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Lucienne Léger

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Neuroscience

D-Index
32
Citations
4833
World Ranking
9516
National Ranking
468

Lucienne Léger publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucienne Léger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 64 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Lucienne Léger D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucienne Léger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lucienne Léger is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. The academic focus and detailed research contributions of Léger are not specified in available data. No recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues are recorded for this scientist.

Similarly, there are no documented book publications, awards, or specified main fields, subfields, or topics of study linked to Léger in the current dataset. This limits direct insight into particular research areas or thematic interests.

The absence of detailed publication and citation information suggests that either the available records are incomplete or that Léger's contributions may be outside the scope of indexed academic databases at this time. Nonetheless, the association with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 indicates involvement in an academic environment that supports research activities.

Without further bibliometric or topical data, a precise account of Léger's scholarly output or scientific impact cannot be provided.

Best Publications

  • A role of melanin-concentrating hormone producing neurons in the central regulation of paradoxical sleep.

    Laure Verret;Romain Goutagny;Patrice Fort;Laurène Cagnon

  • Afferent projections to the cat locus coeruleus as visualized by the horseradish peroxidase technique

    K. Sakai;M. Touret;D. Salvert;L. Leger

  • The neuronal network responsible for paradoxical sleep and its dysfunctions causing narcolepsy and rapid eye movement (REM) behavior disorder

    Pierre-Hervé Luppi;Olivier Clément;Emilie Sapin;Damien Gervasoni

  • Localization of the brainstem GABAergic neurons controlling paradoxical (REM) sleep.

    Emilie Sapin;Damien Lapray;Anne Bérod;Romain Goutagny

  • Paradoxical (REM) sleep genesis: The switch from an aminergic–cholinergic to a GABAergic–glutamatergic hypothesis

    Pierre Hervé Luppi;Damien Gervasoni;Laure Verret;Romain Goutagny

  • Serotonin nerve terminals in the locus coeruleus of adult rat: a radioautographic study.

    Lucienne Leger;Laurent Descarries

  • Brain serotonergic circuitries

    Yves Charnay;Lucienne Léger

  • The supramammillary nucleus and the claustrum activate the cortex during REM sleep

    Leslie Renouard;Leslie Renouard;Francesca Billwiller;Keiko Ogawa;Olivier Clément

  • Brainstem mechanisms of paradoxical (REM) sleep generation.

    Pierre-Hervé Luppi;Olivier Clement;Emilie Sapin;Christelle Peyron

  • Delineation of dorsal lateral geniculate afferents from the cat brain stem as visualized by the horseradish peroxidase technique.

    L. Leger;K. Sakai;D. Salvert;M. Touret

  • Localization of the neurons active during paradoxical (REM) sleep and projecting to the locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons in the rat.

    Laure Verret;Patrice Fort;Patrice Fort;Damien Gervasoni;Damien Gervasoni;Lucienne Léger;Lucienne Léger

  • Cholinergic and noncholinergic brainstem neurons expressing Fos after paradoxical (REM) sleep deprivation and recovery.

    Laure Verret;Lucienne Léger;Patrice Fort;Pierre-Hervé Luppi

  • Distribution of enkephalin-immunoreactive cell bodies in relation to serotonin-containing neurons in the raphe nuclei of the cat: immunohistochemical evidence for the coexistence of enkephalins and serotonin in certain cells.

    L. Léger;Y. Charnay;P.M. Dubois;M. Jouvet

  • Characterization of the melanin-concentrating hormone neurons activated during paradoxical sleep hypersomnia in rats.

    Lucie Hanriot;Nutabi Camargo;Anne Claire Courau;Lucienne Leger

  • A very large number of GABAergic neurons are activated in the tuberal hypothalamus during paradoxical (REM) sleep hypersomnia.

    Emilie Sapin;Anne Bérod;Lucienne Léger;Paul A. Herman

  • Evidence for the presence of enkephalin in catecholaminergic neurones of cat locus coeruleus.

    Y. Charnay;L. Leger;F. Dray;A. Bérod

  • Origin and influence of the serotoninergic innervation of the subcommissural organ in the rat.

    L. Léger;A. Degueurce;J.J. Lundberg;J.F. Pujol

  • Role of the melanin-concentrating hormone neuropeptide in sleep regulation

    Christelle Peyron;Emilie Sapin;Lucienne Leger;Pierre-Hervé Luppi

  • NITRIC OXIDE AND SLEEP IN THE RAT: A PUZZLING RELATIONSHIP

    S. Burlet;L. Leger;R. Cespuglio

  • Comparative distribution of nitric oxide synthase- and serotonin-containing neurons in the raphe nuclei of four mammalian species.

    L. Léger;Yves Charnay;Sophie Burlet

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Hervé Luppi
Pierre-Hervé Luppi Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Denise Salvert
Denise Salvert Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Patrice Fort
Patrice Fort University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christelle Peyron
Christelle Peyron Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Raymond Cespuglio
Raymond Cespuglio Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michel Jouvet
Michel Jouvet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Constantin Bouras
Constantin Bouras University of Geneva
Anne Bérod
Anne Bérod Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kazuya Sakai
Kazuya Sakai Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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Best Scientists Citing Lucienne Léger

Pierre-Hervé Luppi

Pierre-Hervé Luppi

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Publications: 64

Patrice Fort

Patrice Fort

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Publications: 43

Antoine Roger Adamantidis

Antoine Roger Adamantidis

University of Bern

Publications: 32

Clifford B. Saper

Clifford B. Saper

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Publications: 26

Raymond Cespuglio

Raymond Cespuglio

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Publications: 25

Kazuya Sakai

Kazuya Sakai

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Publications: 20

Michael H. Chase

Michael H. Chase

University of California, Los Angeles

Publications: 20

Ronald Szymusiak

Ronald Szymusiak

University of California, Los Angeles

Publications: 20

Dennis McGinty

Dennis McGinty

University of California, Los Angeles

Publications: 18

Jun Lu

Jun Lu

Zhejiang University

Publications: 18

John H. Peever

John H. Peever

University of Toronto

Publications: 18

Patrick M. Fuller

Patrick M. Fuller

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Publications: 17

Barbara E. Jones

Barbara E. Jones

McGill University

Publications: 17

Denise Salvert

Denise Salvert

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Publications: 16

Laurent Descarries

Laurent Descarries

University of Montreal

Publications: 16

Thomas E. Scammell

Thomas E. Scammell

Harvard Medical School

Publications: 15

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