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D-Index
59
Citations
13184
World Ranking
3991
National Ranking
154

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Laurent Groc is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work focuses extensively on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and neurology, with additional contributions to materials chemistry and genetics.

The scientist's research interests cover several topics including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, ion channel regulation and function, as well as the use of carbon nanotubes in composites.

Laurent Groc's recent publications reflect a concentration on synaptic mechanisms and receptor function in neural systems. Notable papers include:

  • Linking glutamate receptor movements and synapse function, 2020, Science
  • CaMKII activation persistently segregates postsynaptic proteins via liquid phase separation, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Synucleinopathy alters nanoscale organization and diffusion in the brain extracellular space through hyaluronan remodeling, 2020, Nature Communications
  • NMDA receptor functions in health and disease: Old actor, new dimensions, 2023, Neuron
  • Fluorescent sp3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses, 2020, Scientific Reports

The venues chosen by Laurent Groc for publication indicate active contributions to reputable journals and conference proceedings. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Neuron
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications

Collaborative networks form an important aspect of their research activity. Frequent co-authors working alongside Laurent Groc include:

  • Laurent Cognet
  • Joana S. Ferreira
  • Erwan Bézard
  • Julien P. Dupuis
  • Delphine Bouchet

The scientist's work in cellular and molecular neuroscience particularly addresses receptor dynamics and signaling processes at the synapse level, with an emphasis on mechanisms underlying neurological disorders and neural communication.

Laurent Groc received recognition as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019, reflecting integration into the broader European research community.

Best Publications

  • Synaptic and Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors Are Gated by Different Endogenous Coagonists

    Thomas Papouin;Laurent Ladépêche;Laurent Ladépêche;Jérôme Ruel;Jérôme Ruel;Silvia Sacchi

  • The Interaction between Stargazin and PSD-95 Regulates AMPA Receptor Surface Trafficking

    Cecile Bats;Laurent Groc;Daniel Choquet

  • Surface Mobility of Postsynaptic AMPARs Tunes Synaptic Transmission

    Martin Heine;Laurent Groc;Renato Frischknecht;Jean Claude Béïque

  • Differential activity-dependent regulation of the lateral mobilities of AMPA and NMDA receptors.

    Laurent Groc;Martin Heine;Laurent Cognet;Kieran Brickley

  • Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease.

    Matthieu F. Bastide;Wassilios G. Meissner;Barbara Picconi;Stefania Fasano

  • NMDA receptor surface mobility depends on NR2A-2B subunits

    Laurent Groc;Martin Heine;Sarah L. Cousins;F. Anne Stephenson

  • Autoimmune psychosis: an international consensus on an approach to the diagnosis and management of psychosis of suspected autoimmune origin.

    Thomas A Pollak;Belinda R Lennox;Sabine Müller;Michael E Benros

  • Disrupted surface cross-talk between NMDA and Ephrin-B2 receptors in anti-NMDA encephalitis

    Lenka Mikasova;Pierre De Rossi;Pierre De Rossi;Delphine Bouchet;Delphine Bouchet;François Georges;François Georges

  • Diffusional Trapping of GluR1 AMPA Receptors by Input-Specific Synaptic Activity

    Michael D. Ehlers;Michael D. Ehlers;Martin Heine;Laurent Groc;Ming Chia Lee

  • The stress hormone corticosterone conditions AMPAR surface trafficking and synaptic potentiation

    Laurent Groc;Daniel Choquet;Francis Chaouloff

  • Single Nanoparticle Photothermal Tracking (SNaPT) of 5-nm Gold Beads in Live Cells

    David Lasne;Gerhard A. Blab;Stéphane Berciaud;Martin Heine

  • Surface diffusion of astrocytic glutamate transporters shapes synaptic transmission

    Ciaran Murphy-Royal;Julien P Dupuis;Juan A Varela;Aude Panatier

  • Single-nanotube tracking reveals the nanoscale organization of the extracellular space in the live brain

    Antoine G. Godin;Juan A. Varela;Zhenghong Gao;Noémie Danné

  • NMDA Receptor Surface Trafficking and Synaptic Subunit Composition Are Developmentally Regulated by the Extracellular Matrix Protein Reelin

    L. Groc;D. Choquet;F. A. Stephenson;D. Verrier

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Controls NMDA Receptor Surface Diffusion through Integrin β1 Signaling

    Piotr Michaluk;Lenka Mikasova;Laurent Groc;Renato Frischknecht

  • Pathological apoptosis in the developing brain

    Klas Blomgren;Marcel Leist;Laurent Groc

  • Surface trafficking of neurotransmitter receptor: comparison between single-molecule/quantum dot strategies.

    Laurent Groc;Mathieu Lafourcade;Martin Heine;Marianne Renner

  • Stress hormones and AMPA receptor trafficking in synaptic plasticity and memory.

    Harmen J. Krugers;Casper C. Hoogenraad;Laurent Groc

  • Linking glutamate receptor movements and synapse function

    Laurent Groc;Laurent Groc;Daniel Choquet;Daniel Choquet

  • AMPA and NMDA glutamate receptor trafficking: multiple roads for reaching and leaving the synapse.

    Laurent Groc;Daniel Choquet

  • Resveratrol-induced apoptotic death in human U251 glioma cells

    Hao Jiang;Lijie Zhang;Jarret Kuo;Kelly Kuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Cognet
Laurent Cognet University of Bordeaux
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Brahim Lounis
Brahim Lounis University of Bordeaux
Eric Hanse
Eric Hanse University of Gothenburg
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
Jean-Pierre Mothet
Jean-Pierre Mothet Aix-Marseille University
Stéphane Berciaud
Stéphane Berciaud University of Strasbourg

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