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France
2026

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Neuroscience

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130
Citations
55404
World Ranking
278
National Ranking
6

Biology and Biochemistry

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131
Citations
55589
World Ranking
393
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Joël Bockaert is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions to Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional work in Clinical Psychology, Organic Chemistry, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Joël Bockaert has been involved in numerous publications, particularly frequent in the venue "Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature," with 36 publications. Other venues where they have contributed include Neuropsychopharmacology, EMBO Molecular Medicine, Pharmacological Reviews, and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Recent publications include:

  • "International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CX. Classification of Receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine; Pharmacology and Function," 2020, Pharmacological Reviews
  • "Antidepressant-like effects of psychedelics in a chronic despair mouse model: is the 5-HT2A receptor the unique player?", 2024, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The Complex Formed by Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor (mGluR) and Homer1a Plays a Central Role in Metaplasticity and Homeostatic Synaptic Scaling", 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Effects of a psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonist on anxiety-related behavior and fear processing in mice", 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Novel and atypical pathways for serotonin signaling", 2021, Faculty Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors. These include:

  • Philippe Marin (13 publications)
  • Carine Bécamel (9 publications)
  • Séverine Chaumont-Dubel (9 publications)
  • Sylvie Claeysen (4 publications)
  • Fabrice Ango (3 publications)

Joël Bockaert has also been recognized by being named a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a distinction that reflects their standing in the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

  • Molecular tinkering of G protein‐coupled receptors: an evolutionary success

    Joël Bockaert;Jean Philippe Pin

  • NMDA-dependent superoxide production and neurotoxicity

    Mireille Lafon-Cazal;Sylvia Pietri;Marcel Culcasi;Joel Bockaert

  • Differential signal transduction by five splice variants of the PACAP receptor

    Dietmar Spengler;Christian Waeber;Colette Pantaloni;Florian Holsboer

  • Glutamate stimulates inositol phosphate formation in striatal neurones

    Fritz Sladeczek;Jean-Philippe Pin;Max Récasens;Joël Bockaert

  • NMDA receptors activate the arachidonic acid cascade system in striatal neurons

    A. Dumuis;M. Sebben;L. Haynes;J. P. Pin

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors: From the workbench to the bedside

    F Nicoletti;J Bockaert;Graham L Collingridge;PJ Conn

  • "Inflammatory" cytokines: neuromodulators in normal brain?

    Ljubisa Vitkovic;Joël Bockaert;Claude Jacque

  • Endogenous cannabinoids mediate long-term synaptic depression in the nucleus accumbens

    David Robbe;Manfred Kopf;Anne Remaury;Joel Bockaert

  • A nonclassical 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor positively coupled with adenylate cyclase in the central nervous system

    A Dumuis;R Bouhelal;M Sebben;R Cory

  • Pharmacological and functional characteristics of metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptors

    Darryle Schoepp;Joel Bockaert;Fritz Sladeczek

  • Nitric oxide-induced blockade of NMDA receptors.

    Olivier Manzoni;Laurent Prezeau;Philippe Marin;Solange Deshager

  • Angiogenesis is associated with blood–brain barrier permeability in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Valérie Rigau;Mélanie Morin;Marie-Claude Rousset;Frédéric de Bock

  • Agonist-independent activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors by the intracellular protein Homer

    F. Ango;L. Prézeau;T. Muller;J. C. Tu

  • Localization and Mechanisms of Action of Cannabinoid Receptors at the Glutamatergic Synapses of the Mouse Nucleus Accumbens

    David Robbe;Gérard Alonso;Florence Duchamp;Joël Bockaert

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP-38) Protects Cerebellar Granule Neurons from Apoptosis by Activating the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAP Kinase) Pathway

    Martin Villalba;Joël Bockaert;Laurent Journot

  • mTOR in Brain Physiology and Pathologies

    Joël Bockaert;Philippe Marin

  • Cytokine signals propagate through the brain.

    L Vitkovic;J P Konsman;J Bockaert;R Dantzer

  • Direct activation of GTP‐binding regulatory proteins (G‐proteins) by substance P and compound 48/80

    M. Mousli;C. Bronner;Y. Landry;J. Bockaert

  • The gastrointestinal prokinetic benzamide derivatives are agonists at the non-classical 5-HT receptor (5-HT4) positively coupled to adenylate cyclase in neurons

    Aline Dumuis;Michèle Sebben;Joël Bockaert

  • Shank Expression Is Sufficient to Induce Functional Dendritic Spine Synapses in Aspiny Neurons

    Gautier Roussignol;Fabrice Ango;Stefano Romorini;Jian Cheng Tu

  • Complex interactions between mGluRs, intracellular Ca2+ stores and ion channels in neurons.

    Laurent Fagni;Pascale Chavis;Fabrice Ango;Joel Bockaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Aline Dumuis
Aline Dumuis Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Philippe Pin
Jean-Philippe Pin University of Montpellier
Philippe Marin
Philippe Marin University of Montpellier
Sylvie Claeysen
Sylvie Claeysen Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Olivier J. Manzoni
Olivier J. Manzoni Aix-Marseille University
Laurent Prézeau
Laurent Prézeau University of Montpellier
Jacques Glowinski
Jacques Glowinski Collège de France
Joël Prémont
Joël Prémont Collège de France
Eric Reiter
Eric Reiter François Rabelais University
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University

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