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Marie-José Freund-Mercier

Marie-José Freund-Mercier

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
6691
World Ranking
6528
National Ranking
290

Marie-José Freund-Mercier 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 Marie-José Freund-Mercier sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 77 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marie-José Freund-Mercier 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 Marie-José Freund-Mercier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marie-José Freund-Mercier is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology, and Genetics.

Their research addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Infant Health and Development

Among recent publications, two papers are recorded. The first is titled "Antiallodynic action of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in a mouse model of peripheral nerve injury", published in 2021 in the journal Neuropharmacology. The second paper, published in 2022 in Biologie Aujourd hui, is titled "Comment, au fil du temps, l'ocytocine est devenue l'hormone de l'attachement".

Marie-José Freund-Mercier has collaborated with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Salim Megat
  • Sylvain Hugel
  • Sarah H. Journée
  • Yohann Bohren
  • Adrien Lacaud

Their work has been published primarily in the venues Neuropharmacology and Biologie Aujourd hui, each contributing to their overall body of research.

Best Publications

  • Release of oxytocin and vasopressin by magnocellular nuclei in vitro: specific facilitatory effect of oxytocin on its own release.

    F. Moos;M. J. Freund-Mercier;Y. Guerné;J. M. Guerné

  • Afferents to the GABAergic tail of the ventral tegmental area in the rat

    Jennifer Kaufling;Pierre Veinante;Sophie A. Pawlowski;Marie-Jose Freund-Mercier

  • A Time-Dependent History of Mood Disorders in a Murine Model of Neuropathic Pain

    Ipek Yalcin;Yohann Bohren;Elisabeth Waltisperger;Dominique Sage-Ciocca

  • Distribution of oxytocin- and vasopressin-binding sites in the rat extended amygdala: a histoautoradiographic study

    Pierre Veinante;Marie‐José Freund‐Mercier

  • Pharmacological characteristics and anatomical distribution of [3H]oxytocin-binding sites in the wistar rat brain studied by autoradiography

    M.J. Freund-Mercier;M.E. Stoeckel;J.M. Palacios;A. Pazos

  • Oxytocinergic innervation of autonomic nuclei controlling penile erection in the rat.

    F Véronneau-Longueville;O Rampin;M.-J Freund-Mercier;Y Tang

  • Oxytocin receptors on oxytocin neurones: histoautoradiographic detection in the lactating rat.

    M J Freund-Mercier;M E Stoeckel;M J Klein

  • Sciatic nerve cuffing in mice: a model of sustained neuropathic pain.

    Malika Benbouzid;Viviane Pallage;Mathieu Rajalu;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • GABA- and peptide-immunoreactivities co-localize in the rat central extended amygdala.

    Pierre Veinante;Marie-Elisabeth Stoeckel;Marie-José Freund-Mercier

  • Sexually dimorphic expression of oxytocin binding sites in forebrain and spinal cord of the rat.

    S. Uhl-Bronner;E. Waltisperger;G. Martínez-Lorenzana;M. Condes Lara

  • β2-Adrenoceptors Are Critical for Antidepressant Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

    Ipek Yalcin;Nada Choucair-Jaafar;Malika Benbouzid;Luc-Henri Tessier

  • Delta-Opioid Receptors Are Critical for Tricyclic Antidepressant Treatment of Neuropathic Allodynia

    Malika Benbouzid;Claire Gavériaux-Ruff;Ipek Yalcin;Elisabeth Waltisperger

  • Differentiating thermal allodynia and hyperalgesia using dynamic hot and cold plate in rodents.

    Ipek Yalcin;Alexandre Charlet;Marie José Freund-Mercier;Marie José Freund-Mercier;Michel Barrot

  • Inflammatory pain upregulates spinal inhibition via endogenous neurosteroid production

    Pierrick Poisbeau;Christine Patte-Mensah;Anne Florence Keller;Michel Barrot

  • Localization of oxytocin binding sites in the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal cord of the adult and postnatal rat: a histoautoradiographic study.

    M K Reiter;P Kremarik;M J Freund-Mercier;M E Stoeckel

  • Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in the rat spinal cord, a gamma-aminobutyric acidergic system expressing the P2X2 subunit of purinergic receptors, PSA-NCAM, and GAP-43 immunoreactivities: light and electron microscopic study.

    Marie-Elisabeth Stoeckel;Sandra Uhl-Bronner;Sylvain Hugel;Pierre Veinante

  • Control of the nigrostriatal dopamine neuron activity and motor function by the tail of the ventral tegmental area.

    Romain Bourdy;María-José Sánchez-Catalán;Jennifer Kaufling;Judith J Balcita-Pedicino

  • Cellular distribution and bioactivity of the key steroidogenic enzyme, cytochrome P450side chain cleavage, in sensory neural pathways.

    Christine Patte-Mensah;Vincent Kappes;Marie José Freund-Mercier;Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

  • Histoautoradiographic detection of oxytocin- and vasopressin-binding sites in the telencephalon of the rat.

    Pascaline Krémarik;Marie-José Freund-Mercier;Marie-Elisabeth Stoeckel

  • Chronic, but not acute, tricyclic antidepressant treatment alleviates neuropathic allodynia after sciatic nerve cuffing in mice

    Malika Benbouzid;Nada Choucair-Jaafar;Ipek Yalcin;Elisabeth Waltisperger

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Barrot
Michel Barrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ipek Yalcin
Ipek Yalcin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claire Gaveriaux-Ruff
Claire Gaveriaux-Ruff University of Strasbourg
Brigitte L. Kieffer
Brigitte L. Kieffer University of Strasbourg
Jérôme Badaut
Jérôme Badaut Loma Linda University
Dominique A. Poulain
Dominique A. Poulain Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Dionysia T. Theodosis
Dionysia T. Theodosis Grenoble Alpes University
André Calas
André Calas University of Bordeaux
Susan R. Sesack
Susan R. Sesack University of Pittsburgh
Jean-Didier Vincent
Jean-Didier Vincent Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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