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Willy Mayo

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
8671
World Ranking
6885
National Ranking
303

Willy Mayo 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 Willy Mayo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willy Mayo 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 Willy Mayo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Willy Mayo is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their work often intersects with cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology, with additional focus on psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of domains including:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • Advanced MRI techniques and applications

Willy Mayo has published articles in several reputable venues, including:

  • Médecine du Sommeil
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • The Cerebellum
  • Psychology and Aging
  • Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Night-to-night variability in sleep and amyloid beta burden in normal aging" (2023) published in Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • "Associating Disrupted Intrinsic Functional Networks with Cognitive and Socio-Affective Skills Following Cerebellar Stroke" (2024) published in The Cerebellum
  • "Age-related positivity effect: Distinct mechanisms for lexical access and episodic memory of emotional words." (2022) published in Psychology and Aging
  • "The age-related positivity effect: forgetting the negative and/or remembering the positive? An inter-task study" (2020) published in Gériatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Viellissement
  • "Assessment of dream-related aspects and beliefs in a large cohort of French students using a validated French version of the Mannheim Dream questionnaire" (2021) published in PLoS ONE

Willy Mayo frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors including Gwénaëlle Catheline, Aurore Jouvencel, Karine Pérès, Marion Baillet, and Bixente Dilharreguy. Their teamwork shows a consistent research partnership across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • Prenatal Stress Induces High Anxiety and Postnatal Handling Induces Low Anxiety in Adult Offspring: Correlation with Stress-Induced Corticosterone Secretion

    Monique Vallée;Willy Mayo;Françoise Dellu;Michel Le Moal

  • Spatial memory performances of aged rats in the water maze predict levels of hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Elodie Drapeau;Willy Mayo;Catherine Aurousseau;Michel Le Moal

  • Novelty-Seeking in Rats-Biobehavioral Characteristics and Possible Relationship with the Sensation-Seeking Trait in Man

    F. Dellu;P.V. Piazza;W. Mayo;M. Le Moal

  • Long‐term effects of prenatal stress and postnatal handling on age‐related glucocorticoid secretion and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study in the rat

    Monique Vallée;Stefania Maccari;Françoise Dellu;Hervé Simon

  • A two-trial memory task with automated recording: Study in young and aged rats.

    F. Dellu;W. Mayo;J. Cherkaoui;M. Le Moal

  • Steroid hormones and neurosteroids in normal and pathological aging of the nervous system

    Martin Schumacher;Sebastien Weill-Engerer;Philippe Liere;Francoise Robert

  • The Effect of Education on Cognitive Performances and Its Implication for the Constitution of the Cognitive Reserve

    Nicolas Le Carret;Sylviane Lafont;Luc Letenneur;Jean-François Dartigues

  • Role of pregnenolone, dehydroepiandrosterone and their sulfate esters on learning and memory in cognitive aging.

    Monique Vallée;Willy Mayo;Michel Le Moal

  • Infusion of neurosteroids into the nucleus basalis magnocellularis affects cognitive processes in the rat

    Willy Mayo;Françoise Dellu;Paul Robel;Jennate Cherkaoui

  • Long-term effects of prenatal stress and handling on metabolic parameters: relationship to corticosterone secretion response.

    Monique Vallée;Willy Mayo;Stefania Maccari;Michel Le Moal

  • Profound disturbances of spontaneous and learned behaviors following lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis in the rat.

    B. Dubois;W. Mayo;Y. Agid;M. Le Moal

  • Early and Later Adoptions Have Different Long-Term Effects on Male Rat Offspring

    Arnaud Barbazanges;Monique Vallée;Willy Mayo;Jamie Day

  • PSA-NCAM: an important regulator of hippocampal plasticity.

    Harold Cremer;Geneviève Chazal;Pierre-Marie Lledo;G. Rougon

  • Biosynthesis and assay of neurosteroids in rats and mice: Functional correlates

    P. Robel;J. Young;C. Corpéchot;W. Mayo

  • Behavioral reactivity to novelty during youth as a predictive factor of stress-induced corticosterone secretion in the elderly--a life-span study in rats.

    F. Dellu;W. Mayo;M. Vallée;S. Maccari

  • The neurosteroid allopregnanolone increases dopamine release and dopaminergic response to morphine in the rat nucleus accumbens.

    Françoise Rougé-Pont;Willy Mayo;Michela "Micky" Marinelli;Mireille Gingras

  • Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor is a Regulator of Muscular Strength in Aging

    Catherine Guillet;Patrick Auguste;Willy Mayo;Paul Kreher

  • Reactivity to novelty during youth as a predictive factor of cognitive impairment in the elderly: a longitudinal study in rats

    F. Dellu;W. Mayo;M. Le Moal

  • Choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]vesamicol binding in the temporal cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and rats with basal forebrain lesions.

    M. Ruberg;W. Mayo;A. Brice;C. Duyckaerts

  • Pregnenolone sulfate enhances neurogenesis and PSA-NCAM in young and aged hippocampus

    W. Mayo;V. Lemaire;J. Malaterre;J.J. Rodriguez

  • Pregnenolone sulfate increases hippocampal acetylcholine release and spatial recognition.

    Muriel Darnaudéry;Muriel Koehl;Pier-Vincenzo Piazza;Michel Le Moal

  • Neurosteroids in learning and memory processes.

    M Vallée;W Mayo;G F Koob;M Le Moal

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Le Moal
M. Le Moal University of Bordeaux
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Pier Vincenzo Piazza Inserm
Olivier George
Olivier George University of California, San Diego
Michèle Allard
Michèle Allard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Muriel Koehl
Muriel Koehl Inserm
Djoher Nora Abrous
Djoher Nora Abrous University of Bordeaux
Geneviève Rougon
Geneviève Rougon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-François Dartigues
Jean-François Dartigues University of Bordeaux
Stefania Maccari
Stefania Maccari Sapienza University of Rome
François Tison
François Tison University of Bordeaux

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