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Philippe Ciofi

Philippe Ciofi

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Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
5604
World Ranking
8792
National Ranking
414

Overview

Philippe Ciofi is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Reproductive Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Social Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Recent papers by Philippe Ciofi cover various aspects of neuroendocrinology and related disorders:

  • GnRH replacement rescues cognition in Down syndrome, 2022, Science
  • Complement C3 mediates early hippocampal neurodegeneration and memory impairment in experimental multiple sclerosis, 2021, Neurobiology of Disease
  • GnRH neurons recruit astrocytes in infancy to facilitate network integration and sexual maturation, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • NOS1 mutations cause hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with sensory and cognitive deficits that can be reversed in infantile mice, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Characterization of Kisspeptin Neurons in the Human Rostral Hypothalamus, 2020, Neuroendocrinology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Among their frequent co-authors are Vincent Prévot, Sowmyalakshmí Rasika, Paolo Giacobini, Manuel Tena-Sempere, and Andrea Messina.

Best Publications

  • Kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the ewe express both dynorphin A and neurokinin B.

    Robert L Goodman;Michael N Lehman;Jeremy Troy Smith;Lique M Coolen

  • Neurokinin B stimulates GnRH release in the male monkey (Macaca mulatta) and is colocalized with kisspeptin in the arcuate nucleus.

    Suresh Ramaswamy;Stephanie B. Seminara;Barkat Ali;Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi

  • The kisspeptin system of the human hypothalamus: sexual dimorphism and relationship with gonadotropin-releasing hormone and neurokinin B neurons.

    E. Hrabovszky;P. Ciofi;B. Vida;M. C. Horvath

  • The Versatile Tanycyte: A Hypothalamic Integrator of Reproduction and Energy Metabolism.

    Vincent Prevot;Vincent Prevot;Bénédicte Dehouck;Bénédicte Dehouck;Ariane Sharif;Ariane Sharif;Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi

  • Arcuate kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) neurons mediate the estrogen suppression of gonadotropin secretion and body weight.

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  • Sexual dimorphism in the organization of the rat hypothalamic infundibular area

    P. Ciofi;D. Leroy;D. Leroy;G. Tramu

  • Brain-endocrine interactions: a microvascular route in the mediobasal hypothalamus.

    Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi;Maurice Garret;Maurice Garret;Olivier Lapirot;Olivier Lapirot;Pierrette Lafon

  • Characterisation of Arcuate Nucleus Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B Neuronal Projections and Regulation during Lactation in the Rat

    Cadence True;Melissa Kirigiti;Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi;Kevin L. Grove

  • Alteration in Neonatal Nutrition Causes Perturbations in Hypothalamic Neural Circuits Controlling Reproductive Function

    Emilie Caron;Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi;Vincent Prevot;Sebastien G. Bouret;Sebastien G. Bouret

  • Identification of neurokinin B-expressing neurons as an highly estrogen-receptive, sexually dimorphic cell group in the ovine arcuate nucleus.

    Marie-Laure Goubillon;Rachel A. Forsdike;Jane E. Robinson;Philippe Ciofi

  • Low Degree of Overlap Between Kisspeptin, Neurokinin B, and Dynorphin Immunoreactivities in the Infundibular Nucleus of Young Male Human Subjects Challenges the KNDy Neuron Concept

    Erik Hrabovszky;Máté T. Sipos;Csilla S. Molnár;Philippe Ciofi

  • The arcuate nucleus as a circumventricular organ in the mouse

    Philippe Ciofi;Philippe Ciofi

  • GnRH replacement rescues cognition in Down syndrome

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  • Co-localisation of kisspeptin with galanin or neurokinin B in afferents to mouse GnRH neurones.

    I. Kalló;I. Kalló;B. Vida;L. Deli;C. S. Molnár

  • Sexual dimorphism of kisspeptin and neurokinin B immunoreactive neurons in the infundibular nucleus of aged men and women

    Erik Hrabovszky;Csilla S. Molnar;Mate Sipos;Barbara Vida

  • Neuropeptide co-expression in hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons of laboratory animals and the human.

    Katalin Skrapits;Beáta Ã. Borsay;László Herczeg;Philippe Ciofi

  • Localisation of GABAA receptor ϵ-subunit in cholinergic and aminergic neurones and evidence for co-distribution with the θ-subunit in rat brain

    N Moragues;P Ciofi;G Tramu;M Garret

  • Presence of nuclear androgen receptor-like immunoreactivity in neurokinin B-containing neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of the adult male rat

    Philippe Ciofi;James E. Krause;Gail S. Prins;Marc Mazzuca

  • Expression of neuropeptide Y precursor-immunoreactivity in the hypothalamic dopaminergic tubero-infundibular system during lactation in rodents.

    Philippe Ciofi;James H. Fallon;Dominique Croix;Julia M. Polak

  • GABAA receptor ε subunit expression in identified peptidergic neurons of the rat hypothalamus

    Nathalie Moragues;Philippe Ciofi;Pierrette Lafon;Gérard Tramu

  • Plasticity in expression of immunoreactivity for neuropeptide Y, enkephalins and neurotensin in the hypothalamic tubero-infundibular dopaminergic system during lactation in mice

    Philippe Ciofi;William R. Crowley;André Pillez;Lawrence L. Schmued

  • Neurokinin B and the control of the gonadotropic axis in the rat: developmental changes, sexual dimorphism, and regulation by gonadal steroids.

    F. Ruiz-Pino;V. M. Navarro;A. H. Bentsen;D. Garcia-Galiano;D. Garcia-Galiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Tramu
Gérard Tramu University of Bordeaux
Zsolt Liposits
Zsolt Liposits Institute of Experimental Medicine
Erik Hrabovszky
Erik Hrabovszky Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Vincent Prevot
Vincent Prevot University of Lille
Allan E. Herbison
Allan E. Herbison University of Cambridge
Laurent Villard
Laurent Villard Aix-Marseille University
Clive W. Coen
Clive W. Coen King's College London
Christian Pifl
Christian Pifl Medical University of Vienna
lionel van maldergem
lionel van maldergem Aix-Marseille University

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