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  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
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  • 2001 - Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

Overview

Yves Agid is affiliated with the Institut du Cerveau in France and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, History, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas with a focus on neurological and historical studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus, neurological disorders and their treatments, as well as cellular transport and secretion.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • PTPA variants and impaired PP2A activity in early-onset parkinsonism with intellectual disability, 2022, Brain
  • Amyloid-β in Alzheimer's Disease: A Study of Citation Practices of the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis Between 1992 and 2019, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease patients-the contribution of Garcin and Melaragno, 2021, Neurological Sciences
  • Histoire du cerveau et des neurosciences: repères historiques (XIXe-XXe siècles), 2021, médecine/sciences
  • La genèse des neurosciences, 2021, médecine/sciences

Frequent coauthors associated with Yves Agid's work include:

  • Céline Paillette
  • Pascal Griset
  • Mathieu Anheim
  • Alexis Brice
  • Philippe Damier

Publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • médecine/sciences
  • Revue Neurologique
  • Brain
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Neurological Sciences

Yves Agid is also an author of a book published by Columbia University Press titled Subconsciousness (2021).

Their work has been recognized with awards including the Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Clinical research criteria for the diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome) Report of the NINDS-SPSP International Workshop*

    I. Litvan;Y. Agid;D. Calne;G. Campbell

  • The substantia nigra of the human brain. II. Patterns of loss of dopamine-containing neurons in Parkinson's disease.

    P. Damier;E. C. Hirsch;Y. Agid;A. M. Graybiel

  • Association between Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease and Mutations in the Parkin Gene

    CB Lucking;A Durr;Bonifati;J Vaughan

  • Melanized dopaminergic neurons are differentially susceptible to degeneration in Parkinson's disease

    Etienne Hirsch;Ann M. Graybiel;Yves A. Agid

  • Basal Lipid Peroxidation in Substantia Nigra Is Increased in Parkinson's Disease

    D. T. Dexter;C. J. Carter;F. R. Wells;F. Javoy-Agid

  • Increased Nigral Iron Content and Alterations in Other Metal Ions Occurring in Brain in Parkinson's Disease

    D T Dexter;F R Wells;A J Lees;F Agid

  • Alterations in glutathione levels in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders affecting basal ganglia

    Jeswinder Sian;D. T. Dexter;A. J. Lees;S. Daniel

  • Neurostimulation for Parkinson's Disease with Early Motor Complications

    W. M. M. Schuepbach;J. Rau;K. Knudsen;J. Volkmann

  • Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

    Mark J. Millan;Yves Agid;Martin Brüne;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Alterations in the levels of iron, ferritin and other trace metals in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases affecting the basal ganglia.

    D. T. Dexter;A. Carayon;F. Javoy-Agid;Y. Agid

  • Increased nigral iron content in postmortem parkinsonian brain.

    D.T. Dexter;F.R. Wells;F. Agid;Y. Agid

  • Apoptosis and autophagy in nigral neurons of patients with Parkinson's disease

    P Anglade;S Vyas;F Javoy-Agid;M T Herrero

  • Causal relation between α-synuclein locus duplication as a cause of familial Parkinson's disease

    P Ibáñez;A-M Bonnet;B Débarges;E Lohmann

  • Bilateral deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a multicentre study with 4 years follow-up

    M C Rodriguez-Oroz;J A Obeso;A E Lang;J L Houeto

  • Efficacy and safety of rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer's disease: international randomised controlled trial.

    Michael Rösler;Ravi Anand;Ana Cicin-Sain;Serge Gauthier

  • Clinical and Genetic Abnormalities in Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia

    Alexandra Dürr;Mireille Cossee;Yves Agid;Victoria Campuzano

  • Goal-directed and habitual control in the basal ganglia: implications for Parkinson's disease

    Peter Redgrave;Manuel Rodriguez;Manuel Rodriguez;Yoland Smith;Yoland Smith;Maria C. Rodriguez-Oroz;Maria C. Rodriguez-Oroz

  • Bilateral Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus in Primary Generalized Dystonia

    Marie Vidailhet;Laurent Vercueil;Jean-Luc Houeto;Pierre Krystkowiak

  • Partially Overlapping Neural Networks for Real and Imagined Hand Movements

    Emmanuel Gerardin;Angela Sirigu;Stéphane Lehéricy;Jean-Baptiste Poline

  • The mental representation of hand movements after parietal cortex damage.

    Angela Sirigu;Jean-René Duhamel;Laurent Cohen;Bernard Pillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Etienne C. Hirsch
Etienne C. Hirsch Sorbonne University
Bruno Dubois
Bruno Dubois Université Paris Cité
F. Javoy-Agid
F. Javoy-Agid Pitie-Salpetriére Hospital
Marie Vidailhet
Marie Vidailhet Sorbonne University
Didier Dormont
Didier Dormont Université Paris Cité
Bernard Pidoux
Bernard Pidoux Université Paris Cité
Giovanni Stevanin
Giovanni Stevanin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

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