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Frans Vandesande

Frans Vandesande

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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
10802
World Ranking
3329
National Ranking
35

Frans Vandesande 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 Frans Vandesande sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 208 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Frans Vandesande 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 Frans Vandesande sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Frans Vandesande was affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium during their scientific career. The researcher contributed to the body of knowledge within their field through various academic activities, although specific details about their main fields of study, subfields, and topics of work are not documented in the available data.

No records of recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues have been provided. Similarly, there is no information about book publications or awards received by the scientist. Due to the absence of these data points, further details on their research focus and collaborations remain unspecified.

The available information confirms that Frans Vandesande is deceased, and their contributions are to be regarded as part of the historical academic record. The absence of detailed publication data suggests either limited documentation or restricted access to their research output in the accessible databases.

This profile reflects the compiled known facts without conjecture or extrapolation beyond the provided source data.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the vasopressin producing and of the oxytocin producing neurons in the hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretroy system of the rat.

    Frans Vandesande;K Dierickx

  • Comparative distribution of neuropeptide-immunoreactive systems in the brain of the green molly, Poecilia latipinna.

    Tfc Batten;ML Cambré;Lieve Moons;Frans Vandesande

  • The origin of the vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic fibres of the external region of the median eminence of the rat hypophysis.

    Frans Vandesande;K Dierickx;J De Mey

  • Identification of the vasopressin-neurophysin producing neurons of the rat suprachiasmatic nuclei.

    Frans Vandesande;K Dierickx;J Demey

  • Heterogeneity of GABAergic cells in cat visual cortex

    Hilde Demeulemeester;Frans Vandesande;Guy Orban;C Brandon

  • Identification of 26RFa, a hypothalamic neuropeptide of the RFamide peptide family with orexigenic activity

    Nicolas Chartrel;Cynthia Dujardin;Youssef Anouar;Jérôme Leprince

  • Immunocytochemical localization of somatostatin-containing neurons in the rat hypothalamus.

    K Dierickx;Frans Vandesande

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the vasopressinergic and the oxytocinergic neurons in the human hypothalamus.

    K Dierickx;Frans Vandesande

  • Calbindin D-28K and parvalbumin immunoreactivity is confined to two separate neuronal subpopulations in the cat visual cortex, whereas partial coexistence is shown in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus.

    Hilde Demeulemeester;Frans Vandesande;Guy A. Orban;Claus W Heizmann

  • Characterisation of chicken monocytes, macrophages and interdigitating cells by the monoclonal antibody KUL01

    J Mast;Bruno Goddeeris;Kristel Peeters;Frans Vandesande

  • Identification of neurophysin producing cells. I. The origin of the neurophysin-like substance-containing nerve fibres of the external region of the median eminence of the rat.

    Frans Vandesande;J Demey;K Dierickx

  • Calcium binding proteins and neuropeptides as molecular markers of GABAergic interneurons in the cat visual cortex.

    Hilde Demeulemeester;Lut Arckens;Frans Vandesande;Guy A. Orban

  • Coexistence of cholecystokinin and oxytocin-neurophysin in some magnocellular hypothalamo-hypophyseal neurons.

    Jean-Jacques Vanderhaeghen;Françoise Lotstra;Frans Vandesande;Karen M E Dierickx

  • Reorganization in the visual cortex after retinal and cortical damage.

    Ulf T. Eysel;Georg Schweigart;Thomas Mittmann;Dirk Eyding

  • Identification of the vasopressin-neurophysin II and the oxytocin-neurophysin I producing neurons in the bovine hypothalamus.

    Frans Vandesande;K Dierickx;J Demey

  • Neurofilament protein: a selective marker for the architectonic parcellation of the visual cortex in adult cat brain.

    Estel Van Der Gucht;Frans Vandesande;Lutgarde Arckens

  • Immunocytochemical demonstration of separate vasotocinergic and mesotocinergic neurons in the amphibian hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system.

    Frans Vandesande;K Dierickx

  • Immunocytochemical identification of CRF-like and SRIF-like peptides in the brain and the pituitary of cyprinid fish.

    M Olivereau;Frans Ollevier;Frans Vandesande;W Verdonck

  • Immunolocalization of catecholamine enzymes, serotonin, dopamine and L-dopa in the brain of Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostei)

    Tfc Batten;PA Berry;A Maqbool;Lieve Moons

  • Effect of dietary protein content on episodic growth hormone secretion and on heat production of male broiler chickens

    Johan Buyse;Eddy Decuypere;Luc Berghman;Er Kuhn

  • Distribution of luteinizing hormone‐releasing hormones I and II (LHRH‐I and ‐II) in the quail and chicken brain as demonstrated with antibodies directed against synthetic peptides

    J van Gils;P Absil;L Grauwels;Lieve Moons

  • Immunocytochemical localization of L-dopa and dopamine in the brain of the chicken (Gallus domesticus).

    Lieve Moons;J van Gils;E Ghijsels;Frans Vandesande

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Orban
Guy A. Orban University of Parma
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum
Lieve Moons
Lieve Moons KU Leuven
Hubert Vaudry
Hubert Vaudry University of Rouen
Veerle Darras
Veerle Darras KU Leuven
Jérôme Leprince
Jérôme Leprince University of Rouen
Marie-Christine Tonon
Marie-Christine Tonon University of Rouen

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