain calcification associated with altered phosphate export

    Andrea Legati;Donatella Giovannini;Gaël Nicolas;Uriel López-Sánchez

  • Presentation, diagnosis, and management of multiple system atrophy in Europe: Final analysis of the European multiple system atrophy registry

    Martin Köllensperger;Felix Geser;Jean Pierre Ndayisaba;Sylvia Boesch

  • Survival of patients with pathologically proven multiple system atrophy A meta-analysis

    Y. Ben-Shlomo;G. K. Wenning;F. Tison;N. P. Quinn

  • A simple method to measure stride length as an index of nigrostriatal dysfunction in mice

    Pierre O Fernagut;Elsa Diguet;Bertrand Labattu;François Tison

  • McLeod neuroacanthocytosis: genotype and phenotype.

    Adrian Danek;Justin P. Rubio;Luca Rampoldi;Mengfatt Ho

  • G2019S LRRK2 mutation in French and North African families with Parkinson's disease.

    Suzanne Lesage;Pablo Ibanez;Ebba Lohmann;Pierre Pollak

  • Methylphenidate for gait hypokinesia and freezing in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing subthalamic stimulation: a multicentre, parallel, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    Caroline Moreau;Arnaud Delval;Luc Defebvre;Kathy Dujardin

  • D2 dopamine receptor gene expression by cholinergic neurons in the rat striatum.

    C. Le Moine;F. Tison;B. Bloch

  • Recurrence of the T666M Calcium Channel CACNA1A Gene Mutation in Familial Hemiplegic Migraine with Progressive Cerebellar Ataxia

    A. Ducros;C. Denier;A. Joutel;K. Vahedi

  • Deleterious effects of minocycline in animal models of Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.

    Elsa Diguet;Pierre Olivier Fernagut;Pierre Olivier Fernagut;Xing Wei;Yansheng Du

  • Sleep disorders and their determinants in multiple system atrophy

    I Ghorayeb;F Yekhlef;V Chrysostome;E Balestre

  • Genome-wide association study confirms BST1 and suggests a locus on 12q24 as the risk loci for Parkinson's disease in the European population

    Mohamad Saad;Mohamad Saad;Suzanne Lesage;Suzanne Lesage;Suzanne Lesage;Aude Saint-Pierre;Aude Saint-Pierre;Jean-Christophe Corvol

  • Routine MRI for the differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, MSA, PSP, and CBD.

    F Yekhlef;G Ballan;F Macia;O Delmer

  • Subacute systemic 3-nitropropionic acid intoxication induces a distinct motor disorder in adult C57Bl/6 mice: behavioural and histopathological characterisation.

    P.O. Fernagut;E. Diguet;N. Stefanova;M. Biran

Frequent Co-Authors

Wassilios G. Meissner
Wassilios G. Meissner University of Bordeaux
Olivier Rascol
Olivier Rascol Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut University of Poitiers
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Pierre Burbaud
Pierre Burbaud University of Bordeaux
Dominique Guehl
Dominique Guehl University of Bordeaux
Suzanne Lesage
Suzanne Lesage Université Paris Cité

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