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Olivier Dulac

Olivier Dulac

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Neuroscience

D-Index
93
Citations
28047
World Ranking
998
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France

Overview

Olivier Dulac is affiliated with AdPueriVitam in France and has conducted research predominantly within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work focuses mainly on epilepsy research and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, herpesvirus infections and treatments, RNA regulation and disease, and viral infections and immunology research.

The scientist has an extensive publication record spanning various journals and venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Epilepsia Open
  • Nature
  • Epilepsia
  • SLEEP Advances
  • Neuropediatrics

Dulac's recent papers include:

  • "Human TMEFF1 is a restriction factor for herpes simplex virus in the brain" (2024, Nature)
  • "Effectiveness of add-on acetazolamide in children with drug-resistant CHD2-related epilepsy and in a zebrafish CHD2 model" (2024, Epilepsia Open)
  • "GluN2C selective inhibition is a target to develop new antiepileptic compounds" (2022, Epilepsia)
  • "Epileptic spasms with terror during sleep in CDKL5 encephalopathy" (2022, SLEEP Advances)
  • "Are Epileptic Spasms a Seizure Type for the Insular Region?" (2020, Neuropediatrics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Gia Melikishvili
  • Tamar Gachechiladze
  • Nazhi Tabatadze
  • Mariam Melikishvili
  • Otar Koniashvili

Olivier Dulac's work covers multiple subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, genetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, physiology, and biochemistry. This multidisciplinary approach allows a broad understanding of neurological and genetic conditions, especially in the context of epilepsy and related neurodevelopmental disorders.

In 2003, Dulac was awarded the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France, highlighting a recognized contribution to scientific research.

Best Publications

  • Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in human UNC-93B deficiency.

    Armanda Casrouge;Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Céline Eidenschenk;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy

  • Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen encephalitis A European consensus statement

    C. G. Bien;T. Granata;C. Antozzi;J. H. Cross

  • Stiripentol in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a randomised placebo-controlled syndrome-dedicated trial

    C Chiron;MC Marchand;A Tran;E Rey

  • Antiepileptic drugs as a cause of worsening seizures.

    E. Perucca;L. Gram;G. Avanzini;O. Dulac

  • The right brain hemisphere is dominant in human infants.

    C Chiron;I Jambaque;R Nabbout;R Lounes

  • Lamotrigine and Seizure Aggravation in Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Renzo Guerrini;Charlotte Dravet;Pierre Genton;Anna Belmonte

  • De novo gain-of-function KCNT1 channel mutations cause malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy.

    Giulia Barcia;Matthew R Fleming;Aline Deligniere;Valeswara-Rao Gazula

  • Changes in regional cerebral blood flow during brain maturation in children and adolescents.

    Catherine Chiron;Claude Raynaud;Bernard Mazière;M. Zilbovicius

  • Randomized trial comparing vigabatrin and hydrocortisone in infantile spasms due to tuberous sclerosis

    C Chiron;C Dumas;I Jambaqué;J Mumford

  • The Lennox‐Gastaut Syndrome

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  • Efficacy of ketogenic diet in severe refractory status epilepticus initiating fever induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy in school age children (FIRES)

    Rima Nabbout;Michel Mazzuca;Philippe Hubert;Sylviane Peudennier

  • Spectrum of SCN1A mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

    Rima Nabbout;E. Gennaro;B. Dalla Bernardina;O. Dulac

  • Migrating Partial Seizures in Infancy: A Malignant Disorder with Developmental Arrest

    G. Coppola;P. Plouin;C. Chiron;O. Robain

  • Delineation of the motor disorder of Lesch-Nyhan disease

    H. A. Jinnah;Jasper E. Visser;James C. Harris;Alfonso Verdu;Alfonso Verdu

  • Therapeutic trial of vigabatrin in refractory infantile spasms.

    Catherine Chiron;Olivier Dulac;Daniel Beaumont;Leonardo Palacios

  • Doublecortin Is the Major Gene Causing X-Linked Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia (SCLH)

    Vincent Des Portes;Fiona Francis;Jean Marc Pinard;Isabelle Desguerre

  • Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (ALDH7A1 deficiency)

    Philippa B. Mills;Emma J. Footitt;Kevin A. Mills;Karin Tuschl

  • Medical treatment of Rasmussen's syndrome (chronic encephalitis and epilepsy) : effect of high-dose steroids or immunoglobulins in 19 patients

    Y. M. Hart;M. Cortez;F. Andermann;P. Hwang

  • X-linked malformations of neuronal migration

    W. B. Dobyns;E. Andermann;F. Andermann;D. Czapansky-Beilman

  • FDG-PET improves surgical outcome in negative MRI Taylor-type focal cortical dysplasias

    F. Chassoux;S. Rodrigo;F. Semah;F. Beuvon

  • Lamotrigine in treatment of 120 children with epilepsy

    E. Schlumberger;F. Chavez;L. Palacios;E. Rey

  • Mental and behavioural outcome of infantile epilepsy treated by vigabatrin in tuberous sclerosis patients.

    I Jambaqué;C Chiron;C Dumas;J Mumford

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Chiron
Catherine Chiron Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
Perrine Plouin
Perrine Plouin Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Rima Nabbout
Rima Nabbout Université Paris Cité
Anna Kaminska
Anna Kaminska Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Raffaella Cusmai
Raffaella Cusmai Boston Children's Hospital
Anne Lortie
Anne Lortie University of Montreal
Lucie Hertz-Pannier
Lucie Hertz-Pannier Université Paris Cité
Maryse Lassonde
Maryse Lassonde University of Montreal
Georges Dellatolas
Georges Dellatolas Grenoble Alpes University
Eric LeGuern
Eric LeGuern Institut du Cerveau

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