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Pierre Sokoloff is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to research spanning neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work primarily focuses on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, and oncology.

The scientist's research centers on several key topics including receptor mechanisms and signaling, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, neuropeptides and animal physiology, pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, pain mechanisms and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and HER2/EGFR involvement in cancer research.

Frequent publication venues for Sokoloff include the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, where they have contributed twice. Other venues featuring their work include the European Journal of Pharmacology, Nature Communications, Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, and ACS Chemical Biology.

Selected recent papers reflect the diversity of Sokoloff's research interests:

  • "Pharmacology profile of F17464, a dopamine D3 receptor preferential antagonist" (2020, European Journal of Pharmacology)
  • "A Historical Perspective on the Dopamine D3 Receptor" (2022, Current topics in behavioral neurosciences)
  • "Dopamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1" (2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE)
  • "FLT3 signaling inhibition abrogates opioid tolerance and hyperalgesia while preserving analgesia" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "High-Throughput Screening for Extracellular Inhibitors of the FLT3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Reveals Chemically Diverse and Druggable Negative Allosteric Modulators" (2022, ACS Chemical Biology)

Sokoloff collaborates frequently with Maxime Thouaye, Jean-Philippe Leyris, Sylvie Mallié, Didier Rognan, and Jean Valmier, each appearing as coauthors on multiple publications.

The scientist's research outputs contribute to understanding receptor dynamics and pharmacological interventions in neurological and physiological contexts, with implications for pain treatment and cancer research. Their work integrates pharmacology, molecular biology, and neuroscience to explore receptor mechanisms and signaling processes at the cellular level.

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel dopamine receptor (D3) as a target for neuroleptics.

    Pierre Sokoloff;Bruno Giros;Marie-Pascale Martres;Marie-Louise Bouthenet

  • Localization of dopamine D3 receptor mRNA in the rat brain using in situ hybridization histochemistry: comparison with dopamine D2 receptor mRNA.

    Marie-Louise Bouthenet;Evelyne Souil;Marie-Pascale Martres;Pierre Sokoloff

  • Alternative splicing directs the expression of two D2 dopamine receptor isoforms

    Bruno Giros;Pierre Sokoloff;Marie-Pascale Martres;Jean-François Riou

  • Identification, characterization, and localization of the dopamine D3 receptor in rat brain using 7-[3H]hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin.

    D Lévesque;J Diaz;C Pilon;M P Martres

  • BDNF controls dopamine D3 receptor expression and triggers behavioural sensitization.

    Olivier Guillin;Jorge Diaz;Patrick Carroll;Nathalie Griffon

  • Selective inhibition of cocaine-seeking behaviour by a partial dopamine D3 receptor agonist.

    Maria Pilla;Sylvie Perachon;Sylvie Perachon;FranÇois Sautel;Fabrice Garrido

  • Pharmacology of human dopamine D3 receptor expressed in a mammalian cell line: comparison with D2 receptor.

    Pierre Sokoloff;Marc Andrieux;Roger Besançon;Catherine Pilon

  • Attenuation of levodopa-induced dyskinesia by normalizing dopamine D3 receptor function.

    Erwan Bézard;Sandrine Ferry;Ulrich Mach;Holger Stark

  • Phenotypical characterization of neurons expressing the dopamine D3 receptor in the rat brain

    J. Diaz;D. Lévesque;C.H. Lammers;N. Griffon

  • Induction of dopamine D3 receptor expression as a mechanism of behavioral sensitization to levodopa.

    Régis Bordet;Sophie Ridray;Suzanna Carboni;Jorge Diaz

  • The dopamine D3 receptor: a therapeutic target for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

    L. Leriche;Erwan Bezard;C. Gross;O. Guillin

  • Dopamine D3 Receptors Expressed by All Mesencephalic Dopamine Neurons

    Jorge Diaz;Catherine Pilon;Bernard Le Foll;Claude Gros

  • Novel dopamine receptors half a decade later.

    Pierre Sokoloff;Jean-Charles Schwartz

  • Association between schizophrenia and homozygosity at the dopamine D3 receptor gene.

    M A Crocq;R Mant;P Asherson;Julie Williams

  • Dopamine activation of the arachidonic acid cascade as a basis for D1/D2 receptor synergism.

    Piomelli D;Pilon C;Giros B;Sokoloff P

  • Amino acid substitution in the dopamine D3 receptor as a useful polymorphism for investigating psychiatric disorders

    L. Lannfelt;P. Sokoloff;M.-P. Martres;C. Pilon

  • Widespread distribution of brain dopamine receptors evidenced with [125I]iodosulpride, a highly selective ligand.

    Marie-Pascale Martres;Marie-Louise Bouthenet;Nicole Sales;Pierre Sokoloff

  • D3 dopamine receptor mRNA is widely expressed in the human brain.

    Michio Suzuki;Yasmin L Hurd;Pierre Sokoloff;Jean-Charles Schwartz

  • Three classes of dopamine receptor (D-2, D-3, D-4) identified by binding studies with 3H-apomorphine and 3H-domperidone.

    P. Sokoloff;M. P. Martres;J. C. Schwartz

  • D2/D3 dopamine receptor heterodimers exhibit unique functional properties.

    Marco Scarselli;Francesca Novi;Ester Schallmach;Ridwan Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Charles Schwartz
Jean-Charles Schwartz Bioprojet (France)
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Mark J. Millan
Mark J. Millan University of Glasgow
Didier Rognan
Didier Rognan University of Strasbourg
Göran Sedvall
Göran Sedvall Karolinska Institute
Lars Lannfelt
Lars Lannfelt Uppsala University
Erwan Bezard
Erwan Bezard University of Bordeaux
Erik G. Jönsson
Erik G. Jönsson University of Oslo
Etienne C. Hirsch
Etienne C. Hirsch Sorbonne University
Josué Feingold
Josué Feingold Grenoble Alpes University

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