2026 Richard Robitaille: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	52	5303	4870	309	280	105	10646

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Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard Robitaille is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main subfields of study for Richard Robitaille include Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Physiology. Their research covers a range of topics associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Nerve Injury and Regeneration, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, as well as Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Frequent collaborators in their work are Danielle Arbour, Marina Cefis, Vincent Marcangeli, Rami Hammad, and Jordan Granet.

Richard Robitaille has published papers in several respected venues. Notable recent papers include:

Skeletal muscle in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2023, Brain
Properties of Glial Cell at the Neuromuscular Junction Are Incompatible with Synaptic Repair in the SOD1^G37R ALS Mouse Model, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
Functional adaptation of glial cells at neuromuscular junctions in response to injury, 2022, Glia
Sex-Specific Differences in Motor-Unit Remodeling in a Mouse Model of ALS, 2020, eNeuro
Perisynaptic Schwann Cells: Guardians of Neuromuscular Junction Integrity and Function in Health and Disease, 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The majority of Richard Robitaille's publications appear in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with additional works in Neurotherapeutics, Brain, Journal of Neuroscience, and Glia.

In recognition of their contributions, Richard Robitaille was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1995.

Best Publications

Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space

Alfonso Araque;Giorgio Carmignoto;Philip G. Haydon;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

1421
Citations
Astrocytes Are Endogenous Regulators of Basal Transmission at Central Synapses

Aude Panatier;Joanne Vallée;Michael Haber;Keith K. Murai

730
Citations
Functional colocalization of calcium and calcium-gated potassium channels in control of transmitter release

Richard Robitaille;Maria L. Garcia;Gregory J. Kaczorowski;Milton P. Chariton

551
Citations
Strategic location of calcium channels at transmitter release sites of frog neuromuscular synapses

Richard Robitaille;E.M. Adler;Milton P. Charlton

479
Citations
GABAergic Network Activation of Glial Cells Underlies Hippocampal Heterosynaptic Depression

Alexandre Serrano;Nasser Haddjeri;Jean-Claude Lacaille;Richard Robitaille

467
Citations
Presynaptic calcium signals and transmitter release are modulated by calcium-activated potassium channels.

Richard Robitaille;Milton P. Charlton

397
Citations
Glial Cells and Neurotransmission: An Inclusive View of Synaptic Function

Daniel S Auld;Richard Robitaille

324
Citations
Modulation of Synaptic Efficacy and Synaptic Depression by Glial Cells at the Frog Neuromuscular Junction

Richard Robitaille

296
Citations
Transmitter release increases intracellular calcium in perisynaptic Schwann cells in situ.

Babak S. Jahromi;Richard Robitaille;Milton P. Charlton

289
Citations
Mitochondrial morphology is altered in atrophied skeletal muscle of aged mice

Jean-Philippe Leduc-Gaudet;Martin Picard;Félix St-Jean Pelletier;Nicolas Sgarioto

273
Citations
Circulating miRNAs as sensitive and specific biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring of human diseases: promises and challenges.

V. De Guire;R. Robitaille;N. Tétreault;R. Guérin

252
Citations
Neuromuscular synaptogenesis: coordinating partners with multiple functions

Houssam Darabid;Anna P. Perez-Gonzalez;Richard Robitaille

193
Citations
An astrocyte-dependent mechanism for neuronal rhythmogenesis

Philippe Morquette;Dorly Verdier;Aklesso Kadala;James Féthière

181
Citations
Synapse-Glia Interactions at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction

Danielle Rochon;Isabelle Rousse;Richard Robitaille

180
Citations
Role of sensory-evoked NMDA plateau potentials in the initiation of locomotion

Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco;Edouard Pearlstein;Edouard Pearlstein;Richard Robitaille;Richard Robitaille;Réjean Dubuc;Réjean Dubuc

172
Citations
Purinergic receptors and their activation by endogenous purines at perisynaptic glial cells of the frog neuromuscular junction.

Richard Robitaille

161
Citations
A comparison of two alternatively spliced forms of a metabotropic glutamate receptor coupled to phosphoinositide turnover

D. S. Pickering;C. Thomsen;P. D. Suzdak;E. J. Fletcher

157
Citations
Synaptic regulation of glial protein expression in vivo

John Georgiou;Richard Robitaille;William S. Trimble;Milton P. Chariton

148
Citations
A Cellular Mechanism for the Transformation of a Sensory Input into a Motor Command

Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco;Edouard Pearlstein;Didier Le Ray;Richard Robitaille

147
Citations
Differential regulation of transmitter release by presynaptic and glial Ca2+ internal stores at the neuromuscular synapse.

Annie Castonguay;Richard Robitaille

135
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