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Jean-Luc Gaiarsa is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, regulation of appetite and obesity, stress responses and cortisol, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, adipose tissue and metabolism, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Gaiarsa's main subfields of study include Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their recent publications cover topics mainly related to neurodevelopment and neurochemical regulation. Selected papers include:

  • Oxytocin administration in neonates shapes hippocampal circuitry and restores social behavior in a mouse model of autism, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Agonist (SAG) Triggers BDNF Secretion and Promotes the Maturation of GABAergic Networks in the Postnatal Rat Hippocampus, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Early life oxytocin treatment improves thermo-sensory reactivity and maternal behavior in neonates lacking the autism-associated gene Magel2, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Leptin increases GABAergic synaptogenesis through the Rho guanine exchange factor β-PIX in developing hippocampal neurons, 2021, Science Signaling
  • Oxytocin administration in neonates shapes the hippocampal circuitry and restores social behavior in a mouse model of autism, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Gaiarsa frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Research Square, Molecular Psychiatry, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

The scientist has collaborated often with several co-authors including:

  • Diabé Diabira
  • Yasmine Belaïdouni
  • Gary A. Wayman
  • Françoise Muscatelli
  • Suzanne M. Appleyard

Best Publications

  • Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones.

    Y Ben-Ari;E Cherubini;R Corradetti;J L Gaiarsa

  • GABA: A Pioneer Transmitter That Excites Immature Neurons and Generates Primitive Oscillations

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Jean-Luc Gaiarsa;Roman Tyzio;Rustem Khazipov

  • GABA: an excitatory transmitter in early postnatal life

    Enrico Cherubini;Jean L. Gaiarsa;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • GABAA, NMDA and AMPA receptors: a developmentally regulated `ménage à trois'

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Roustem Khazipov;Xavier Leinekugel;Olivier Caillard

  • Long-term plasticity at GABAergic and glycinergic synapses: mechanisms and functional significance

    Jean-Luc Gaiarsa;Olivier Caillard;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • Involvement of GABAA receptors in the outgrowth of cultured hippocampal neurons.

    G. Barbin;H. Pollard;J.L. Gaïarsa;Y. Ben-Ari

  • gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): a fast excitatory transmitter which may regulate the development of hippocampal neurones in early postnatal life.

    Y Ben-Ari;V Tseeb;D Raggozzino;R Khazipov

  • GABA mediated excitation in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurons.

    E. Cherubini;C. Rovira;J.L. Gaiarsa;R. Corradetti

  • GABA is the principal fast-acting excitatory transmitter in the neonatal brain.

    X Leinekugel;I Khalilov;H McLean;O Caillard

  • Activity-dependent dendritic release of BDNF and biological consequences.

    Nicola Kuczewski;Christophe Porcher;Volkmar Lessmann;Igor Medina

  • Synchronization of GABAergic interneuronal network in CA3 subfield of neonatal rat hippocampal slices.

    R Khazipov;X Leinekugel;I Khalilov;J L Gaiarsa

  • Refuting the challenges of the developmental shift of polarity of GABA actions: GABA more exciting than ever!

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Melanie A. Woodin;Evelyne Sernagor;Laura Cancedda

  • Bidirectional plasticity expressed by GABAergic synapses in the neonatal rat hippocampus.

    H A McLean;O Caillard;Y Ben-Ari;J L Gaiarsa

  • Backpropagating Action Potentials Trigger Dendritic Release of BDNF during Spontaneous Network Activity

    Nicola Kuczewski;Christophe Porcher;Nadine Ferrand;Hervé Fiorentino

  • Cortical Malformations and Epilepsy : New Insights from Animal Models

    Chevassus-au-Louis N;Baraban Sc;Gaïarsa Jl;Ben-Ari Y

  • Postnatal development of pre- and postsynaptic GABAB-mediated inhibitions in the CA3 hippocampal region of the rat

    J.-L. Gaiarsa;V. Tseeb;Yehezkiel Ben-Ari

  • Long‐term potentiation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in neonatal rat hippocampus

    Olivier Caillard;Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Jean-Luc Gaiarsa

  • Postnatal maturation of gamma‐aminobutyric acidA and B‐mediated inhibition in the CA3 hippocampal region of the rat

    Jean‐Luc Gaiarsa;Heather McLean;Patrice Congar;Xavier Leinekugel

  • Neuronal migration disorders: Heterotopic neocortical neurons in CA1 provide a bridge between the hippocampus and the neocortex

    Nicolas Chevassus-Au-Louis;Patrice Congar;Alfonso Represa;Yezekiel Ben-Ari

  • Spontaneous release of GABA activates GABAB receptors and controls network activity in the neonatal rat hippocampus.

    H. A. McLean;O. Caillard;R. Khazipov;Y. Ben-Ari

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehezkel Ben-Ari
Yehezkel Ben-Ari Neurochlore (France)
Enrico Cherubini
Enrico Cherubini International School for Advanced Studies
Ilgam Khalilov
Ilgam Khalilov Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Claudio Rivera
Claudio Rivera University of Helsinki
Gary A. Wayman
Gary A. Wayman Washington State University
Volkmar Lessmann
Volkmar Lessmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Roustem Khazipov
Roustem Khazipov Kazan Federal University
Paolo Gubellini
Paolo Gubellini Aix-Marseille University
Laura Cancedda
Laura Cancedda Italian Institute of Technology
Bernd Heimrich
Bernd Heimrich University of Freiburg

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