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Sonia Garel 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 Sonia Garel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 74 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonia Garel 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 Sonia Garel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Sonia Garel is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and specializes in Neuroscience, contributing to a broad range of subfields including Neurology, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Their research mainly addresses mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, immune cell functions in cancer, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, neural dynamics, fetal and neonatal brain pathology, and axon guidance and neuronal signaling.

Garel has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Morgane Sonia Thion, Florent Ginhoux, Melanie Greter, Aymeric Silvin, and Cécile Bridlance. These collaborations have supported a consistent output of research covering both foundational and emerging areas in neurobiology and immunology.

Publication venues for Garel's work include:

  • Cell
  • Immunity
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Neuron
  • Nature Reviews. Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Garel highlight developments in microglia biology and brain macrophages, as well as brain morphogenesis and neurodevelopmental functions. These papers include:

  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads" (2022, Neuron)
  • "Early Fate Defines Microglia and Non-parenchymal Brain Macrophage Development" (2020, Cell)
  • "Dual ontogeny of disease-associated microglia and disease inflammatory macrophages in aging and neurodegeneration" (2022, Immunity)
  • "Microglia maintain structural integrity during fetal brain morphogenesis" (2024, Cell)
  • "Microglial ontogeny, diversity and neurodevelopmental functions" (2020, Current Opinion in Genetics & Development)

Sonia Garel has also contributed to scientific literature with a book titled Système immunitaire et dynamique du cerveau, published by Collège de France eBooks in 2021.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

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  • A requirement for the immediate early gene Zif268 in the expression of late LTP and long-term memories.

    M. Jones;Michael L. Errington;Pim J. French;A. Fine

  • Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner

    Morgane Sonia Thion;Donovan Low;Aymeric Silvin;Jinmiao Chen

  • Microglia modulate wiring of the embryonic forebrain.

    Paola Squarzoni;Guillaume Oller;Guillaume Hoeffel;Lorena Pont-Lezica

  • Microglia and early brain development: An intimate journey

    Morgane S. Thion;Florent Ginhoux;Florent Ginhoux;Sonia Garel

  • Tangential Neuronal Migration Controls Axon Guidance: A Role for Neuregulin-1 in Thalamocortical Axon Navigation

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Aline Cautinat;Juan Antonio Sánchez;Franck Bielle

  • Dual ontogeny of disease-associated microglia and disease inflammatory macrophages in aging and neurodegeneration.

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  • Early Fate Defines Microglia and Non-parenchymal Brain Macrophage Development.

    Sebastian G. Utz;Peter See;Wiebke Mildenberger;Morgane Sonia Thion

  • Induced-Pluripotent-Stem-Cell-Derived Primitive Macrophages Provide a Platform for Modeling Tissue-Resident Macrophage Differentiation and Function.

    Kazuyuki Takata;Kazuyuki Takata;Tatsuya Kozaki;Christopher Zhe Wei Lee;Morgane Sonia Thion

  • Molecular regionalization of the neocortex is disrupted in Fgf8 hypomorphic mutants.

    Sonia Garel;Kelly J. Huffman;John L. R. Rubenstein

  • Patterning of the lateral ganglionic eminence by the Gsh1 and Gsh2 homeobox genes regulates striatal and olfactory bulb histogenesis and the growth of axons through the basal ganglia.

    Kyuson Yun;Sonia Garel;Seth Fischman;John L.R. Rubenstein

  • Ebf1 controls early cell differentiation in the embryonic striatum.

    S. Garel;F. Marin;R. Grosschedl;P. Charnay

  • Emx1 and Emx2 cooperate to regulate cortical size, lamination, neuronal differentiation, development of cortical efferents, and thalamocortical pathfinding

    Kathie M. Bishop;Sonia Garel;Yasushi Nakagawa;John L.R. Rubenstein

  • Family of Ebf/Olf-1-related genes potentially involved in neuronal differentiation and regional specification in the central nervous system

    Sonia Garel;Faustino Marín;Marie-Geneviève Mattéi;Christine Vesque

  • Ebf gene function is required for coupling neuronal differentiation and cell cycle exit.

    Mario Garcia-Dominguez;Christophe Poquet;Sonia Garel;Patrick Charnay

  • Transient Neuronal Populations Are Required to Guide Callosal Axons: A Role for Semaphorin 3C

    Mathieu Niquille;Sonia Garel;Fanny Mann;Jean-Pierre Hornung

  • DLX5 Regulates Development of Peripheral and Central Components of the Olfactory System

    Jason E. Long;Sonia Garel;Michael J. Depew;Stuart Tobet

  • Control of the migratory pathway of facial branchiomotor neurones.

    S. Garel;M. Garcia-Dominguez;P. Charnay

  • Distinct functions of egr gene family members in cognitive processes.

    Roseline Poirier;Hélène Cheval;Caroline Mailhes;Sonia Garel

  • Id4 regulates neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation in vivo.

    Kyuson Yun;Akio Mantani;Sonia Garel;John Rubenstein

  • Dlx-Dependent and -Independent Regulation of Olfactory Bulb Interneuron Differentiation

    Jason E. Long;Sonia Garel;Sonia Garel;Manuel Alvarez-Dolado;Kazuaki Yoshikawa

  • On place and time: microglia in embryonic and perinatal brain development

    Morgane Sonia Thion;Sonia Garel

  • Pathfinding of corticothalamic axons relies on a rendezvous with thalamic projections.

    Marie Deck;Ludmilla Lokmane;Ludmilla Lokmane;Ludmilla Lokmane;Sophie Chauvet;Caroline Mailhes;Caroline Mailhes;Caroline Mailhes

  • Intermediate targets in formation of topographic projections: inputs from the thalamocortical system

    Sonia Garel;John L.R. Rubenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Florent Ginhoux
Florent Ginhoux Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Patrick Charnay
Patrick Charnay École Normale Supérieure
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Guillermina López-Bendito
Guillermina López-Bendito Miguel Hernandez University
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Rudolf Grosschedl
Rudolf Grosschedl Max Planck Society
Clément Léna
Clément Léna École Normale Supérieure

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