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Ipek Yalcin 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 Ipek Yalcin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ipek Yalcin 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 Ipek Yalcin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ipek Yalcin is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Throughout their career, Yalcin has contributed extensively to the fields of cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's investigations encompass several key topics, including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Yalcin has published numerous papers in several outlets, with notable recent works such as:

  • "How to study anxiety and depression in rodent models of chronic pain?" (2020) in European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "The basolateral amygdala-anterior cingulate pathway contributes to depression-like behaviors and comorbidity with chronic pain behaviors in male mice" (2023) in Nature Communications
  • "Neuropathic pain: From actual pharmacological treatments to new therapeutic horizons" (2023) in Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Ketamine induces rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects in chronic pain induced depression: Role of MAPK signaling pathway" (2020) in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • "Non-CG methylation and multiple histone profiles associate child abuse with immune and small GTPase dysregulation" (2021) in Nature Communications

The venues where Yalcin frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • eLife

Frequent collaborators in their research include Léa J. Becker, Michel Barrot, Pierre Hener, Pierre-Éric Lutz, and Sarah H. Journée. These coauthors have worked with Yalcin across multiple projects, contributing to a substantial body of research in the neurosciences and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • The amygdala between sensation and affect: a role in pain

    Pierre Veinante;Pierre Veinante;Ipek Yalcin;Ipek Yalcin;Michel Barrot;Michel Barrot

  • Antidepressants and gabapentinoids in neuropathic pain: Mechanistic insights.

    Mélanie Kremer;Eric Salvat;André Muller;Ipek Yalcin

  • The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Is a Critical Hub for Pain-Induced Depression

    Florent Barthas;Jim Sellmeijer;Jim Sellmeijer;Sylvain Hugel;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • A Time-Dependent History of Mood Disorders in a Murine Model of Neuropathic Pain

    Ipek Yalcin;Yohann Bohren;Elisabeth Waltisperger;Dominique Sage-Ciocca

  • Effects of desipramine and tramadol in a chronic mild stress model in mice are altered by yohimbine but not by pindolol.

    Ipek Yalcin;Fazilet Aksu;Catherine Belzung

  • Emotional consequences of neuropathic pain: insight from preclinical studies.

    Ipek Yalcin;Florent Barthas;Michel Barrot

  • Hyperactivity of Anterior Cingulate Cortex Areas 24a/24b Drives Chronic Pain-Induced Anxiodepressive-like Consequences.

    Jim Sellmeijer;Jim Sellmeijer;Jim Sellmeijer;Victor Mathis;Sylvain Hugel;Xu-Hui Li

  • Mouse strain differences in the unpredictable chronic mild stress: a four-antidepressant survey

    Ipek Yalcin;Catherine Belzung;Catherine Belzung;Alexandre Surget;Alexandre Surget

  • Afferents to anterior cingulate areas 24a and 24b and midcingulate areas 24a′ and 24b′ in the mouse

    Clémentine Fillinger;Clémentine Fillinger;Ipek Yalcin;Michel Barrot;Pierre Veinante;Pierre Veinante

  • How to study anxiety and depression in rodent models of chronic pain

    Mélanie Kremer;Léa J. Becker;Michel Barrot;Ipek Yalcin

  • The molecular neurobiology of chronic pain-induced depression.

    Muris Humo;Han Lu;Han Lu;Ipek Yalcin

  • β2-Adrenoceptors Are Critical for Antidepressant Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

    Ipek Yalcin;Nada Choucair-Jaafar;Malika Benbouzid;Luc-Henri Tessier

  • Delta-Opioid Receptors Are Critical for Tricyclic Antidepressant Treatment of Neuropathic Allodynia

    Malika Benbouzid;Claire Gavériaux-Ruff;Ipek Yalcin;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • Differentiating thermal allodynia and hyperalgesia using dynamic hot and cold plate in rodents.

    Ipek Yalcin;Alexandre Charlet;Marie José Freund-Mercier;Marie José Freund-Mercier;Michel Barrot

  • The anxiodepressive comorbidity in chronic pain

    Ipek Yalcin;Michel Barrot

  • Chronic, but not acute, tricyclic antidepressant treatment alleviates neuropathic allodynia after sciatic nerve cuffing in mice

    Malika Benbouzid;Nada Choucair-Jaafar;Ipek Yalcin;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • The basolateral amygdala-anterior cingulate pathway contributes to depression-like behaviors and comorbidity with chronic pain behaviors in male mice

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  • The sciatic nerve cuffing model of neuropathic pain in mice.

    Ipek Yalcin;Salim Megat;Florent Barthas;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • A dual noradrenergic mechanism for the relief of neuropathic allodynia by the antidepressant drugs duloxetine and amitriptyline

    Mélanie Kremer;Ipek Yalcin;Yannick Goumon;Xavier Wurtz

  • Dual effects of nitric oxide in the mouse forced swimming test: possible contribution of nitric oxide-mediated serotonin release and potassium channel modulation

    Salim Yalcin Inan;Ipek Yalcin;Fazilet Aksu

  • Isoflurane produces antidepressant effects and induces TrkB signaling in rodents

    Hanna Antila;Maria Ryazantseva;Dina Popova;Pia Sipilä

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Barrot
Michel Barrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marie-José Freund-Mercier
Marie-José Freund-Mercier University of Strasbourg
Catherine Belzung
Catherine Belzung François Rabelais University
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Brigitte L. Kieffer
Brigitte L. Kieffer University of Strasbourg
Claire Gaveriaux-Ruff
Claire Gaveriaux-Ruff University of Strasbourg
Naguib Mechawar
Naguib Mechawar McGill University
Tomi Taira
Tomi Taira University of Helsinki
Sari E. Lauri
Sari E. Lauri University of Helsinki
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki

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