2026 Pierre Paoletti: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	5874	5402	253	229	84	13965

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Pierre Paoletti is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a marked emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. The research also spans into Cognitive Neuroscience, Materials Chemistry, and Neurology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various main topics, including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Recent papers authored by Pierre Paoletti include:
• Microglia maintain structural integrity during fetal brain morphogenesis (2024), published in Cell
• Gating mechanism and a modulatory niche of human GluN1-GluN2A NMDA receptors (2021), published in Neuron
• Architecture and function of NMDA receptors: an evolutionary perspective (2020), published in The Journal of Physiology
• Early correction of synaptic long-term depression improves abnormal anxiety-like behavior in adult GluN2B-C456Y-mutant mice (2020), published in PLoS Biology
• GluN3A excitatory glycine receptors control adult cortical and amygdalar circuits (2022), published in Neuron

Laétitia Mony (11 joint publications)
David Stroebel (6 joint publications)
Simon Bossi (4 joint publications)
Benjamin Serraz (4 joint publications)
Isabelle McCort-Tranchepain (4 joint publications)

Neuron (4 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
Cell (1 publication)
The Journal of Physiology (1 publication)

Pierre Paoletti was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

NMDA receptor subunit diversity: impact on receptor properties, synaptic plasticity and disease

Pierre Paoletti;Camilla Bellone;Qiang Zhou

2732
Citations
NMDA receptor subunits: function and pharmacology

Pierre Paoletti;Jacques Neyton

1199
Citations
Zinc in the physiology and pathology of the CNS.

Stefano L. Sensi;Pierre Paoletti;Ashley I. Bush;Ashley I. Bush;Israel Sekler

874
Citations
High-Affinity Zinc Inhibition of NMDA NR1–NR2A Receptors

Pierre Paoletti;Philippe Ascher;Jacques Neyton

798
Citations
Molecular basis of NMDA receptor functional diversity.

Pierre Paoletti

549
Citations
Allosteric modulators of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

Laetitia Mony;James N C Kew;Martin J Gunthorpe;Pierre Paoletti

495
Citations
Zinc at glutamatergic synapses.

P. Paoletti;A.M. Vergnano;B. Barbour;M. Casado

481
Citations
Mechanism of differential control of NMDA receptor activity by NR2 subunits

Marc Gielen;Beth Siegler Retchless;Laetitia Mony;Jon W. Johnson

384
Citations
The neurophysiology and pathology of brain zinc.

Stefano L. Sensi;Pierre Paoletti;Jae-Young Koh;Elias Aizenman

367
Citations
The Micromolar Zinc-Binding Domain on the NMDA Receptor Subunit NR2B

Julie Rachline;Florent Perin-Dureau;Anne Le Goff;Jacques Neyton

300
Citations
Relating NMDA receptor function to receptor subunit composition: limitations of the pharmacological approach.

Jacques Neyton;Pierre Paoletti

299
Citations
Modulation of Triheteromeric NMDA Receptors by N-Terminal Domain Ligands

Christopher J. Hatton;Pierre Paoletti

285
Citations
Molecular Organization of a Zinc Binding N-Terminal Modulatory Domain in a NMDA Receptor Subunit

Pierre Paoletti;Florent Perin-Dureau;Amir Fayyazuddin;Anne Le Goff

274
Citations
MECHANOSENSITIVITY OF NMDA RECEPTORS IN CULTURED MOUSE CENTRAL NEURONS

Pierre Paoletti;Philippe Ascher

264
Citations
Mapping the Binding Site of the Neuroprotectant Ifenprodil on NMDA Receptors

Florent Perin-Dureau;Julie Rachline;Jacques Neyton;Pierre Paoletti

240
Citations
Zinc Dynamics and Action at Excitatory Synapses

Angela Maria Vergnano;Nelson Rebola;Leonid P. Savtchenko;Paulo S. Pinheiro;Paulo S. Pinheiro

221
Citations
Eight genes are required for functional reconstitution of the Caenorhabditis elegans levamisole-sensitive acetylcholine receptor

Thomas Boulin;Marc Gielen;Janet E. Richmond;Daniel C. Williams

220
Citations
Positive Allosteric Modulators of GluN2A-Containing NMDARs with Distinct Modes of Action and Impacts on Circuit Function

David H. Hackos;Patrick J. Lupardus;Teddy Grand;Yelin Chen

211
Citations
Molecular basis of positive allosteric modulation of GluN2B NMDA receptors by polyamines.

Laetitia Mony;Shujia Zhu;Shujia Zhu;Stéphanie Carvalho;Pierre Paoletti

190
Citations
Optical control of neuronal ion channels and receptors

Pierre Paoletti;Graham C R Ellis-Davies;Alexandre Mourot

181
Citations
Allosteric modulators of NMDA receptors: multiple sites and mechanisms.

Shujia Zhu;Pierre Paoletti

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel Barco Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante

Fabrizio Gardoni University of Milan

Stéphane H.R. Oliet Inserm

Christophe Mulle University of Bordeaux

Jean-Pierre Mothet Aix-Marseille University

Laurent Groc University of Bordeaux

Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Elias Aizenman University of Pittsburgh

Isabelle Callebaut Sorbonne University

External Links

Personal website of Pierre Paoletti

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