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Overview

Thomas Boraud is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans a range of subfields, including neurology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on neurological disorders and treatments, with particular attention to Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Other main topics include neuroscience and neural engineering, autism spectrum disorder research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural networks and reservoir computing, as well as neural dynamics and brain function.

Thomas Boraud has contributed to several recent papers, which include:

  • Trial of Lixisenatide in Early Parkinson's Disease (2024, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • The globus pallidus orchestrates abnormal network dynamics in a model of Parkinsonism (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Does newspapers coverage influence the citations count of scientific publications? An analysis of biomedical studies (2020, Scientometrics)
  • What is the true discharge rate and pattern of the striatal projection neurons in Parkinson's disease and Dystonia? (2020, eLife)
  • In vivo electrophysiological validation of DREADD-based modulation of pallidal neurons in the non-human primate (2020, European Journal of Neuroscience)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Thomas Boraud collaborates regularly with several researchers including:

  • Marc Deffains
  • Alexandra Foubert-Samier
  • Wassilios G. Meissner
  • Philippe Damier
  • Nicolas P. Rougier

Best Publications

  • Reversal of Rigidity and Improvement in Motor Performance by Subthalamic High‐frequency Stimulation in MPTP‐treated Monkeys

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Christian Gross;Jean Féger;Thomas Boraud

  • Attenuation of levodopa-induced dyskinesia by normalizing dopamine D3 receptor function.

    Erwan Bézard;Sandrine Ferry;Ulrich Mach;Holger Stark

  • Subthalamic high frequency stimulation resets subthalamic firing and reduces abnormal oscillations.

    Wassilios Meissner;Arthur Leblois;David Hansel;Bernard Bioulac

  • Competition between Feedback Loops Underlies Normal and Pathological Dynamics in the Basal Ganglia

    Arthur Leblois;Thomas Boraud;Wassilios Meissner;Hagai Bergman

  • Neuronal oscillations in the basal ganglia and movement disorders: evidence from whole animal and human recordings.

    William D. Hutchison;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Judith R. Walters;Richard Courtemanche

  • Enhanced Synchrony among Primary Motor Cortex Neurons in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Primate Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Joshua A. Goldberg;Thomas Boraud;Sharon Maraton;Suzanne N. Haber

  • Riluzole prevents MPTP-induced parkinsonism in the rhesus monkey: a pilot study.

    Abdelhamid Benazzouz;Thomas Boraud;Pierre Dubédat;Alain Boireau

  • Arkypallidal Cells Send a Stop Signal to Striatum

    Nicolas Mallet;Robert Schmidt;Daniel Leventhal;Fujun Chen

  • Coordinated reset has sustained aftereffects in Parkinsonian monkeys

    Peter A. Tass;Li Qin;Christian Hauptmann;Sandra Dovero

  • High frequency stimulation of the internal Globus Pallidus (GPi) simultaneously improves parkinsonian symptoms and reduces the firing frequency of GPi neurons in the MPTP-treated monkey

    Thomas Boraud;Erwan Bezard;Bernard Bioulac;Christian Gross

  • Spike Synchronization in the Cortex-Basal Ganglia Networks of Parkinsonian Primates Reflects Global Dynamics of the Local Field Potentials

    Joshua A. Goldberg;Uri Rokni;Thomas Boraud;Eilon Vaadia

  • Electrophysiological and metabolic evidence that high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus bridles neuronal activity in the subthalamic nucleus and the substantia nigra reticulata.

    Chun-Hwei Tai;Chun-Hwei Tai;Thomas Boraud;Erwan Bezard;Bernard Bioulac

  • High-frequency stimulation of the globus pallidus internalis in Parkinson's disease: a study of seven cases

    Christian Gross;Alain Rougier;Dominique Guehl;Thomas Boraud

  • Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects learning of local visuomotor skills.

    Rony Paz;Rony Paz;Thomas Boraud;Chen Natan;Hagai Bergman;Hagai Bergman

  • Dopamine agonist-induced dyskinesias are correlated to both firing pattern and frequency alterations of pallidal neurones in the MPTP-treated monkey

    Thomas Boraud;Erwan Bezard;Bernard Bioulac;Christian E. Gross

  • Low statistical power in biomedical science: a review of three human research domains

    Estelle Dumas-Mallet;Katherine S. Button;Thomas Boraud;Francois Gonon

  • Effects of L-DOPA on neuronal activity of the globus pallidus externalis (GPe) and globus pallidus internalis (GPi) in the MPTP-treated monkey.

    Th Boraud;E Bezard;D Guehl;B Bioulac

  • From single extracellular unit recording in experimental and human Parkinsonism to the development of a functional concept of the role played by the basal ganglia in motor control.

    Thomas Boraud;Erwan Bezard;Bernard Bioulac;Christian E. Gross

  • Late emergence of synchronized oscillatory activity in the pallidum during progressive Parkinsonism.

    Arthur Leblois;Arthur Leblois;Wassilios Meissner;Bernard Bioulac;Christian E. Gross

  • Comparison of eight clinical rating scales used for the assessment of MPTP-induced parkinsonism in the Macaque monkey.

    Christelle Imbert;Erwan Bezard;Stéphane Guitraud;Thomas Boraud

  • Involvement of the subthalamic nucleus in glutamatergic compensatory mechanisms.

    Erwan Bezard;Thomas Boraud;Bernard Bioulac;Christian E. Gross

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian E. Gross
Christian E. Gross University of Bordeaux
Bernard Bioulac
Bernard Bioulac University of Bordeaux
Hagai Bergman
Hagai Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Wassilios G. Meissner
Wassilios G. Meissner University of Bordeaux
Abdelhamid Benazzouz
Abdelhamid Benazzouz University of Bordeaux
Eilon Vaadia
Eilon Vaadia Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jean Féger
Jean Féger Grenoble Alpes University
Rony Paz
Rony Paz Weizmann Institute of Science
Joshua D. Berke
Joshua D. Berke University of California, San Francisco
Dominique Guehl
Dominique Guehl University of Bordeaux

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