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Merle Ruberg

Merle Ruberg

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Neuroscience

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88
Citations
23169
World Ranking
1222
National Ranking
39

Medicine

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88
Citations
23169
World Ranking
13343
National Ranking
419

Overview

Merle Ruberg is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex biological processes.

Their work focuses on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. These areas of study support investigations into cellular mechanisms and molecular pathways, which are fundamental to their research topics.

Key topics addressed in Ruberg's research include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology. These themes indicate an emphasis on understanding both hereditary factors that contribute to neurodegeneration and the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in disease progression.

Ruberg frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Giovanni Stévanin
  • Gilles David
  • Nacer Abbas
  • Alexandra Dürr
  • Monica Holmberg

Although no recent papers or specific publication venues are listed, the collaboration network suggests active involvement in research communities related to neurodegenerative conditions and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Apoptosis and autophagy in nigral neurons of patients with Parkinson's disease

    P Anglade;S Vyas;F Javoy-Agid;M T Herrero

  • Cloning of the SCA7 gene reveals a highly unstable CAG repeat expansion

    Gilles David;Nacer Abbas;Giovanni Stevanin;Alexandra Dürr

  • Caspase-3: A vulnerability factor and final effector in apoptotic death of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease.

    Andreas Hartmann;Stéphane Hunot;Patrick P. Michel;Marie-Paule Muriel

  • Nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB is increased in dopaminergic neurons of patients with parkinson disease.

    Stephane Hunot;Bernard Brugg;Damien Ricard;Patrick P. Michel

  • Parkin prevents mitochondrial swelling and cytochrome c release in mitochondria-dependent cell death

    Frédéric Darios;Olga Corti;Christoph B. Lücking;Cornelia Hampe

  • Stimulation of subterritories of the subthalamic nucleus reveals its role in the integration of the emotional and motor aspects of behavior.

    Luc Mallet;Michael Schüpbach;Karim N'Diaye;Philippe Remy

  • Sporadic Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by Mutations in PCDH19 Resembles Dravet Syndrome but Mainly Affects Females

    Christel Depienne;Christel Depienne;Delphine Bouteiller;Boris Keren;Emmanuel Cheuret

  • Chronic systemic complex I inhibition induces a hypokinetic multisystem degeneration in rats.

    Günter U Höglinger;Günter U Höglinger;Jean Féger;Annick Prigent;Patrick P Michel

  • How much phenotypic variation can be attributed to parkin genotype

    Ebba Lohmann;Magali Periquet;Vincenzo Bonifati;Nick W Wood

  • Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, are a major cause of spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum

    Giovanni Stevanin;Filippo M. Santorelli;Hamid Azzedine;Hamid Azzedine;Paula Coutinho

  • Muscarinic binding and choline acetyltransferase activity in Parkinsonian subjects with reference to dementia.

    Merle Ruberg;Alain Ploska;Yves Agid

  • The p38 subunit of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex is a Parkin substrate: linking protein biosynthesis and neurodegeneration

    Olga Corti;Cornelia Hampe;Hana Koutnikova;Frédéric Darios

  • Decreased ferritin levels in brain in Parkinson's disease.

    D. T. Dexter;A. Carayon;M. Vidailhet;M. Ruberg

  • Re-evaluation of the functional anatomy of the basal ganglia in normal and Parkinsonian states

    R. Levy;L.-N. Hazrati;M.-T. Herrero;M.-T. Herrero;M. Vila

  • Dysfunction of mitochondrial complex I and the proteasome: interactions between two biochemical deficits in a cellular model of Parkinson's disease.

    Günter U. Höglinger;Géraldine Carrard;Patrick P. Michel;Fadia Medja

  • Caspase-8 is an effector in apoptotic death of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease, but pathway inhibition results in neuronal necrosis.

    Andreas Hartmann;Jean-Denis Troadec;Stéphane Hunot;Kristy Kikly

  • [3H]spiperone binding, dopamine and HVA concentrations in Parkinson's disease and supranuclear palsy.

    B Bokobza;M Ruberg;B Scatton;F Javoy-Agid

  • Annonacin, a lipophilic inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I, induces nigral and striatal neurodegeneration in rats: possible relevance for atypical parkinsonism in Guadeloupe.

    Pierre Champy;Günter U. Höglinger;Jean Feger;Christophe Gleye

  • Dopaminergic and cholinergic lesions in progressive supranuclear palsy

    M Ruberg;F Javoy-Agid;E Hirsch;B Scatton

  • Subthalamotomy in parkinsonian monkeys Behavioural and biochemical analysis

    J. Guridi;M. T. Herrero;M. R. Luquin;J. Guillén

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Agid
Yves Agid Institut du Cerveau
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Etienne C. Hirsch
Etienne C. Hirsch Sorbonne University
Giovanni Stevanin
Giovanni Stevanin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Eric LeGuern
Eric LeGuern Institut du Cerveau
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Christel Depienne
Christel Depienne Essen University Hospital
F. Javoy-Agid
F. Javoy-Agid Pitie-Salpetriére Hospital
Bruno Dubois
Bruno Dubois Université Paris Cité
Günter U. Höglinger
Günter U. Höglinger Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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