| Progesterone synthesis and myelin formation by Schwann cells HL Koenig, M Schumacher, B Ferzaz, AND Thi, A Ressouches, ... Science 268 (5216), 1500-1503, 1995 | 615 | 1995 |
| Steroid hormones and neurosteroids in normal and pathological aging of the nervous system M Schumacher, S Weill-Engerer, P Liere, F Robert, RJM Franklin, ... Progress in neurobiology 71 (1), 3-29, 2003 | 356 | 2003 |
| Transgenic expression of IFN-α in the central nervous system of mice protects against lethal neurotropic viral infection but induces inflammation and neurodegeneration Y Akwa, DE Hassett, ML Eloranta, K Sandberg, E Masliah, H Powell, ... The Journal of Immunology 161 (9), 5016-5026, 1998 | 265 | 1998 |
| Steroid synthesis and metabolism in the nervous system: trophic and protective effects M Schumacher, Y Akwa, R Guennoun, F Robert, F Labombarda, ... Journal of neurocytology 29, 307-326, 2000 | 263 | 2000 |
| Postural instability and consequent falls and hip fractures associated with use of hypnotics in the elderly: a comparative review H Allain, D Bentué-Ferrer, E Polard, Y Akwa, A Patat Drugs & aging 22, 749-765, 2005 | 251 | 2005 |
| Neurosteroids: biosynthesis, metabolism and function of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone in the brain Y Akwa, J Young, K Kabbadj, MJ Sancho, D Zucman, C Vourc'h, ... The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology 40 (1-3), 71-81, 1991 | 230 | 1991 |
| The amygdala mediates the anxiolytic-like effect of the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in rat Y Akwa, RH Purdy, GF Koob, KT Britton Behavioural brain research 106 (1-2), 119-125, 1999 | 223 | 1999 |
| Neurosteroid metabolism. 7α-Hydroxylation of dehydroepiandrosterone and pregnenolone by rat brain microsomes Y Akwa, RF Morfin, P Robel, EE Baulieu Biochemical Journal 288 (3), 959-964, 1992 | 220 | 1992 |
| Astrocytes and neurosteroids: metabolism of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone. Regulation by cell density. Y Akwa, N Sananès, M Gouézou, P Robel, EE Baulieu, C Le Goascogne The Journal of cell biology 121 (1), 135-143, 1993 | 213 | 1993 |
| Structural and functional neuropathology in transgenic mice with CNS expression of IFN-α IL Campbell, T Krucker, S Steffensen, Y Akwa, HC Powell, T Lane, ... Brain research 835 (1), 46-61, 1999 | 209 | 1999 |
| Validation of an analytical procedure to measure trace amounts of neurosteroids in brain tissue by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry P Liere, Y Akwa, S Weill-Engerer, B Eychenne, A Pianos, P Robel, ... Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications 739 (2 …, 2000 | 189 | 2000 |
| The synthetic enantiomer of pregnenolone sulfate is very active on memory in rats and mice, even more so than its physiological neurosteroid counterpart: distinct mechanisms? Y Akwa, N Ladurelle, DF Covey, EE Baulieu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (24), 14033-14037, 2001 | 161 | 2001 |
| The anxiolytic etifoxine activates the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor and increases the neurosteroid levels in rat brain M Verleye, Y Akwa, P Liere, N Ladurelle, A Pianos, B Eychenne, ... Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 82 (4), 712-720, 2005 | 157 | 2005 |
| Progesterone and the oligodendroglial lineage: stage‐dependent biosynthesis and metabolism N Gago, Y Akwa, N Sananès, R Guennoun, EE Baulieu, M El‐Etr, ... Glia 36 (3), 295-308, 2001 | 132 | 2001 |
| Neuropeptide Y blocks anxiogenic-like behavioral action of corticotropin-releasing factor in an operant conflict test and elevated plus maze KT Britton, Y Akwa, MG Spina, GF Koob Peptides 21 (1), 37-44, 2000 | 130 | 2000 |
| Progesterone as a neurosteroid: actions within the nervous system EE Baulieu, M Schumacher, H Koenig, I Jung-Testas, Y Akwa Cellular and molecular neurobiology 16, 143-154, 1996 | 128 | 1996 |
| Pregnenolone sulfate in the brain: a controversial neurosteroid M Schumacher, P Liere, Y Akwa, K Rajkowski, W Griffiths, K Bodin, ... Neurochemistry international 52 (4-5), 522-540, 2008 | 114 | 2008 |
| Transgenic models to study the actions of cytokines in the central nervous system IL Campbell, AK Stalder, Y Akwa, A Pagenstecher, VC Asensio Neuroimmunomodulation 5 (3-4), 126-135, 1998 | 107 | 1998 |
| In vitro metabolism of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to 7α-hydroxy-DHEA and Δ5-androstene-3β, 17β-diol in specific regions of the aging brain from Alzheimer’s and non-demented … S Weill-Engerer, JP David, V Sazdovitch, P Liere, M Schumacher, ... Brain research 969 (1-2), 117-125, 2003 | 98 | 2003 |
| Metabolism of 27-, 25-and 24-hydroxycholesterol in rat glial cells and neurons J ZHANG, Y AKWA, M EL-ETR, EE BAULIEU, J SJÖVALL Biochemical Journal 322 (1), 175-184, 1997 | 88 | 1997 |
