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Romain Valabregue

Romain Valabregue

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Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
9850
World Ranking
4564
National Ranking
180

Romain Valabregue publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 170 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Romain Valabregue D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Romain Valabregue is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has a substantial body of work within the field of medicine, with particular contributions in neurology and neuroimaging.

The primary subfields of study in Valabregue's research include:

  • Neurology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Valabregue's work addresses several core topics such as:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marie Vidailhet
  • Stephane Lehéricy
  • Rahul Gaurav
  • Jean-Christophe Corvol
  • Isabelle Arnulf

Valabregue has contributed multiple papers to notable publication venues, with repeated appearances in:

  • Movement Disorders
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Brain
  • Brain Communications

Recent publications by Valabregue include:

  • Analysis of task-based functional MRI data preprocessed with fMRIPrep, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • The spatiotemporal changes in dopamine, neuromelanin and iron characterizing Parkinson's disease, 2021, Brain
  • Spatiotemporal changes in substantia nigra neuromelanin content in Parkinson's disease, 2020, Brain
  • Longitudinal Changes in Neuromelanin MRI Signal in Parkinson's Disease: A Progression Marker, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Iron Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool for Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Frontiers in Neurology

Best Publications

  • Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain.

    Marco Catani;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Francesco Vergani;Farah Malik

  • Monkey to human comparative anatomy of the frontal lobe association tracts

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Romain Valabregue;Marco Catani

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • Analysis of task-based functional MRI data preprocessed with fMRIPrep.

    Oscar Esteban;Rastko Ciric;Karolina Finc;Ross W Blair

  • Altered structural connectivity of cortico-striato-pallido-thalamic networks in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

    Yulia Worbe;Yulia Worbe;Linda Marrakchi-Kacem;Linda Marrakchi-Kacem;Sophie Lecomte;Sophie Lecomte;Romain Valabregue

  • Structural connectivity differences in left and right temporal lobe epilepsy

    Pierre Besson;Vera Dinkelacker;Romain Valabregue;Lionel Thivard

  • Specialization for written words over objects in the visual cortex.

    Marcin Szwed;Stanislas Dehaene;Andreas Kleinschmidt;Andreas Kleinschmidt;Evelyn Eger

  • Distinct structural changes underpin clinical phenotypes in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

    Yulia Worbe;Yulia Worbe;Emilie Gerardin;Andreas Hartmann;Andreas Hartmann;Romain Valabrégue

  • The spatiotemporal changes in dopamine, neuromelanin and iron characterizing Parkinson's disease

    Emma Biondetti;Emma Biondetti;Mathieu D Santin;Mathieu D Santin;Romain Valabrègue;Romain Valabrègue;Graziella Mangone

  • Enhanced habit formation in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

    Cécile Delorme;Alexandre Salvador;Alexandre Salvador;Romain Valabrègue;Emmanuel Roze

  • Parkinson's disease patients show reduced cortical-subcortical sensorimotor connectivity.

    Michael Sharman;Romain Valabregue;Vincent Perlbarg;Linda Marrakchi-Kacem

  • Localized 1H NMR spectroscopy in different regions of human brain in vivo at 7 T: T2 relaxation times and concentrations of cerebral metabolites.

    Małgorzata Marjańska;Edward J. Auerbach;Romain Valabrègue;Pierre François Van de Moortele

  • Two-site reproducibility of cerebellar and brainstem neurochemical profiles with short-echo, single-voxel MRS at 3T.

    Dinesh K. Deelchand;Isaac M. Adanyeguh;Uzay E. Emir;Tra My Nguyen

  • Safety and Long-Term Efficacy of AAV4 Gene Therapy in Patients with RPE65 Leber Congenital Amaurosis.

    Guylène Le Meur;Pierre Lebranchu;Fanny Billaud;Oumeya Adjali

  • A direct amygdala‐motor pathway for emotional displays to influence action: A diffusion tensor imaging study

    Julie Grèzes;Julie Grèzes;Romain Valabrègue;Bahar Gholipour;Coralie Chevallier

  • Get Aroused and Be Stronger: Emotional Facilitation of Physical Effort in the Human Brain

    Liane Schmidt;Marie-Laure Cléry-Melin;Gilles Lafargue;Romain Valabrègue

  • The basins of attraction of a new Hopfield learning rule

    A. J. Storkey;R. Valabregue

  • Triheptanoin improves brain energy metabolism in patients with Huntington disease.

    Isaac Mawusi Adanyeguh;Daisy Rinaldi;Pierre Gilles Henry;Samantha Caillet

  • Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias: Imaging biomarkers with high effect sizes.

    Isaac M. Adanyeguh;Vincent Perlbarg;Vincent Perlbarg;Pierre Gilles Henry;Daisy Rinaldi

  • Spatiotemporal changes in substantia nigra neuromelanin content in Parkinson’s disease

    Emma Biondetti;Emma Biondetti;Rahul Gaurav;Rahul Gaurav;Lydia Yahia-Cherif;Lydia Yahia-Cherif;Graziella Mangone;Graziella Mangone

  • Diffusion Abnormalities in the Primary Sensorimotor Pathways in Writer's Cramp

    Christine Delmaire;Marie Vidailhet;Demian Wassermann;Maxime Descoteaux

  • Triheptanoin dramatically reduces paroxysmal motor disorder in patients with GLUT1 deficiency

    Fanny Mochel;Elodie Hainque;Domitille Gras;Isaac Mawusi Adanyeguh

  • Relation between cerebral blood flow and metabolism explained by a model of oxygen exchange.

    Romain Valabrègue;Romain Valabrègue;Agnès Aubert;Agnès Aubert;Jacques Burger;Jacques Bittoun

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Lehéricy
Stéphane Lehéricy Sorbonne University
Marie Vidailhet
Marie Vidailhet Sorbonne University
Jean-Christophe Corvol
Jean-Christophe Corvol Institut du Cerveau
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Sabine Meunier
Sabine Meunier Université Paris Cité
Habib Benali
Habib Benali Concordia University
Andreas Hartmann
Andreas Hartmann Université Paris Cité
Yves Samson
Yves Samson Université Paris Cité
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Pascal Belin
Pascal Belin Aix-Marseille University

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