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Robert Dantzer publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert Dantzer sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 622 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Robert Dantzer D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert Dantzer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Animal Management Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Robert Dantzer is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on biological psychiatry, psychiatry and mental health, behavioral neuroscience, physiology, and neurology.

The primary topics that characterize their scientific work include:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Cancer, stress, anesthesia, and immune response
  • Pain mechanisms and treatments
  • Exercise and physiological responses
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on immunopsychiatry and neuroinflammatory processes. Notable works include:

  • "Interleukin-6 as potential mediator of long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms of COVID-19" (2021) in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Effect of immune activation on the kynurenine pathway and depression symptoms - A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Interleukin-10 resolves pain hypersensitivity induced by cisplatin by reversing sensory neuron hyperexcitability" (2020) in Pain
  • "Microglia depletion fails to abrogate inflammation-induced sickness in mice and rats" (2020) in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Inflammation, negative affect, and amyloid burden in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from the kynurenine pathway" (2021) in Brain Behavior and Immunity

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Robert Dantzer include Elisabeth G. Vichaya, Geoffroy Laumet, Cobi J. Heijnen, Golam M. Khandaker, and Bianca G. Ford.

The most frequent publication venues for their work are Brain Behavior and Immunity, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Their academic contributions include book publication through Cambridge University Press, notably the "Textbook of Immunopsychiatry" released in 2021.

Among the awards received, Robert Dantzer was honored with the Animal Management Award from the American Society of Animal Science in 1991.

Best Publications

  • From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain

    Robert Dantzer;Jason C. O'Connor;Gregory G. Freund;Rodney W. Johnson

  • Twenty years of research on cytokine-induced sickness behavior

    Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley

  • Lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior is mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in mice

    Jason O'Connor;M. A. Lawson;C. André;M. Moreau

  • Cytokine, Sickness Behavior, and Depression

    Robert Dantzer

  • Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior: Mechanisms and Implications

    Robert Dantzer

  • Cytokine-induced sickness behaviour: mechanisms and implications.

    Jan Pieter Konsman;Patricia Parnet;Robert Dantzer

  • Sickness behavior as a new target for drug development

    Stephen Kent;Rose Marie Bluthé;Keith W. Kelley;Robert Dantzer

  • Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior: Where Do We Stand?

    Robert Dantzer

  • Neuroimmune Interactions: From the Brain to the Immune System and Vice Versa

    Robert Dantzer

  • Cytokine-induced sickness behaviour: a neuroimmune response to activation of innate immunity.

    Robert Dantzer

  • Cytokine-induced sickness behavior

    Keith W. Kelley;Rose Marie Bluthé;Robert Dantzer;Jian Hua Zhou

  • Inflammation-associated depression: From serotonin to kynurenine

    Robert Dantzer;Jason C. O’Connor;Marcus A. Lawson;Keith W. Kelley

  • Stress and immunity: an integrated view of relationships between the brain and the immune system.

    Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley

  • CSF concentrations of brain tryptophan and kynurenines during immune stimulation with IFN-α: relationship to CNS immune responses and depression

    Charles L. Raison;Robert Dantzer;Keith W. Kelley;Marcus A. Lawson

  • Stress in farm animals: a need for reevaluation

    Robert Dantzer;Pierre Mormède

  • Are the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment due to a shared biologic mechanism? A cytokine-immunologic model of cancer symptoms

    Charles S. Cleeland;Gary J. Bennett;Robert Dantzer;Patrick M. Dougherty

  • Antidepressant activity of anti-cytokine treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of chronic inflammatory conditions

    Nils Kappelmann;Glyn Lewis;Robert Dantzer;Peter Brian Jones;Peter Brian Jones

  • Interferon-γ and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Mediate the Upregulation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and the Induction of Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice in Response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

    Jason C. O'Connor;Caroline André;Yunxia Wang;Marcus A. Lawson

  • Association between decreased serum tryptophan concentrations and depressive symptoms in cancer patients undergoing cytokine therapy.

    L Capuron;A Ravaud;P J Neveu;A H Miller

  • Peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide induces the expression of cytokine transcripts in the brain and pituitary of mice

    Sophie Layé;Patricia Parnet;Emmanuelle Goujon;Robert Dantzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith W. Kelley
Keith W. Kelley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rodney W. Johnson
Rodney W. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pierre Mormède
Pierre Mormède Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Sophie Layé
Sophie Layé University of Bordeaux
Nathalie Castanon
Nathalie Castanon University of Bordeaux
M. Le Moal
M. Le Moal University of Bordeaux
Annemieke Kavelaars
Annemieke Kavelaars The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen
Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gilles Gheusi
Gilles Gheusi Institut Pasteur

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