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Overview

Yann S. Mineur is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has a research profile centered mainly in Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers areas such as Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Biological Psychiatry.

The research topics most frequently addressed in Mineur's publications include Stress Responses and Cortisol, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Mineur has contributed to numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Origin and Function of Stress-Induced IL-6 in Murine Models, 2020, Cell
  • Acetylcholine is released in the basolateral amygdala in response to predictors of reward and enhances the learning of cue-reward contingency, 2020, eLife
  • Origin and Function of Stress-Induced IL-6 in Murine Models, 2020, Cell
  • Activity of a direct VTA to ventral pallidum GABA pathway encodes unconditioned reward value and sustains motivation for reward, 2022, Science Advances
  • Hippocampal acetylcholine modulates stress-related behaviors independent of specific cholinergic inputs, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Mineur's frequent co-authors include Marina R. Picciotto, Alexa R. Soares, Richard B. Crouse, Steven T. Pittenger, and Ian M. Etherington.

Their work has been published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature, and eLife, indicating a strong presence in influential journals in their fields.

Best Publications

  • Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: cholinergic signaling shapes nervous system function and behavior

    Marina R. Picciotto;Michael J. Higley;Yann S. Mineur

  • Effects of unpredictable chronic mild stress on anxiety and depression-like behavior in mice.

    Yann S. Mineur;Catherine Belzung;Wim E. Crusio

  • Nicotine Decreases Food Intake Through Activation of POMC Neurons

    Yann S. Mineur;Alfonso Abizaid;Yan Rao;Ramiro Salas

  • It is not “either/or”: Activation and desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors both contribute to behaviors related to nicotine addiction and mood

    Marina R. Picciotto;Nii A. Addy;Yann S. Mineur;Darlene H. Brunzell

  • Cholinergic signaling in the hippocampus regulates social stress resilience and anxiety- and depression-like behavior.

    Yann S. Mineur;Adetokunbo Obayemi;Mattis B. Wigestrand;Gianna M. Fote

  • Sex differences in stress-related alcohol use.

    MacKenzie R. Peltier;Terril L. Verplaetse;Yann S. Mineur;Ismene L. Petrakis

  • Nicotine receptors and depression: revisiting and revising the cholinergic hypothesis.

    Yann S. Mineur;Marina R. Picciotto

  • Origin and Function of Stress-Induced IL-6 in Murine Models.

    Hua Qing;Reina Desrouleaux;Kavita Israni-Winger;Yann S. Mineur

  • Behavioral and neuroanatomical characterization of the Fmr1 knockout mouse.

    Yann S. Mineur;Yann S. Mineur;Frans Sluyter;Sanne de Wit;Ben A. Oostra

  • 13-cis-retinoic acid suppresses hippocampal cell division and hippocampal-dependent learning in mice

    James E. Crandall;Yasuo Sakai;Jinhua Zhang;Omanand Koul

  • An instructive role for patterned spontaneous retinal activity in mouse visual map development

    Hong ping Xu;Moran Furman;Yann S. Mineur;Hui Chen

  • AgRP neurons regulate development of dopamine neuronal plasticity and nonfood-associated behaviors

    Marcelo O Dietrich;Jeremy Bober;Jozélia G Ferreira;Luis A Tellez

  • Social behavior deficits in the Fmr1 mutant mouse.

    Yann S. Mineur;Linh X. Huynh;Wim E. Crusio

  • Agonistic behavior and unpredictable chronic mild stress in mice.

    Yann S. Mineur;Daniel J. Prasol;Catherine Belzung;Wim E. Crusio

  • Antidepressant-Like Effects of Ceftriaxone in Male C57BL/6J Mice

    Yann S. Mineur;Marina R. Picciotto;Gerard Sanacora

  • Functional implications of decreases in neurogenesis following chronic mild stress in mice

    Y.S. Mineur;C. Belzung;W.E. Crusio

  • Mood and anxiety regulation by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: A potential pathway to modulate aggression and related behavioral states

    Marina R. Picciotto;Alan S. Lewis;Gerrit I. van Schalkwyk;Yann S. Mineur

  • Cytisine, a partial agonist of high-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, has antidepressant-like properties in male C57BL/6J mice.

    Yann S. Mineur;Oli Somenzi;Marina R. Picciotto

  • Molecules and circuits involved in nicotine addiction: The many faces of smoking

    Marina R. Picciotto;Yann S. Mineur

  • Genetics of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Relevance to nicotine addiction.

    Yann S. Mineur;Marina R. Picciotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina R. Picciotto
Marina R. Picciotto Yale University
Wim E. Crusio
Wim E. Crusio University of Bordeaux
Catherine Belzung
Catherine Belzung François Rabelais University
Sherry A. McKee
Sherry A. McKee Yale University
Yulong Li
Yulong Li Peking University
Kelly P. Cosgrove
Kelly P. Cosgrove Yale University
Leonard C. Schalkwyk
Leonard C. Schalkwyk University of Essex
Michael C. Crair
Michael C. Crair Yale University
Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Lorna W. Role
Lorna W. Role Stony Brook University

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