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M. Le Moal
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Neuroscience
France
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
119
Citations
58645
World Ranking
395
National Ranking
9

M. Le Moal 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 M. Le Moal sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 414 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M. Le Moal 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 M. Le Moal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award

Overview

M. Le Moal is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has a multidisciplinary research profile spanning neuroscience, environmental science, and psychology. Their work often intersects cellular and molecular neuroscience with applied psychology and environmental policy, reflecting a broad interest in both biological mechanisms and social influences.

The scientist has contributed notably to the following fields of study:

  • Neuroscience
  • Environmental Science
  • Psychology

Within these, their published research covers subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, management and policy in environmental science, applied psychology, sociology, political science, and molecular biology.

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

M. Le Moal has published research in several journals, with some recent papers including:

  • 'Limiting climate change' or 'finding substitutes': How does action identification influence meat consumption reduction among young adults?, 2025, Appetite
  • 'Limiting Climate Change' or 'Finding Substitutes': How Does Action Identification Influence Meat Consumption Reduction Among Young Adults?, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Construction Process of the Langue de Barbarie in Senegal, Based on the Identification and Quantification of Fluvial and Marine Sources: Application of the New ELSA Geochemical Methodology, 2025, Estuaries and Coasts

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Michael A. Arends, Mandy L. McCracken, George F. Koob, Camille Langlais, and Christophe Demarque.

Additionally, M. Le Moal has authored books published by Elsevier BV, including the 2020 publication Psychostimulants.

Best Publications

  • Drug addiction, dysregulation of reward, and allostasis.

    George F Koob;Michel Le Moal

  • Drug Abuse: Hedonic Homeostatic Dysregulation

    George F. Koob;Michel Le Moal;Michel Le Moal

  • Mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic network: functional and regulatory roles

    M. Le Moal;H. Simon

  • Factors that predict individual vulnerability to amphetamine self-administration

    PV Piazza;JM Deminiere;M Le Moal;H Simon

  • Prenatal stress produces learning deficits associated with an inhibition of neurogenesis in the hippocampus

    V. Lemaire;Muriel Koehl;M. Le Moal;D. Abrous

  • Adult neurogenesis: from precursors to network and physiology.

    Djoher Nora Abrous;Muriel Koehl;Michel Le Moal

  • Plasticity of reward neurocircuitry and the 'dark side' of drug addiction.

    George F Koob;Michel Le Moal

  • Corticotropin releasing factor produces behavioural activation in rats

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

  • Pathophysiological Basis of Vulnerability to Drug Abuse: Role of an Interaction Between Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Dopaminergic Neurons

    Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Michel Le Moal

  • The role of stress in drug self-administration

    P.V. Piazza;M. Le Moal

  • Spatial memory performances of aged rats in the water maze predict levels of hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Elodie Drapeau;Willy Mayo;Catherine Aurousseau;Michel Le Moal

  • Maternal glucocorticoid secretion mediates long-term effects of prenatal stress.

    Arnaud Barbazanges;Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Michel Le Moal;Stefania Maccari

  • Adoption reverses the long-term impairment in glucocorticoid feedback induced by prenatal stress

    S. Maccari;P. V. Piazza;Mohamed Kabbaj;A. Barbazanges

  • Corticosterone levels determine individual vulnerability to amphetamine self-administration.

    P V Piazza;S Maccari;J M Deminière;M Le Moal

  • Prenatal stress increases the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis response in young and adult rats

    Chantal Henry;Mohamed Kabbaj;Hervé Simon;Michel Le Moal

  • Stress- and pharmacologically-induced behavioral sensitization increases vulnerability to acquisition of amphetamine self-administration

    Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Jean Marie Deminiere;Michel le Moal;Hervé Simon

  • Efferents and afferents of the ventral tegmental-A10 region studied after local injection of [3H]leucine and horseradish peroxidase

    Hervé Simon;Michel Le Moal;Andre Calas

  • Modulation of social memory in male rats by neurohypophyseal peptides.

    Robert Dantzer;R. M. Bluthe;G. F. Koob;M. Le Moal;M. Le Moal

  • Dopaminergic A10 neurones are involved in cognitive functions

    Hervé Simon;Bernard Scatton;Michel Le Moal

  • Vertical shifts in self-administration dose-response functions predict a drug-vulnerable phenotype predisposed to addiction.

    Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Véronique Deroche-Gamonent;Françoise Rouge-Pont;Michel Le Moal

  • Novelty-Seeking in Rats-Biobehavioral Characteristics and Possible Relationship with the Sensation-Seeking Trait in Man

    F. Dellu;P.V. Piazza;W. Mayo;M. Le Moal

  • Differential effects of inescapable footshocks and of stimuli previously paired with inescapable footshocks on dopamine turnover in cortical and limbic areas of the rat

    J.P. Herman;D. Guillonneau;R. Dantzer;B. Scatton

  • Glucocorticoids as a biological substrate of reward: physiological and pathophysiological implications.

    Pier Vincenzo Piazza;Michel Le Moal

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Mayo
Willy Mayo University of Bordeaux
Djoher Nora Abrous
Djoher Nora Abrous University of Bordeaux
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Pier Vincenzo Piazza Inserm
Robert Dantzer
Robert Dantzer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli"
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli" The University of Texas at Austin
Pierre Mormède
Pierre Mormède Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Guy Simonnet
Guy Simonnet University of Bordeaux
Martine Cador
Martine Cador University of Bordeaux
Claude Feuerstein
Claude Feuerstein Joseph Fourier University

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