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Salah El Mestikawy 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 Salah El Mestikawy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 135 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Salah El Mestikawy 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 Salah El Mestikawy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Salah El Mestikawy is affiliated with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience. Their work also intersects physiology and neurology disciplines.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

The scientist has published extensively, contributing to various journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for publication are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • "Molecular, Structural, Functional, and Pharmacological Sites for Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Regulation" (2020), published in Molecular Neurobiology
  • "Cholinergic dysfunction in the dorsal striatum promotes habit formation and maladaptive eating" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Disruption of the grid cell network in a mouse model of early Alzheimer's disease" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Targeting Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Machinery: Implications on Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Signaling and Behavior" (2020), published in Molecular Pharmacology
  • "Leveraging VGLUT3 Functions to Untangle Brain Dysfunctions" (2021), published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Frequent co-authors published alongside Salah El Mestikawy include:

  • Nicolas Pietrancosta
  • Stéphanie Daumas
  • Érika Vigneault
  • M. Favier
  • Véronique Bernard

Best Publications

  • Identification of presynaptic serotonin autoreceptors using a new ligand: 3H-PAT.

    H. Gozlan;S. El Mestikawy;L. Pichat;J. Glowinski

  • A Third Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Expressed by Cholinergic and Serotoninergic Neurons

    Christelle Gras;Etienne Herzog;Gian Carlo Bellenchi;Véronique Bernard

  • Quantitative autoradiography of multiple 5-HT1 receptor subtypes in the brain of control or 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine-treated rats.

    D Verge;G Daval;M Marcinkiewicz;A Patey

  • The Existence of a Second Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Specifies Subpopulations of Glutamatergic Neurons

    Etienne Herzog;Gian Carlo Bellenchi;Christelle Gras;Véronique Bernard

  • [3H]8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin binding to pre- and postsynaptic 5-hydroxytryptamine sites in various regions of the rat brain.

    M. D. Hall;S. El Mestikawy;M. B. Emerit;L. Pichat

  • Somatodendritic localization of 5-HT1A and preterminal axonal localization of 5-HT1B serotonin receptors in adult rat brain.

    Mustapha Riad;Sylvia Garcia;Kenneth C. Watkins;Nicolas Jodoin

  • Dorsal Raphe Neurons Signal Reward through 5-HT and Glutamate

    Zhixiang Liu;Jingfeng Zhou;Yi Li;Fei Hu

  • Presynaptic 5-HT autoreceptors on serotonergic cell bodies and/or dendrites but not terminals are of the 5-HT1A subtype.

    D. Verge;G. Daval;A. Patey;H. Gozlan

  • Immunocytochemical localization of serotonin1A receptors in the rat central nervous system.

    Hossein K. Kia;Marie‐Christine Miquel;Marie‐Jeanne Brisorgueil;Geneviève Daval

  • From glutamate co-release to vesicular synergy: vesicular glutamate transporters

    Salah El Mestikawy;Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie;Guillaume M. Fortin;Laurent Descarries

  • Immuno-localization of serotonin 5-HT6 receptor-like material in the rat central nervous system.

    Caroline Gérard;Marie-Pascale Martres;Karine Lefèvre;Marie-Christine Miquel

  • Transient Uptake and Storage of Serotonin in Developing Thalamic Neurons

    Cécile Lebrand;Olivier Cases;Christine Adelbrecht;Anne Doye

  • Cloning of a functional vesicular GABA and glycine transporter by screening of genome databases

    Corinne Sagné;Corinne Sagné;Salah El Mestikawy;Marie-Françoise Isambert;Michel Hamon

  • Direct Immunohistochemical Evidence of the Existence of 5-HT1A Autoreceptors on Serotoninergic Neurons in the Midbrain Raphe Nuclei.

    Constantino Sotelo;Béatrice Cholley;Salah El Mestikawy;Henri Gozlan

  • Localization of VGLUT3, the vesicular glutamate transporter type 3, in the rat brain

    E Herzog;J Gilchrist;C Gras;A Muzerelle

  • miR-1202 is a primate-specific and brain-enriched microRNA involved in major depression and antidepressant treatment.

    Juan Pablo Lopez;Raymond Lim;Cristiana Cruceanu;Liam Crapper

  • Impairment of SLC17A8 encoding vesicular glutamate transporter-3, VGLUT3, underlies nonsyndromic deafness DFNA25 and inner hair cell dysfunction in null mice.

    Jérôme Ruel;Jérôme Ruel;Sarah Emery;Régis Nouvian;Tiphaine Bersot;Tiphaine Bersot

  • Identification and characterization of a lysosomal transporter for small neutral amino acids

    Corinne Sagné;Cendra Agulhon;Philippe Ravassard;Michèle Darmon

  • GABAergic basket cells expressing cholecystokinin contain vesicular glutamate transporter type 3 (VGLUT3) in their synaptic terminals in hippocampus and isocortex of the rat.

    Jozsef Somogyi;Jozsef Somogyi;Agnès Baude;Agnès Baude;Yuko Omori;Hidemi Shimizu

  • Quantitative RT‐PCR distribution of serotonin 5‐HT6 receptor mRNA in the central nervous system of control or 5,7‐dihydroxytryptamine‐treated rats

    Caroline Gérard;Salah El Mestikawy;Cécile Lebrand;Joëlle Adrien

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Michel Hamon
Michel Hamon Université Paris Cité
Naguib Mechawar
Naguib Mechawar McGill University
Louis-Eric Trudeau
Louis-Eric Trudeau University of Montreal
Philippe Ravassard
Philippe Ravassard Université Paris Cité
Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Jean-Luc Puel
Jean-Luc Puel University of Montpellier
Marco A. M. Prado
Marco A. M. Prado University of Western Ontario
Catalina Betancur
Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University

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