2026 Nicolas Toni: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	5855	5385	143	133	76	17277

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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

3605
Citations
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

1380
Citations
Neurons born in the adult dentate gyrus form functional synapses with target cells

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

865
Citations
Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

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

819
Citations
NMDA-receptor-mediated, cell-specific integration of new neurons in adult dentate gyrus

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

776
Citations
Synapse formation on neurons born in the adult hippocampus

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

714
Citations
PSA–NCAM Is Required for Activity-Induced Synaptic Plasticity

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

713
Citations
Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment

Mirko Santello;Nicolas Toni;Andrea Volterra

712
Citations
Seizure-Associated, Aberrant Neurogenesis in Adult Rats Characterized with Retrovirus-Mediated Cell Labeling

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

438
Citations
Cell fusion-independent differentiation of neural stem cells to the endothelial lineage

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

429
Citations
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

386
Citations
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

377
Citations
Remodeling of Synaptic Membranes after Induction of Long-Term Potentiation

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

333
Citations
Directed differentiation of hippocampal stem/progenitor cells in the adult brain

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

321
Citations
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

315
Citations
Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Promotes Remodeling and Formation of Hippocampal Synapses

Alexander Dityatev;Galina Dityateva;Vladimir Sytnyk;Markus Delling

311
Citations
Synaptic Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons Is Locally Controlled by Astrocytes.

Sébastien Sultan;Liyi Li;Jonathan Moss;Francesco Petrelli

296
Citations
Inflammation-Induced Alteration of Astrocyte Mitochondrial Dynamics Requires Autophagy for Mitochondrial Network Maintenance

Elisa Motori;Julien Puyal;Nicolas Toni;Alexander Ghanem

277
Citations
Parvalbumin interneurons mediate neuronal circuitry–neurogenesis coupling in the adult hippocampus

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

257
Citations
Maturation and Functional Integration of New Granule Cells into the Adult Hippocampus

Nicolas Toni;Alejandro F. Schinder

241
Citations
Development of functional human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons in mouse brain

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

237
Citations