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Yehezkel Ben-Ari

Yehezkel Ben-Ari

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Neuroscience
France
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
133
Citations
61639
World Ranking
259
National Ranking
5

Yehezkel Ben-Ari 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 Yehezkel Ben-Ari sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 486 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yehezkel Ben-Ari 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 Yehezkel Ben-Ari sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
  • 2009 - Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

Overview

Yehezkel Ben-Ari is affiliated with Neurochlore in France and has contributed extensively to neuroscience and medicine, focusing on fields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and genetics. Their research also covers pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on neurodevelopmental disorders and neuropharmacology. Key papers include:

  • Machine learning analysis of pregnancy data enables early identification of a subpopulation of newborns with ASD (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • GABA and glutamate in the preterm neonatal brain: In-vivo measurement by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (2021, NeuroImage)
  • Bumetanide oral solution for the treatment of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Results from two randomized phase III studies (2023, Autism Research)
  • The GABA Polarity Shift and Bumetanide Treatment: Making Sense Requires Unbiased and Undogmatic Analysis (2022, Cells)
  • A Wholistic View of How Bumetanide Attenuates Autism Spectrum Disorders (2022, Cells)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Yehezkel Ben-Ari include Éric Lemonnier, Hamed Rabiei, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Diana C. Ferrari, and Enrico Cherubini. This network of collaborators reflects a multidisciplinary approach to neuroscience and neurodevelopmental research.

Yehezkel Ben-Ari's work is frequently published in specialized venues, with the most common being Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, médecine/sciences, NeuroImage, Cells, and Scientific Reports.

The main themes throughout their research portfolio focus on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, and GABA and Rice Research.

Ben-Ari's research integrates genetics, molecular biology, and developmental neuroscience to explore mechanisms underlying neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions, investigating therapeutic approaches including pharmacological treatments.

In recognition of contributions to scientific research, Yehezkel Ben-Ari was awarded the Grand prix de l'Inserm by the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Excitatory actions of gaba during development: the nature of the nurture.

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • Limbic seizure and brain damage produced by kainic acid: Mechanisms and relevance to human temporal lobe epilepsy

    Y. Ben-Ari

  • Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones.

    Y Ben-Ari;E Cherubini;R Corradetti;J L Gaiarsa

  • GABA: A Pioneer Transmitter That Excites Immature Neurons and Generates Primitive Oscillations

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Jean-Luc Gaiarsa;Roman Tyzio;Rustem Khazipov

  • GABA: an excitatory transmitter in early postnatal life

    Enrico Cherubini;Jean L. Gaiarsa;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • Electrographic, clinical and pathological alterations following systemic administration of kainic acid, bicuculline or pentetrazole: metabolic mapping using the deoxyglucose method with special reference to the pathology of epilepsy

    Y Ben-Ari;E Tremblay;D Riche;G Ghilini

  • GABAA, NMDA and AMPA receptors: a developmentally regulated `ménage à trois'

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Roustem Khazipov;Xavier Leinekugel;Olivier Caillard

  • Early motor activity drives spindle bursts in the developing somatosensory cortex.

    Rustem Khazipov;Anton Sirota;Xavier Leinekugel;Xavier Leinekugel;Gregory L. Holmes

  • Kainate, a double agent that generates seizures: two decades of progress.

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Rosa Cossart

  • Developing networks play a similar melody.

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • GABAergic Hub Neurons Orchestrate Synchrony in Developing Hippocampal Networks

    Paolo Bonifazi;Miri Goldin;Michel Picardo;Isabel Jorquera

  • Dendritic but not somatic GABAergic inhibition is decreased in experimental epilepsy.

    Rosa Cossart;Céline Dinocourt;June Hirsch;A. Merchan-Perez

  • A cautionary note on the use of the TUNEL stain to determine apoptosis.

    C Charriaut-Marlangue;Y Ben-Ari

  • Oxytocin-mediated GABA inhibition during delivery attenuates autism pathogenesis in rodent offspring.

    Roman Tyzio;Roman Tyzio;Romain Nardou;Diana C. Ferrari;Timur Tsintsadze;Timur Tsintsadze

  • The GABA Excitatory/Inhibitory Shift in Brain Maturation and Neurological Disorders:

    Yehezkel Ben-Ari;Ilgam Khalilov;Kristopher T Kahle;Enrico Cherubini

  • Apoptosis and necrosis after reversible focal ischemia: an in situ DNA fragmentation analysis.

    C Charriaut-Marlangue;I Margaill;A Represa;T Popovici

  • Maternal oxytocin triggers a transient inhibitory switch in GABA signaling in the fetal brain during delivery.

    Roman Tyzio;Rosa Cossart;Ilgam Khalilov;Marat Minlebaev

  • Trophic actions of GABA on neuronal development

    Alfonso Represa;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

  • The NMDA Receptor Is Coupled to the ERK Pathway by a Direct Interaction between NR2B and RasGRF1

    Grigory Krapivinsky;Luba Krapivinsky;Yunona Manasian;Anton Ivanov

  • Kainate-induced apoptotic cell death in hippocampal neurons

    H. Pollard;C. Charriaut-Marlangue;S. Cantagrel;A. Represa

  • Early sequential formation of functional GABAA and glutamatergic synapses on CA1 interneurons of the rat foetal hippocampus

    Sonia Hennou;Ilgam Khalilov;Diabé Diabira;Yehezkel Ben-Ari

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfonso Represa
Alfonso Represa Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa Grenoble Alpes University
Ilgam Khalilov
Ilgam Khalilov Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Enrico Cherubini
Enrico Cherubini International School for Advanced Studies
Christiane Charriaut-Marlangue
Christiane Charriaut-Marlangue Université Paris Cité
Roustem Khazipov
Roustem Khazipov Kazan Federal University
Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard Aix-Marseille University
Nail Burnashev
Nail Burnashev Aix-Marseille University
Monique Esclapez
Monique Esclapez Aix-Marseille University

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