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Sebastien Couillard-Despres

Sebastien Couillard-Despres

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
12611
World Ranking
5658
National Ranking
33

Overview

Sebastien Couillard-Despres is affiliated with Paracelsus Medical University in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans a broad spectrum within these domains, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their primary research topics include Medical Imaging and Analysis, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, AI in Cancer Detection, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, and Spinal Cord Injury Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sebastien Couillard-Despres are:

  • Babak Saravi
  • Frank Hassel
  • Gernot Lang
  • Christina Kreutzer
  • Sara Ülkümen

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues with the highest number of papers published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, followed by Planta Medica, arXiv (Cornell University), Brain and Spine, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Artificial Intelligence-Driven Prediction Modeling and Decision Making in Spine Surgery Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models (2022) - Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Extracellular Vesicles from Human Multipotent Stromal Cells Protect Against Hearing Loss After Noise Trauma in Vivo (2020) - Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • Performance of Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithms to Predict Prolonged Length of Stay after Lumbar Decompression Surgery (2022) - Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • DCX+ Neuronal Progenitors Contribute to New Oligodendrocytes During Remyelination in the Hippocampus (2020) - Scientific Reports
  • Combination of Defined CatWalk Gait Parameters for Predictive Locomotion Recovery in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury Rat Models (2021) - eNeuro

Best Publications

  • The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function

    Saul A. Villeda;Jian Luo;Kira I. Mosher;Bende Zou

  • Transient expression of doublecortin during adult neurogenesis

    Jason P. Brown;Sébastien Couillard-Després;Christiana M. Cooper-Kuhn;Jürgen Winkler;Jürgen Winkler

  • Doublecortin expression levels in adult brain reflect neurogenesis.

    Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Beate Winner;Susanne Schaubeck;Robert Aigner

  • Delayed maturation of regenerating myelinated axons in mice lacking neurofilaments.

    Qinzhang Zhu;Sébastien Couillard-Després;Jean-Pierre Julien

  • High efficacy of clonal growth and expansion of adult neural stem cells.

    Frank-Peter Wachs;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Maren Engelhardt;Daniel Wilhelm;Daniel Wilhelm

  • Protective effect of neurofilament heavy gene overexpression in motor neuron disease induced by mutant superoxide dismutase

    Sébastien Couillard-Després;Qinzhang Zhu;Philip C. Wong;Donald L. Price

  • Cell Cycle Regulators in the Neuronal Death Pathway of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Caused by Mutant Superoxide Dismutase 1

    Minh Dang Nguyen;Mathieu Boudreau;Jasna Kriz;Sébastien Couillard-Després

  • Gene Expression Profiling of Neural Stem Cells and Their Neuronal Progeny Reveals IGF2 as a Regulator of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Oliver Bracko;Tatjana Singer;Stefan Aigner;Marlen Knobloch

  • Transforming growth factor-beta1 is a negative modulator of adult neurogenesis.

    Frank-Peter Wachs;Beate Winner;Beate Winner;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Thorsten Schiller;Thorsten Schiller

  • Structural and functional rejuvenation of the aged brain by an approved anti-asthmatic drug

    Julia Marschallinger;Iris Schäffner;Barbara Klein;Renate Gelfert

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells Instruct Oligodendrogenic Fate Decision on Adult Neural Stem Cells

    Francisco J. Rivera;Francisco J. Rivera;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Xiomara Pedre;Sonja Ploetz

  • SoxC transcription factors are required for neuronal differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Lifang Mu;Lucia Berti;Giacomo Masserdotti;Marcela Covic

  • Striatal deafferentation increases dopaminergic neurogenesis in the adult olfactory bulb.

    Beate Winner;Martin Geyer;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Robert Aigner

  • The dark side of BrdU in neural stem cell biology: detrimental effects on cell cycle, differentiation and survival

    Bernadette Lehner;Bernadette Lehner;Beatrice Sandner;Julia Marschallinger;Christine Lehner;Christine Lehner

  • Ageing abolishes the effects of fluoxetine on neurogenesis

    S Couillard-Despres;C Wuertinger;M Kandasamy;M Caioni

  • Mutant α-synuclein exacerbates age-related decrease of neurogenesis

    Beate Winner;Edward Rockenstein;D. Chichung Lie;Robert Aigner

  • Disruption of type IV intermediate filament network in mice lacking the neurofilament medium and heavy subunits.

    Hélène Jacomy;Qinzang Zhu;Sébastien Couillard‐Després;Jean‐Martin Beaulieu

  • Targeted transgene expression in neuronal precursors: watching young neurons in the old brain

    Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Beate Winner;Claudia Karl;Gudrun Lindemann

  • TGF-beta signalling in the adult neurogenic niche promotes stem cell quiescence as well as generation of new neurons.

    Mahesh Kandasamy;Bernadette Lehner;Sabrina Kraus;Paul Ramm Sander;Paul Ramm Sander

  • Extra neurofilament NF-L subunits rescue motor neuron disease caused by overexpression of the human NF-H gene in mice

    Jürgen Meier;Sébastien Couillard-Després;Hélène Jacomy;Claude Gravel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ludwig Aigner
Ludwig Aigner Paracelsus Medical University
Beate Winner
Beate Winner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jürgen Winkler
Jürgen Winkler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Annemie Van der Linden
Annemie Van der Linden University of Antwerp
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health
Chao Zhao
Chao Zhao University of Cambridge
Juan Nacher
Juan Nacher University of Valencia
Eugen Trinka
Eugen Trinka Paracelsus Medical University
Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington

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