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Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux

Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
5440
World Ranking
7489
National Ranking
345

Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux 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 Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 85 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux 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 Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research spans several areas within medicine, with a focus on neurology and related subfields such as physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation.

The scientist's work primarily addresses neurological disorders and treatments, with an emphasis on Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Other topics covered include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, balance, gait, and falls prevention, and studies related to Ginkgo biloba and cashew applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux include the following:

  • Brain atrophy in prodromal synucleinopathy is shaped by structural connectivity and gene expression, 2022, Brain
  • Antisaccade, a predictive marker for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease and gait/gaze network connectivity, 2020, Brain
  • Mitochondrial function-associated genes underlie cortical atrophy in prodromal synucleinopathies, 2023, Brain
  • Dopamine denervation in the functional territories of the striatum: a new MR and atlas-based 123I-FP-CIT SPECT quantification method, 2021, Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Brain dysfunction in gait disorders of Caribbean atypical Parkinsonism and progressive supranuclear palsy patients: A comparative study, 2023, NeuroImage Clinical

Among frequent collaborators are:

  • Marie Vidailhet
  • Isabelle Arnulf
  • Graziella Mangone
  • Cécile Galléa
  • Lydia Yahia-Cherif

Publications have appeared predominantly in neuroscience and neurology-focused venues including:

  • Brain
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Research Square
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The fields of study associated with this researcher primarily center around medicine with a significant focus on neurology, and several contributions to physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and rehabilitation sciences.

Best Publications

  • Decisional role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in ocular motor behaviour.

    C. Pierrot‐Deseilligny;R. M. Müri;C. J. Ploner;B. Gaymard

  • Cerebellar ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1: clinical and genetic studies

    Isabelle Le Ber;Maria-Ceù Moreira;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Céline Chamayou

  • Frequency and phenotypic spectrum of ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2: a clinical and genetic study in 18 patients.

    Isabelle Le Ber;Naïma Bouslam;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;João Guimarães

  • The frontal eye field is involved in spatial short-term memory but not in reflexive saccade inhibition.

    B. Gaymard;C. J. Ploner;S. Rivaud-Péchoux;C. Pierrot-Deseilligny

  • Effects of Cortical Lesions on Saccadic

    Ch. Pierrot-Deseilligny;C. J. Ploner;R. M. Müri;B. Gaymard

  • Parkinson’s disease with camptocormia

    Frederic Bloch;J L Houeto;S Tezenas du Montcel;Fabrice Bonneville

  • Longitudinal ocular motor study in corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy

    S. Rivaud-Péchoux;M. Vidailhet;G. Gallouedec;I. Litvan

  • Cortical control of ocular saccades in humans: a model for motricity.

    C Pierrot-Deseilligny;R M Müri;C J Ploner;B Gaymard

  • The prefrontal substrate of reflexive saccade inhibition in humans.

    Christoph J. Ploner;Bertrand M. Gaymard;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny

  • Neurological, cardiological, and oculomotor progression in 104 patients with Friedreich ataxia during long-term follow-up.

    Pascale Ribaï;Françoise Pousset;Marie-Laure Tanguy;Sophie Rivaud-Pechoux

  • Lesions Affecting the Parahippocampal Cortex Yield Spatial Memory Deficits in Humans

    Christoph J. Ploner;Bertrand M. Gaymard;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Michel Baulac

  • Electroclinical characterization of epileptic seizures in leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1-deficient mice

    Elodie Chabrol;Vincent Navarro;Giovanni Provenzano;Giovanni Provenzano;Ivan Cohen

  • A direct prefrontotectal tract against distractibility in the human brain

    Bertrand Gaymard;Chantal François;Christoph J. Ploner;Carine Condy

  • The parieto-collicular pathway: anatomical location and contribution to saccade generation.

    B. Gaymard;J. Lynch;C.J. Ploner;C. Condy

  • Mixing pro- and antisaccades in patients with parkinsonian syndromes.

    S. Rivaud-Péchoux;M. Vidailhet;J. P. Brandel;B. Gaymard

  • Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex on saccades and vergence.

    Zoï Kapoula;Elina Isotalo;René M. Müri;Maria-Pia Bucci

  • Improvement of memory guided saccades in parkinsonian patients by high frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation.

    Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Anne-Isabelle Vermersch;Bertrand Gaymard;Christoph J Ploner

  • Relationship between 25-OH-D serum level and relapse rate in multiple sclerosis patients before and after vitamin D supplementation

    Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Pierre Clerson;Raphaël de Paz

  • Contribution of ATXN2 intermediary polyQ expansions in a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders.

    Serena Lattante;Stéphanie Millecamps;Giovanni Stevanin;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux

  • Eye movement abnormalities correlate with genotype in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type I

    Sophie Rivaud-Pechoux;Alexandra Dürr;Bertrand Gaymard;Géaraldine Cancel

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertrand Gaymard
Bertrand Gaymard Grenoble Alpes University
Christoph J. Ploner
Christoph J. Ploner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny University of Montpellier
Marie Vidailhet
Marie Vidailhet Sorbonne University
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Yves Agid
Yves Agid Institut du Cerveau
Thomas Nyffeler
Thomas Nyffeler University of Bern
Michel Koenig
Michel Koenig University of Montpellier

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