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Jean-Pol Tassin

Jean-Pol Tassin

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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
13362
World Ranking
3534
National Ranking
131

Overview

Jean-Pol Tassin is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical and social psychology, as well as cellular, molecular, and behavioral neuroscience. Their work integrates multiple subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The scientist's publication record covers a diverse range of topics, especially focusing on neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, psychoanalysis and psychopathology research, consumer attitudes and food labeling, psychotherapy techniques and applications, and child therapy and development.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jean-Pol Tassin include:

  • "Dopamine Neuron Activity and Stress Signaling as Links Between Social Hierarchy and Psychopathology Vulnerability" (2023) published in Biological Psychiatry
  • "International Health Practices: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Therapeutic Mediations With an Artistic Medium Based on the Model of Play" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Review of industry reports on EU priority tobacco additives part A: Main outcomes and conclusions" (2022) published in Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
  • "Review of industry reports on EU priority tobacco additives part B: Methodological limitations" (2022) also published in Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
  • "Prazosin and cyproheptadine in combination in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial" (2024) published in Addiction

Frequently collaborating co-authors with Jean-Pol Tassin include:

  • Dorian Battivelli
  • Cécile Vernochet
  • Claire Nguyen
  • Abdallah Zayed
  • Aura Carole Meirsman

Common venues for publication are diverse but include Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, Biological Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychology, Addiction, and HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).

Best Publications

  • Selective activation of mesocortical DA system by stress.

    A M Thierry;J P Tassin;G Blanc;J Glowinski

  • Dopaminergic innervation of the rat prefrontal cortex: a fluorescence histochemical study.

    B. Berger;A.M. Thierry;J.P. Tassin;M.A. Moyne

  • Blockade by benzodiazepines of the selective high increase in dopamine turnover induced by stress in mesocortical dopaminergic neurons of the rat

    Solange Lavielle;Jean-Pol Tassin;Anne-Marie Thierry;Gérard Blanc

  • Response to stress of mesocortico-frontal dopaminergic neurones in rats after long-term isolation

    G. Blanc;D. Hervé;H. Simon;A. Lisoprawski

  • α1b-Adrenergic Receptors Control Locomotor and Rewarding Effects of Psychostimulants and Opiates

    Candice Drouin;Laurent Darracq;Fabrice Trovero;Gérard Blanc

  • Histochemical confirmation for dopaminergic innervation of the rat cerebral cortex after destruction of the noradrenergic ascending pathways

    B. Berger;B. Berger;J.P. Tassin;J.P. Tassin;G. Blanc;G. Blanc;M.A. Moyne;M.A. Moyne

  • Relationship between the locomotor hyperactivity induced by A10 lesions and the destruction of the frontocortical dopaminergic innervation in the rat

    Jean-Pol Tassin;Luis Stinus;Hervé Simon;Gérard Blanc

  • Importance of the Noradrenaline–Dopamine Coupling in the Locomotor Activating Effects of d-Amphetamine

    Laurent Darracq;Gérard Blanc;Jacques Glowinski;Jean-Pol Tassin

  • G(olf) and Gs in rat basal ganglia: possible involvement of G(olf) in the coupling of dopamine D1 receptor with adenylyl cyclase

    D Herve;M Levi-Strauss;I Marey-Semper;C Verney

  • Inhibitory effects of ventral tegmental area stimulation on the activity of prefrontal cortical neurons: evidence for the involvement of both dopaminergic and GABAergic components.

    S. Pirot;R. Godbout;J. Mantz;J.-P. Tassin

  • The mesocortico-prefrontal dopaminergic neurons

    J. Glowinski;J.P. Tassin;A.M. Thierry

  • Integrity of the mesocortical dopaminergic system is necessary for complete expression of in vivo hippocampal-prefrontal cortex long-term potentiation.

    H Gurden;J.-P Tassin;T.M Jay

  • Chronic Stress Triggers Social Aversion via Glucocorticoid Receptor in Dopaminoceptive Neurons

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  • Topographical distribution of dopaminergic innervation and of dopaminergic receptors in the rat striatum. I. Microestimation of [3H]dopamine uptake and dopamine content in microdiscs

    J.P. Tassin;A. Cheramy;G. Blanc;A.M. Thierry

  • 5‐HT2A and α1b‐adrenergic receptors entirely mediate dopamine release, locomotor response and behavioural sensitization to opiates and psychostimulants

    Agnès Auclair;Candice Drouin;Susanna Cotecchia;Jacques Glowinski

  • Extensive co-localization of neurotensin with dopamine in rat meso-cortico-frontal dopaminergic neurons

    Jeanne-Marie Studler;Patrick Kitabgi;Gérard Tramu;Denis Herve

  • Biochemical investigation on the localization of the cholecystokinin octapeptide in dopaminergic neurons originating from the ventral tegmental area of the rat

    J.M. Studler;H. Simon;F. Cesselin;J.C. Legrand

  • Opposed Behavioural Outputs of Increased Dopamine Transmission in Prefrontocortical and Subcortical Areas: A Role for the Cortical D-1 Dopamine Receptor.

    P. Vezina;G. Blanc;J. Glowinski;J.-P. Tassin

  • Selective activation of the mesocortico-frontal dopaminergic neurons induced by lesion of the habenula in the rat

    A. Lisoprawski;D. Herve;G. Blanc;J. Glowinski

  • Blockade of Prefronto-cortical α1-Adrenergic Receptors Prevents Locomotor Hyperactivity Induced by Subcortical D-Amphetamine Injection

    G. Blanc;F. Trovero;P. Vezina;D. Hervé

  • Topographical distribution of dopaminergic innervation and dopaminergic receptors of the anterior cerebral cortex of the rat

    J. P. Tassin;J. Bockaert;G. Blanc;L. Stinus

  • Lesion of dopaminergic terminals in the amygdala produces enhanced locomotor response to D-amphetamine and opposite changes in dopaminergic activity in prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens.

    H. Simon;K. Taghzouti;H. Gozlan;J.M. Studler

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Glowinski
Jacques Glowinski Collège de France
Denis Hervé
Denis Hervé Université Paris Cité
Anne-Marie Thierry
Anne-Marie Thierry Collège de France
Paul Vezina
Paul Vezina University of Chicago
Joël Bockaert
Joël Bockaert University of Montpellier
Brigitte Berger
Brigitte Berger Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Joël Prémont
Joël Prémont Collège de France
William Rostène
William Rostène Institut de la Vision
Gérard Tramu
Gérard Tramu University of Bordeaux
Yvette Torrens
Yvette Torrens Collège de France

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