Bernard Brais

10.1k citations
193 papers · 5.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 39

Impact in

Papers in

  • Molecular Biology 104
    • Muscle Physiology and Disorders 37
    • RNA regulation and disease 29
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 29
    • RNA Research and Splicing 13
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 104
    • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 96
    • Hereditary Neurological Disorders 15
Co-authors
Guy A. Rouleau (45 shared papers)Jean Mathieu (33 shared papers)Jean‐Pierre Bouchard (17 shared papers)Michel Fardeau (6 shared papers)Geneviève Bernard (20 shared papers)Marie‐Josée Dicaire (24 shared papers)Daniel Rochefort (8 shared papers)Martine Tétreault (22 shared papers)
Journals
Neuromuscular Disorders (22 papers)Neurology (15 papers)Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques (11 papers)Journal of the Neurological Sciences (8 papers)Annals of Neurology (8 papers)
Partner nations
CanadaUnited StatesFrance

In The Last Decade

Bernard Brais

181 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Bernard Brais's Hit Papers

Short GCG expansions in the PABP2 gene cause oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy 1998 · 633 citations
6330+9+18Years since publication200400600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 1998 Nature Genetics

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Bernard Brais
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  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.3k
  • Genetics 545
  • Neurology 428
  • Molecular Biology 3.6k
  • Neurology 558
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Short GCG expansions in the PABP2 gene cause oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Nature Genetics ·Bernard Brais, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Ya‐Gang Xie, Daniel Rochefort, Nathalie Chrétien, F.M.S. Tomé, Ronald G. Lafrentére, Johanna M. Rommens, Eichiro Uyama, O. Nohira, Segiu Blumen, Amos D. Korcyn, Peter Heutink, Jean Mathieu, André Duranceau, François Codère, Michel Fardeau, Guy A. Rouleau
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Recessive Mutations in the Putative Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 5 Cause Proximal LGMD2L and Distal MMD3 Muscular Dystrophies
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Véronique Bolduc, Gareth Marlow, Kym M. Boycott, Khalil Saleki, Hiroshi Inoue, J. Kroon, Mitsuo Itakura, Yves Robitaille, Lucie Parent, Frank Baas, Kuniko Mizuta, Nobuyuki Kamata, (unknown), Wim H.J.P. Linssen, I. Mahjneh, (unknown), Rumaisa Bashir, Bernard Brais
2010215
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Nuclear inclusions in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy consist of poly(A) binding protein 2 aggregates which sequester poly(A) RNA
Human Molecular Genetics ·Ângelo Calado, Fernando M.S. Tomé, Bernard Brais, Guy A. Rouleau, Uwe Kühn, Elmar Wahle, Maria Carmo‐Fonseca
2000200
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Mutations of POLR3A Encoding a Catalytic Subunit of RNA Polymerase Pol III Cause a Recessive Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Geneviève Bernard, Éliane Chouery, Maria Lisa Putorti, Martine Tétreault, Asako Takanohashi, Giovanni A. Carosso, I Clément, Odile Boespflug‐Tanguy, Diana Rodriguez, Valérie Delague, Joelle Abou Ghoch, Nadine Jalkh, Imen Dorboz, Sébastien Fribourg, Martin Teichmann, André Mégarbané, Raphael Schiffmann, Adeline Vanderver, Bernard Brais
2011189
5
Population history and its impact on medical genetics in Quebec
Clinical Genetics ·A‐M Laberge, Jacques L. Michaud, Andréa Richter, Emmanuelle Lemyre, M Lambert, Bernard Brais, GA Mitchell
2005153
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and Purkinje cell loss in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martine Girard, Roxanne Larivière, David A. Parfitt, Emily C. Deane, Rébecca Gaudet, Nadya Nossova, F Blondeau, George A. Prenosil, Esmeralda G. M. Vermeulen, Michael R. Duchen, Andréa Richter, Eric A. Shoubridge, Kalle Gehring, R. Anne McKinney, Bernard Brais, J. Paul Chapple, Peter S. McPherson
2012150
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Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
Seminars in Neurology ·Bernard Brais, Guy A. Rouleau, Jean-Pierre Bouchard, Michel Fardeau, Fernando Tomé
1999141
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Mutations in the Mitochondrial Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase Cause a Neurodegenerative Phenotype in Flies and a Recessive Ataxia (ARSAL) in Humans
PLoS Biology ·Vafa Bayat, Isabelle Thiffault, Manish Jaiswal, Martine Tétreault, Taraka Donti, Florin Sasarman, Geneviève Bernard, Julie Demers-Lamarche, Marie‐Josée Dicaire, Jean Mathieu, Michel Vanasse, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Marie‐France Rioux, Charles Marques Lourenço, Zhihong Li, Claire Haueter, Eric A. Shoubridge, Brett H. Graham, Bernard Brais, Hugo J. Bellen
2012133
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Recessive Mutations in POLR3B, Encoding the Second Largest Subunit of Pol III, Cause a Rare Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Martine Tétreault, Karine Choquet, Simona Orcesi, Davide Tonduti, Umberto Balottin, Martin Teichmann, Sébastien Fribourg, Raphael Schiffmann, Bernard Brais, Adeline Vanderver, Geneviève Bernard
2011114
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The oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy locus maps to the region of the cardiac α and β myosin heavy chain genes on chromosome 14q11.2−q13
Human Molecular Genetics ·Bernard Brais, Ya‐Gang Xie, Marc Sanson, Kenneth Morgan, Jean Weissenbach, Amos D. Korczyn, Sergiu C. Blumen, Michel Fardeau, Fernando M.S. Tomé, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Guy A. Rouleau
1995113
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Vocal Cord and Pharyngeal Weakness with Autosomal Dominant Distal Myopathy: Clinical Description and Gene Localization to 5q31
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Howard Feit, Alice K. Silbergleit, Lori B. Schneider, J. Antonio Gutierrez, Reine-Paule Fitoussi, Cécile Réyès, Guy A. Rouleau, Bernard Brais, Charles E. Jackson, J. Beckmann, Eric Seboun
1998111
12
Polymorphism, shared functions and convergent evolution of genes with sequences coding for polyalanine domains
Human Molecular Genetics ·Hugo Lavoie, François Debeane, Quoc‐Dien Trinh, J Turcotte, Louis-Philippe Corbeil-Girard, Marie‐Josée Dicaire, Anik Saint-Denis, Martin Pagé, Guy A. Rouleau, Bernard Brais
200398
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Mutations in senataxin responsible for Quebec cluster of ataxia with neuropathy
Annals of Neurology ·Antoine Duquette, Katel Roddier, Julia McNabb‐Baltar, Isabelle Gosselin, Anik St‐Denis, Marie‐Josée Dicaire, Lina Loisel, Damian Labuda, Luc Marchand, Jean Mathieu, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Bernard Brais
200586
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Mutations in FLVCR1 Cause Posterior Column Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa
The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha, Olivier Elemento, Erik G. Puffenberger, Kathryn C. Schierberl, Jenny Xiang, Maria Lisa Putorti, José Berciano, Chantal Poulin, Bernard Brais, Michel Michaelides, Richard G. Weleber, Joseph Higgins
201082
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Homozygotes for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy have a severe form of the disease
Annals of Neurology ·Sergiu C. Blumen, Bernard Brais, Amos D. Korczyn, Susan Medinsky, Joab Chapman, A. Asherov, Puiu Nisipeanu, Fran�ois Cod�re, Jean-Pierre Bouchard, Michel Fardeau, Fernando M. S. Tom�, Guy A. Rouleau
199978
16
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: a late-onset polyalanine disease
Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Bernard Brais
200374
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Mutations in POLR3A and POLR3B are a major cause of hypomyelinating leukodystrophies with or without dental abnormalities and/or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Journal of Medical Genetics ·Hussein Daoud, Martine Tétreault, William T. Gibson, Kether Guerrero, Ana S.A. Cohen, Janina Gburek‐Augustat, Matthis Synofzik, Bernard Brais, Cathy A. Stevens, Rocı́o Sánchez-Carpintero, Cyril Goizet, Sakkubai Naidu, Adeline Vanderver, Geneviève Bernard
201372
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Sacs knockout mice present pathophysiological defects underlying autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay
Human Molecular Genetics ·Roxanne Larivière, Rébecca Gaudet, Benoît J. Gentil, Martine Girard, Talita C. Conte, Sandra Minotti, (unknown), Kalle Gehring, R. Anne McKinney, Eric A. Shoubridge, Peter S. McPherson, Heather D. Durham, Bernard Brais
201471
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Clinical and genetic study of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type 1
Annals of Neurology ·Nicolas Dupré, François Gros‐Louis, Nicolas Chrestian, Steve Verreault, Denis Brunet, Danielle de Verteuil, Bernard Brais, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Guy A. Rouleau
200770
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Adult Alexander Disease With Autosomal Dominant Transmission
Archives of Neurology ·Erika Stumpf, Hélène Masson, Antoine Duquette, France Berthelet, Julia McNabb, Anne Lortie, Jacques Lesage, Jacques Montplaisir, Bernard Brais, Patrick Cossette
200369

About Bernard Brais

Bernard Brais is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Neurology and Neurology, having authored 193 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (96 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (37 papers), RNA regulation and disease (29 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (29 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (23 papers), Hereditary Neurological Disorders (15 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (13 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.3k citations), Genetics (545 citations), Neurology (428 citations), Molecular Biology (3.6k citations) and Neurology (558 citations). Bernard Brais has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Guy A. Rouleau, Jean Mathieu, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Michel Fardeau, Geneviève Bernard, Marie‐Josée Dicaire, Daniel Rochefort, Martine Tétreault, Jean-Pierre Bouchard and Karine Choquet. Their work appears in journals such as Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurology, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, Journal of the Neurological Sciences and Annals of Neurology.

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