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D-Index
161
Citations
111047
World Ranking
742
National Ranking
421

Overview

Jean Rivier was affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several key areas within medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on stress responses, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, dermatology, and animal science.

Their work explored specific topics such as stress responses and cortisol levels, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, dermatology and skin diseases, animal nutrition and physiology, animal behavior and welfare studies, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock.

Throughout their career, Rivier collaborated frequently with several researchers including Dominic P. Behan, Betty R. McConn, B. T. Richert, John Scott Radcliffe, and D. C. Lay. These collaborations contributed to a variety of published studies.

They published research articles in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Peptides
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Their notable papers include:

  • "Peripheral CRF-R1/CRF-R2 antagonist, astressin C, induces a long-lasting blockade of acute stress-related visceral pain in male and female rats," published in 2022 in Peptides
  • "154 Evaluating the effects of prophylactic antibiotics on intestinal health in pigs given a corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist during weaning and transport," published in 2020 in Journal of Animal Science
  • "Interactions between corticotropin releasing factor signaling and prophylactic antibiotics on measures of intestinal function in weaned and transported pigs," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Physiology

Rivier's research advanced the understanding of interactions between stress-related hormones and gastrointestinal function, particularly in animal models such as rats and pigs. Their work addressed both fundamental biological mechanisms and applied aspects relevant to animal welfare and health management.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a 41-residue ovine hypothalamic peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and beta-endorphin

    Wylie Vale;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier

  • Hypothalamic Polypeptide That Inhibits the Secretion of Immunoreactive Pituitary Growth Hormone

    Paul Brazeau;Wylie Vale;Roger Burgus;Nicholas Ling

  • Production of a novel neuropeptide encoded by the calcitonin gene via tissue-specific RNA processing

    Michael G. Rosenfeld;Jean-Jacques Mermod;Susan G. Amara;Larry W. Swanson

  • Organization of Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Rat Brain: An Immunohistochemical Study

    L.W. Swanson;P.E. Sawchenko;J. Rivier;W.W. Vale

  • Purification and Characterization of an FSH Releasing Protein from Porcine Ovarian Follicular Fluid

    Wylie Vale;Jean Rivier;Joan Vaughan;Richard Mcclintock

  • Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

    Joan Vaughan;Cynthia Donaldson;Jackson Bittencourt;Marilyn H. Perrin

  • Characterization of a growth hormone-releasing factor from a human pancreatic islet tumour.

    Jean Rivier;Joachim Spiess;Michael Thorner;Wylie Vale

  • Functional Amyloids as Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules

    Samir K. Maji;Marilyn H. Perrin;Michael R. Sawaya;Sebastian Jessberger

  • Identification of urocortin III, an additional member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) family with high affinity for the CRF2 receptor

    K. Lewis;C. Li;M. H. Perrin;A. Blount

  • Peptide neurotoxins from fish-hunting cone snails

    BM Olivera;WR Gray;R Zeikus;JM McIntosh

  • Urocortin II: a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide family that is selectively bound by type 2 CRF receptors.

    T. M. Reyes;K. Lewis;M. H. Perrin;K. S. Kunitake

  • Corticotropin releasing factor produces behavioural activation in rats

    Richard E. Sutton;George F. Koob;Michel Le Moal;Jean Rivier

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Factor: Actions on the Sympathetic Nervous System and Metabolism*

    Marvin R. Brown;Laurel A. Fisher;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier

  • Effects of synthetic ovine corticotropin-releasing factor, glucocorticoids, catecholamines, neurohypophysial peptides, and other substances on cultured corticotropic cells.

    W Vale;J Vaughan;M Smith;G Yamamoto

  • Intraventricular corticotropin-releasing factor enhances behavioral effects of novelty

    D.R. Britton;G.F. Koob;J. Rivier;M. Vale

  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog design. Structure-function studies toward the development of agonists and antagonists: rationale and perspective.

    Marvin J. Karten;Jean E. Rivier

  • Diversity of Conus neuropeptides

    Baldomero M. Olivera;Jean Rivier;Craig Clark;Cecilia A. Ramilo

  • Stress-induced inhibition of reproductive functions: role of endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor

    Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier;Wylie Vale

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors are widely distributed within the rat central nervous system: an autoradiographic study

    EB De Souza;TR Insel;MH Perrin;J Rivier

  • Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide that Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin

    Wylie Vale;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier

Frequent Co-Authors

Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Catherine Rivier
Catherine Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Marvin R. Brown
Marvin R. Brown University of California, San Diego
Yvette Taché
Yvette Taché University of California, Los Angeles
Jean Claude Reubi
Jean Claude Reubi University of Bern
Michael O. Thorner
Michael O. Thorner University of Virginia
Baldomero M. Olivera
Baldomero M. Olivera University of Utah
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nancy M. Sherwood
Nancy M. Sherwood University of Victoria
Wolfgang H. Fischer
Wolfgang H. Fischer Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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