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Nicolas Toni

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
17277
World Ranking
5855
National Ranking
143

Nicolas Toni 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 Nicolas Toni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 76 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.

Nicolas Toni 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 Nicolas Toni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicolas Toni is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their work intersects multiple disciplines within neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying brain function and pathology.

The main fields of study for Nicolas Toni include:

  • Neuroscience (27 publications)
  • Medicine (18 publications)

Within these areas, their subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology (8 publications)
  • Developmental Neuroscience (8 publications)
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (7 publications)
  • Physiology (7 publications)
  • Neurology (5 publications)

Nicolas Toni's research addresses several principal topics, notably:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 publications)
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (10 publications)
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 publications)
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease (8 publications)
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 publications)
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (4 publications)
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (4 publications)

Frequently published venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (2 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (2 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology (2 publications)
  • Nature Neuroscience (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicolas Toni are:

  • "Tau accumulation in astrocytes of the dentate gyrus induces neuronal dysfunction and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Neuronal metabolic rewiring promotes resilience to neurodegeneration caused by mitochondrial dysfunction," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the antidepressant actions of lactate," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Extracellular vesicles: Major actors of heterogeneity in tau spreading among human tauopathies," 2021, Molecular Therapy
  • "Brain-wide neuronal circuit connectome of human glioblastoma," 2025, Nature

Collaborators frequently associated with Nicolas Toni include:

  • Kevin Richetin
  • Romain Perbet
  • Luc Buée
  • Morvane Colin
  • Jeanne Espourteille

Best Publications

  • Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Henriette van Praag;Alejandro F. Schinder;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Nicolas Toni

  • LTP promotes formation of multiple spine synapses between a single axon terminal and a dendrite

    Nicolas Toni;Pierre-Alain Buchs;Irina Nikonenko;C. R. Bron

  • Neurons born in the adult dentate gyrus form functional synapses with target cells

    Nicolas Toni;Diego A Laplagne;Chunmei Zhao;Gabriela Lombardi

  • Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

    Gerd Kempermann;Fred H. Gage;Ludwig Aigner;Hongjun Song

  • NMDA-receptor-mediated, cell-specific integration of new neurons in adult dentate gyrus

    Ayumu Tashiro;Ayumu Tashiro;Vladislav M. Sandler;Nicolas Toni;Chunmei Zhao

  • Synapse formation on neurons born in the adult hippocampus

    Nicolas Toni;E Matthew Teng;Eric A Bushong;James B Aimone

  • PSA–NCAM Is Required for Activity-Induced Synaptic Plasticity

    Dominique Muller;C. Wang;Galina Skibo;Nicolas Toni

  • Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment

    Mirko Santello;Nicolas Toni;Andrea Volterra

  • Seizure-Associated, Aberrant Neurogenesis in Adult Rats Characterized with Retrovirus-Mediated Cell Labeling

    Sebastian Jessberger;Chunmei Zhao;Nicolas Toni;Gregory D. Clemenson

  • Cell fusion-independent differentiation of neural stem cells to the endothelial lineage

    Andrew E. Wurmser;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima;Robert G. Summers;Nicolas Toni

  • Enhanced hippocampal long-term potentiation and learning by increased neuronal expression of tissue-type plasminogen activator in transgenic mice.

    Rime Madani;Sophie Hulo;Nicolas Toni;Hala Madani

  • An Effector-Reduced Anti-β-Amyloid (Aβ) Antibody with Unique Aβ Binding Properties Promotes Neuroprotection and Glial Engulfment of Aβ

    Oskar Adolfsson;Maria Pihlgren;Nicolas Toni;Yvan Varisco

  • Remodeling of Synaptic Membranes after Induction of Long-Term Potentiation

    Nicolas Toni;Pierre-Alain Buchs;Irina Nikonenko;Patrisia Povilaitite

  • Directed differentiation of hippocampal stem/progenitor cells in the adult brain

    Sebastian Jessberger;Nicolas Toni;Gregory D Clemenson;Jasodhara Ray

  • Role of Mitochondrial Metabolism in the Control of Early Lineage Progression and Aging Phenotypes in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis.

    Ruth Beckervordersandforth;Birgit Ebert;Iris Schäffner;Jonathan Moss

  • Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Promotes Remodeling and Formation of Hippocampal Synapses

    Alexander Dityatev;Galina Dityateva;Vladimir Sytnyk;Markus Delling

  • Synaptic Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons Is Locally Controlled by Astrocytes.

    Sébastien Sultan;Liyi Li;Jonathan Moss;Francesco Petrelli

  • Inflammation-Induced Alteration of Astrocyte Mitochondrial Dynamics Requires Autophagy for Mitochondrial Network Maintenance

    Elisa Motori;Julien Puyal;Nicolas Toni;Alexander Ghanem

  • Parvalbumin interneurons mediate neuronal circuitry–neurogenesis coupling in the adult hippocampus

    Juan Song;Jiaqi Sun;Jiaqi Sun;Jonathan Moss;Zhexing Wen

  • Maturation and Functional Integration of New Granule Cells into the Adult Hippocampus

    Nicolas Toni;Alejandro F. Schinder

  • Development of functional human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons in mouse brain

    Alysson R. Muotri;Kinichi Nakashima;Kinichi Nakashima;Nicolas Toni;Vladislav M. Sandler

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Hongjun Song
Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania
Guo Li Ming
Guo Li Ming University of Pennsylvania
Dominique Muller
Dominique Muller University of Geneva
Sebastian Jessberger
Sebastian Jessberger University of Zurich
Alejandro F. Schinder
Alejandro F. Schinder Fundación Instituto Leloir
Josef Bischofberger
Josef Bischofberger University of Basel
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Jean-Pierre Mothet
Jean-Pierre Mothet Aix-Marseille University
Kinichi Nakashima
Kinichi Nakashima Kyushu University

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University of Victoria

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Amelia J. Eisch

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Paul J. Lucassen

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Texas A&M University

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René Hen

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Sandrine Thuret

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