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Overview

Pierre Lavenex is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with 37 publications recorded. Within this broad domain, their work spans several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Child and Animal Learning Development, Williams Syndrome Research, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Spatial Cognition and Navigation, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

They have contributed to research published in several prominent venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Hippocampus
  • Developmental Psychobiology

Notable recent papers from Pierre Lavenex include:

  • Age-Related Differences in Resting-State EEG and Allocentric Spatial Working Memory Performance, 2021, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Resting-State EEG Microstates Parallel Age-Related Differences in Allocentric Spatial Working Memory Performance, 2021, published in Brain Topography
  • Life and Death of Immature Neurons in the Juvenile and Adult Primate Amygdala, 2021, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Children five-to-nine years old can use path integration to build a cognitive map without vision, 2020, published in Cognitive Psychology
  • What Is the Weather Prediction Task Good for? A New Analysis of Learning Strategies Reveals How Young Adults Solve the Task, 2022, published in Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Pierre Lavenex's research include Pamela Banta Lavenex, Adeline Jabès, Giuliana Klencklen, Paolo Ruggeri, and David G. Amaral.

Best Publications

  • The dentate gyrus: fundamental neuroanatomical organization (dentate gyrus for dummies).

    David G. Amaral;Helen E. Scharfman;Pierre Lavenex

  • Hippocampal-neocortical interaction: a hierarchy of associativity.

    Pierre Lavenex;David G. Amaral

  • Perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices of the macaque monkey: Projections to the neocortex

    Pierre Lavenex;Wendy A. Suzuki;David G. Amaral

  • Increased social fear and decreased fear of objects in monkeys with neonatal amygdala lesions.

    M. D. Prather;P. Lavenex;M. L. Mauldin-Jourdain;W. A. Mason

  • Building hippocampal circuits to learn and remember: insights into the development of human memory

    Pierre Lavenex;Pamela Banta Lavenex

  • The Development of Social Behavior Following Neonatal Amygdala Lesions in Rhesus Monkeys

    M. D. Bauman;P. Lavenex;W. A. Mason;J. P. Capitanio

  • Hippocampal lesion prevents spatial relational learning in adult macaque monkeys.

    Pamela Banta Lavenex;David G. Amaral;Pierre Lavenex

  • The development of mother-infant interactions after neonatal amygdala lesions in rhesus monkeys.

    Melissa D Bauman;P. Lavenex;W. A. Mason;J. P. Capitanio

  • Stereological analysis of the rat and monkey amygdala

    Loïc J. Chareyron;Pamela A. Banta Lavenex;David G. Amaral;Pierre Lavenex

  • Development of allocentric spatial memory abilities in children from 18 months to 5 years of age.

    Farfalla Ribordy;Adeline Jabès;Pamela A. Banta Lavenex;Pamela A. Banta Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex

  • Quantitative analysis of postnatal neurogenesis and neuron number in the macaque monkey dentate gyrus

    Adeline Jabès;Pamela A. Banta Lavenex;David G. Amaral;Pierre Lavenex

  • Perirhinal and parahippocampal cortices of the macaque monkey: Intrinsic projections and interconnections.

    Pierre Lavenex;Wendy A. Suzuki;David G. Amaral

  • Postnatal development of the primate hippocampal formation.

    Pierre Lavenex;Pamela Banta Lavenex;David G. Amaral

  • The seasonal pattern of cell proliferation and neuron number in the dentate gyrus of wild adult eastern grey squirrels.

    Pierre Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex;Michael A. Steele;Lucia F. Jacobs

  • Postnatal development of the hippocampal formation: a stereological study in macaque monkeys.

    Adeline Jabès;Pamela A. Banta Lavenex;David G. Amaral;Pierre Lavenex

  • Nutritional deficits during early development affect hippocampal structure and spatial memory later in life.

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Pierre Lavenex;Alicja Omanska

  • Intrinsic connections of the macaque monkey hippocampal formation: II. CA3 connections

    Hideki Kondo;Pierre Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex;David G. Amaral;David G. Amaral

  • Postmortem changes in the neuroanatomical characteristics of the primate brain: hippocampal formation.

    Pierre Lavenex;Pamela Banta Lavenex;Jeffrey L. Bennett;David G. Amaral

  • Spatial memory and the monkey hippocampus: Not all space is created equal

    Pamela Banta Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex

  • The expression of social dominance following neonatal lesions of the amygdala or hippocampus in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

    Melissa D Bauman;J. E. Toscano;W. A. Mason;P. Lavenex

  • Sex differences, but no seasonal variations in the hippocampus of food-caching squirrels: a stereological study.

    Pierre Lavenex;Pierre Lavenex;Michael A. Steele;Lucia F. Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Amaral
David G. Amaral University of California, Davis
John P. Capitanio
John P. Capitanio University of California, Davis
William A. Mason
William A. Mason University of California, Davis
Stefano Vicari
Stefano Vicari Boston Children's Hospital
Wendy A. Suzuki
Wendy A. Suzuki New York University
Abraham Z. Snyder
Abraham Z. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis
Nicola S. Clayton
Nicola S. Clayton University of Cambridge
Sally P. Mendoza
Sally P. Mendoza University of California, Davis
Christoph M. Michel
Christoph M. Michel University of Geneva
Nathan A. Fox
Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park

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