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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1995 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Yves-Alain Barde is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Neuroscience, with extensive contributions to the subfields of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their scientific work has addressed key topics including nerve injury and regeneration, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Autism Spectrum Disorder research, RNA interference and gene delivery, signaling pathways in disease, multiple sclerosis research studies, and polyomavirus-related diseases.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Yves-Alain Barde include Sarah Ateaque, Fumie Akutsu, Shiro Sugino, Mitsuo Watanabe, and Masaaki Kojima.

Their recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with both clinical and molecular aspects of neuroscience. Notable papers are:

  • Levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with multiple sclerosis, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Neurotrophin signalling in the human nervous system, 2023, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Fingolimod in children with Rett syndrome: the FINGORETT study, 2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Selective activation and down-regulation of Trk receptors by neurotrophins in human neurons co-expressing TrkB and TrkC, 2022, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor measurements in mouse serum and plasma using a sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, 2023, Scientific Reports

The preferred journals for publishing research include F1000Research, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, and Journal of Neurochemistry.

Yves-Alain Barde has been recognized with several honors. They were elected a Member of Academia Europaea in 1995 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2017. They are also a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Purification of a new neurotrophic factor from mammalian brain.

    Y.A. Barde;D. Edgar;H. Thoenen

  • PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NEUROTROPHINS

    Gary R. Lewin;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Trophic factors and neuronal survival

    Yves-Alain Barde

  • Physiology of nerve growth factor.

    H Thoenen;Y A Barde

  • Molecular cloning and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Joachim Leibrock;Friedrich Lottspeich;Andreas Hohn;Magdalena Hofer

  • BDNF is a neurotrophic factor for dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

    Carolyn Hyman;Magdalena Hofer;Yves-Alain Barde;Melissa Juhasz

  • Identification and characterization of a novel member of the nerve growth factor/brain-derived neurotrophic factor family

    Andreas Hohn;Joachim Leibrock;Karen Bailey;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Neurotrophins: key regulators of cell fate and cell shape in the vertebrate nervous system

    Miriam Bibel;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Regional distribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the adult mouse brain.

    M. Hofer;S. R. Pagliusi;A. Hohn;J. Leibrock

  • Neurotrophin-3 enhances sprouting of corticospinal tract during development and after adult spinal cord lesion.

    Lisa Schnell;Regula Schneider;Roland Kolbeck;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Induction of cell death by endogenous nerve growth factor through its p75 receptor

    José María Frade;Alfredo Rodríguez-Tébar;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6

    Nico Heins;Paolo Malatesta;Francesco Cecconi;Masato Nakafuku

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases survival and differentiated functions of rat septal cholinergic neurons in culture.

    Ralph F. Alderson;Andrea L. Alterman;Yves-Alain Barde;Ronald M. Lindsay

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section.

    M Sendtner;B Holtmann;R Kolbeck;H Thoenen

  • Selective Activation of NF-κB by Nerve Growth Factor Through the Neurotrophin Receptor p75

    Bruce D. Carter;Christian Kaltschmidt;Barbara Kaltschmidt;Nina Offenhäuser

  • Hyperphosphorylation and aggregation of tau in mice expressing normal human tau isoforms.

    Cathy Andorfer;Yvonne Kress;Marisol Espinoza;Rohan De Silva

  • Binding of brain-derived neurotrophic factor to the nerve growth factor receptor

    Alfredo Rodriguez-Tebar;Georg Dechant;Yves-Alain Barde

  • The neurotrophin receptor p75(NTR): novel functions and implications for diseases of the nervous system.

    Georg Dechant;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor supports the survival of cultured rat retinal ganglion cells

    JE Johnson;YA Barde;M Schwab;H Thoenen

  • Neurotrophin Binding to the p75 Receptor Modulates Rho Activity and Axonal Outgrowth

    Toshihide Yamashita;Kerry Lee Tucker;Yves-Alain Barde

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Lindsay
Ronald M. Lindsay Zebra Biologics (United States)
Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Bruce D. Carter
Bruce D. Carter Vanderbilt University
Martin Korte
Martin Korte Technische Universität Braunschweig
Magdalena Götz
Magdalena Götz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gary R. Lewin
Gary R. Lewin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Rainer Kuhn
Rainer Kuhn Novartis (Switzerland)
Hermann Rohrer
Hermann Rohrer Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Sendtner
Michael Sendtner University of Würzburg
Martin E. Schwab
Martin E. Schwab University of Zurich

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