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Jean-Marie Billard

Jean-Marie Billard

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
6000
World Ranking
7012
National Ranking
312

Overview

Jean-Marie Billard is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their research spans several key subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology. The scientist's work focuses on topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, memory and neural mechanisms, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, receptor mechanisms and signaling, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The scientist has published in several notable journals, with frequent contributions appearing in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Other publication venues include Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, Cerebral Cortex, Brain, and Biomolecules.

Noteworthy recent papers include:

  • d-serine in physiological and pathological brain aging (2020) in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
  • Interplay between 5-HT4 Receptors and GABAergic System within CA1 Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity (2020) in Cerebral Cortex
  • YIF1B mutations cause a post-natal neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with Golgi and primary cilium alterations (2020) in Brain
  • Serine Racemase Deletion Affects the Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance of the Hippocampal CA1 Network (2020) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Evaluation of Memantine in AAV-AD Rat: A Model of Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Predementia (2022) in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease

Jean-Marie Billard frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Thomas Fréret, Valentine Bouët, Eva Ploux, Michel Boulouard, and Caroline Lahogue. These coauthors have contributed to multiple studies in related areas of neuroscience and molecular biology.

Their body of work contributes to understanding complex biochemical processes and molecular mechanisms underlying brain function and neurological disorders. The scientist's diverse publication record reflects engagement with topics central to aging, neurodevelopmental syndromes, synaptic plasticity, and neurodegenerative disease models.

Best Publications

  • Contribution of the d-Serine-Dependent Pathway to the Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Aging.

    Brigitte Potier;Fabrice R Turpin;Pierre-Marie Sinet;Emilie Rouaud

  • Neuronal d-Serine and Glycine Release Via the Asc-1 Transporter Regulates NMDA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Activity

    Dina Rosenberg;Samar Artoul;Adi C. Segal;Goren Kolodney

  • A critical role for the glial-derived neuromodulator D-serine in the age-related deficits of cellular mechanisms of learning and memory.

    J. P. Mothet;E. Rouaud;P.-M. Sinet;B. Potier

  • Deficits in memory and hippocampal long-term potentiation in mice with reduced calbindin D28K expression

    S Molinari;R Battini;S Ferrari;L Pozzi

  • Impaired long-term spatial and recognition memory and enhanced CA1 hippocampal LTP in the dystrophin-deficient Dmdmdx mouse

    Cyrille Vaillend;Jean-Marie Billard;Serge Laroche

  • Release of cerebellar inhibition by climbing fiber deafferentation.

    C. Batini;J. M. Billard

  • Role of Mental Retardation-Associated Dystrophin-Gene Product Dp71 in Excitatory Synapse Organization, Synaptic Plasticity and Behavioral Functions

    Fatma Daoud;Aurora Candelario-Martínez;Jean Marie Billard;Avi Avital;Avi Avital

  • Identity of the NMDA receptor coagonist is synapse specific and developmentally regulated in the hippocampus

    Matildé Le Bail;Magalie Martineau;Silvia Sacchi;Natalia Yatsenko

  • The NMDA receptor activation by d-serine and glycine is controlled by an astrocytic Phgdh-dependent serine shuttle

    Samah Neame;Hazem Safory;Inna Radzishevsky;Ayelet Touitou

  • Parallel loss of hippocampal LTD and cognitive flexibility in a genetic model of hyperdopaminergia

    Elise Morice;Jean-Marie Billard;Cécile Denis;Flavie Mathieu

  • Involvement of sst2 somatostatin receptor in locomotor, exploratory activity and emotional reactivity in mice.

    C. Viollet;Cyrille Vaillend;C. Videau;M.T. Bluet-Pajot

  • The red nucleus activity in rats deprived of the inferior olivary complex

    J.M. Billard;C. Batini;H. Daniel

  • Reduction in glutamate uptake is associated with extrasynaptic NMDA and metabotropic glutamate receptor activation at the hippocampal CA1 synapse of aged rats

    Brigitte Potier;Jean-Marie Billard;Sylvain Rivière;Pierre-Marie Sinet

  • d-Amino acids in brain neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity

    Jean-Marie Billard

  • Presynaptic and postsynaptic GABAB receptors of neocortical neurons of the rat in vitro: Differences in pharmacology and ionic mechanisms

    Rudolf A. Deisz;Jean‐Marie Billard;Walter Zieglgänsberger

  • ASCT1 (Slc1a4) transporter is a physiologic regulator of brain d-serine and neurodevelopment.

    Eitan Kaplan;Salman Zubedat;Inna Radzishevsky;Alec C. Valenta

  • Motherhood-induced memory improvement persists across lifespan in rats but is abolished by a gestational stress.

    V. Lemaire;J.-M. Billard;P. Dutar;O. George

  • Reduced serine racemase expression contributes to age-related deficits in hippocampal cognitive function.

    F.R. Turpin;F.R. Turpin;F.R. Turpin;B. Potier;J.R. Dulong;J.R. Dulong;P.-M. Sinet

  • Deficit of NMDA receptor activation in CA1 hippocampal area of aged rats is rescued by D-cycloserine.

    Billard Jm;Billard Jm;Rouaud E;Rouaud E

  • Time and space profiling of NMDA receptor co-agonist functions.

    Jean-Pierre Mothet;Matildé Le Bail;Jean-Marie Billard

  • Ageing, hippocampal synaptic activity and magnesium

    Jean Marie Billard

  • Omega-3 fatty acids deficiency aggravates glutamatergic synapse and astroglial aging in the rat hippocampal CA1.

    Alizée Latour;Barbara Grintal;Gaelle Champeil-Potokar;Marie Hennebelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Dutar
Patrick Dutar University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-Pierre Mothet
Jean-Pierre Mothet Aix-Marseille University
Yvon Lamour
Yvon Lamour Grenoble Alpes University
P. Angaut
P. Angaut Grenoble Alpes University
C. Batini
C. Batini Sorbonne University
Serge Laroche
Serge Laroche University of Paris-Saclay
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

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