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Sylvain Lesné

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
9694
World Ranking
9254
National Ranking
3904

Sylvain Lesné 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 Sylvain Lesné sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 57 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sylvain Lesné 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 Sylvain Lesné sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sylvain Lesné is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in related subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • RNA Regulation and Disease
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Lesné's publications appear frequently in journals such as:

  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Journal of Parkinson's Disease
  • Nature
  • Brain

Some recent papers include:

  • "Amyloid Oligomers: A Joint Experimental/Computational Perspective on Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Soluble endogenous oligomeric α-synuclein species in neurodegenerative diseases: Expression, spreading, and cross-talk," 2020, Journal of Parkinson's Disease
  • "Retraction Note: A specific amyloid-β protein assembly in the brain impairs memory," 2024, Nature
  • "SNCA genetic lowering reveals differential cognitive function of alpha-synuclein dependent on sex," 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Correction to: Brain amyloid-β oligomers in ageing and Alzheimer's disease," 2022, Brain

Frequent co-authors in Lesné's work include:

  • Rakez Kayed
  • Mathew A. Sherman
  • Jennifer L. Brown
  • Damyan W. Hart
  • Bikash R. Sahoo

Best Publications

  • A specific amyloid-|[beta]| protein assembly in the brain impairs memory

    Sylvain Lesné;Ming Teng Koh;Linda Kotilinek;Rakez Kayed

  • Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Phuong H. Nguyen;Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy;Bikash R. Sahoo;Jie Zheng

  • Accelerating Amyloid-β Fibrillization Reduces Oligomer Levels and Functional Deficits in Alzheimer Disease Mouse Models *

    Irene H. Cheng;Kimberly Scearce-Levie;Kimberly Scearce-Levie;Justin Legleiter;Justin Legleiter;Jorge J. Palop;Jorge J. Palop

  • Brain amyloid-β oligomers in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease

    Sylvain E Lesne;Mathew A Sherman;Marianne Grant;Michael A Kuskowski

  • Soluble Aβ oligomer production and toxicity

    Megan E. Larson;Sylvain E. Lesné

  • The Complex PrPc-Fyn Couples Human Oligomeric Aβ with Pathological Tau Changes in Alzheimer's Disease

    Megan Larson;Mathew A. Sherman;Fatou Amar;Mario Ulisse Nuvolone;Mario Ulisse Nuvolone

  • Ischemia-induced interleukin-6 as a potential endogenous neuroprotective cytokine against NMDA receptor-mediated excitoxicity in the brain

    Carine Ali;Olivier Nicole;Fabian Docagne;Sylvain Lesne

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition improves amyloid-β-mediated suppression of memory and synaptic plasticity

    Linda A. Kotilinek;Marcus A. Westerman;Qinwen Wang;Qinwen Wang;Kimberly Panizzon

  • NMDA Receptor Activation Inhibits α-Secretase and Promotes Neuronal Amyloid-β Production

    Sylvain Lesné;Carine Ali;Cecília Gabriel;Nicole Croci

  • Plaque-bearing mice with reduced levels of oligomeric amyloid-β assemblies have intact memory function

    Sylvain Lesné;Linda Kotilinek;Karen H. Ashe

  • Orally available compound prevents deficits in memory caused by the Alzheimer amyloid‐β oligomers

    Matthew Townsend;James P. Cleary;James P. Cleary;Tapan Mehta;Jacki Hofmeister

  • Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Potentiates Amyloid-β Generation in Astrocytes and in Transgenic Mice

    Sylvain Lesné;Fabian Docagne;Cecı́lia Gabriel;Géraldine Liot

  • Cognitive effects of cell-derived and synthetically-derived Aβ oligomers

    Miranda N. Reed;Jacki J. Hofmeister;Lisa Jungbauer;Alfred T. Welzel

  • Soluble α-synuclein is a novel modulator of Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology.

    Megan E. Larson;Mathew A Sherman;Susan Greimel;Michael A Kuskowski

  • Involvement of β-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) in amyloid precursor protein-mediated enhancement of memory and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity

    Huifang Ma;Sylvain Lesné;Linda Kotilinek;Jill V. Steidl-Nichols;Jill V. Steidl-Nichols

  • β-Amyloid Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity

    Deepa V. Venkitaramani;Jeannie Chin;William J. Netzer;Gunnar K. Gouras

  • Transforming growth factor-beta and ischemic brain injury.

    Alain Buisson;Sylvain Lesne;Fabian Docagne;Carine Ali

  • Angiopoietin-1-induced PI3-kinase activation prevents neuronal apoptosis

    S. Valable;A. Bellail;S. Lesné;G. Liot

  • The amyloid-β oligomer Aβ*56 induces specific alterations in neuronal signaling that lead to tau phosphorylation and aggregation.

    Fatou Amar;Mathew A. Sherman;Travis Rush;Megan Larson

  • Gain-of-function mutations in protein kinase Cα (PKCα) may promote synaptic defects in Alzheimer’s disease

    Stephanie I. Alfonso;Julia A. Callender;Basavaraj Hooli;Corina E. Antal

  • Smad3-dependent induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in astrocytes mediates neuroprotective activity of transforming growth factor-β1 against NMDA-induced necrosis

    Fabian Docagne;Olivier Nicole;Cecilia Gabriel;Mónica Fernández-Monreal

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Vivien
Denis Vivien Université de Caen Normandie
Alain Buisson
Alain Buisson Grenoble Alpes University
Fabian Docagne
Fabian Docagne Université de Caen Normandie
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Julie A. Schneider
Julie A. Schneider Rush University Medical Center
Michael A. Kuskowski
Michael A. Kuskowski University of Minnesota
Rakez Kayed
Rakez Kayed The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jorge J. Palop
Jorge J. Palop University of California, San Francisco
Paul J. Muchowski
Paul J. Muchowski University of California, San Francisco
Lennart Mucke
Lennart Mucke University of California, San Francisco

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