Alessandro Contestabile

557 total citations
18 papers, 316 citations indexed

About

Alessandro Contestabile is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Contestabile has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 316 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Contestabile's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (5 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Alessandro Contestabile is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (5 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Alessandro Contestabile collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Sweden and United States. Alessandro Contestabile's co-authors include Eric M. Rouiller, Camilla Bellone, Adjia Hamadjida, Jozsef Z. Kiss, Stefano Musardo, Charles Quairiaux, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Sebastiano Bariselli, Laurent Sheybani and Christoph M. Michel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Contestabile

18 papers receiving 316 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Contestabile Switzerland 9 132 106 76 63 37 18 316
Charlotte L. Lawrenson United Kingdom 8 157 1.2× 128 1.2× 171 2.3× 81 1.3× 37 1.0× 9 412
Marta Bianchi Italy 8 86 0.7× 119 1.1× 117 1.5× 67 1.1× 39 1.1× 10 370
Martha L. Streng United States 11 224 1.7× 140 1.3× 185 2.4× 50 0.8× 35 0.9× 16 399
Troy Ghashghaei United States 4 192 1.5× 70 0.7× 46 0.6× 74 1.2× 39 1.1× 5 411
Philippe Morquette Canada 6 83 0.6× 123 1.2× 61 0.8× 92 1.5× 21 0.6× 8 322
Keith A. Coffman United States 8 139 1.1× 78 0.7× 95 1.3× 59 0.9× 13 0.4× 16 418
Dorly Verdier Canada 10 179 1.4× 270 2.5× 95 1.3× 127 2.0× 40 1.1× 18 532
Nils Freundlieb Germany 10 133 1.0× 236 2.2× 111 1.5× 74 1.2× 53 1.4× 16 458
Christina Mo Australia 12 140 1.1× 314 3.0× 88 1.2× 164 2.6× 31 0.8× 17 504

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Contestabile

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessandro Contestabile. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessandro Contestabile based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alessandro Contestabile. Alessandro Contestabile is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Contestabile, Alessandro, E. Rubino, Ioannis Mantas, et al.. (2025). A striosomal accumbens pathway drives stereotyped behavior through an aversive Esr1+ hypothalamic-habenula circuit. Science Advances. 11(47). eadx9450–eadx9450. 1 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Early Postnatal Shank3 Downregulation in the Nucleus Accumbens Impairs Performance in Social Conditioning Paradigms in Male Mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 62(3). e70203–e70203. 1 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, Nada Kojovic, Farnaz Delavari, et al.. (2025). Translational research approach to social orienting deficits in autism: the role of superior colliculus-ventral tegmental pathway. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(8). 3729–3739. 1 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, Stefano Musardo, Federica Maltese, et al.. (2023). Shank3 deficits in the anteromedial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis trigger an anxiety phenotype in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 57(12). 1966–1979. 4 indexed citations
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Tzanoulinou, Stamatina, Stefano Musardo, Alessandro Contestabile, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of Trpv4 rescues circuit and social deficits unmasked by acute inflammatory response in a Shank3 mouse model of Autism. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(4). 2080–2094. 27 indexed citations
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Solié, Clément, Alessandro Contestabile, Stefano Musardo, et al.. (2022). Superior Colliculus to VTA pathway controls orienting response and influences social interaction in mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 817–817. 33 indexed citations
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Klingler, Esther, Ugo Tomasello, Julien Prados, et al.. (2021). Temporal controls over inter-areal cortical projection neuron fate diversity. Nature. 599(7885). 453–457. 34 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Deconstructing the contribution of sensory cues in social approach. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(9). 3199–3211. 20 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, et al.. (2020). Variable Interhemispheric Asymmetry in Layer V of the Supplementary Motor Area following Cervical Hemisection in Adult Macaque Monkeys. eNeuro. 7(5). ENEURO.0280–20.2020. 2 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, Volodymyr Petrenko, Charles Quairiaux, et al.. (2020). Endogenous erythropoietin signaling regulates migration and laminar positioning of upper-layer neurons in the developing neocortex. Development. 147(19). 8 indexed citations
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Petrenko, Volodymyr, Alessandro Contestabile, Riccardo Bocchi, et al.. (2020). Transplanted Embryonic Neurons Improve Functional Recovery by Increasing Activity in Injured Cortical Circuits. Cerebral Cortex. 30(8). 4708–4725. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Lin, Volodymyr Petrenko, Alessandro Contestabile, et al.. (2019). Transient Deregulation of Canonical Wnt Signaling in Developing Pyramidal Neurons Leads to Dendritic Defects and Impaired Behavior. Cell Reports. 27(5). 1487–1502.e6. 6 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, Simon Badoud, Simon Borgognon, et al.. (2019). Corticotectal Projections From the Premotor or Primary Motor Cortex After Cortical Lesion or Parkinsonian Symptoms in Adult Macaque Monkeys: A Pilot Tracing Study. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 13. 50–50. 8 indexed citations
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Sheybani, Laurent, Gwénaël Birot, Alessandro Contestabile, et al.. (2018). Electrophysiological Evidence for the Development of a Self-Sustained Large-Scale Epileptic Network in the Kainate Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(15). 3776–3791. 65 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, et al.. (2018). Asymmetric and Distant Effects of a Unilateral Lesion of the Primary Motor Cortex on the Bilateral Supplementary Motor Areas in Adult Macaque Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(50). 10644–10656. 8 indexed citations
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Bariselli, Sebastiano, Alessandro Contestabile, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Stefano Musardo, & Camilla Bellone. (2018). SHANK3 Downregulation in the Ventral Tegmental Area Accelerates the Extinction of Contextual Associations Induced by Juvenile Non-familiar Conspecific Interaction. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 11. 360–360. 16 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, Simon Badoud, Simon Borgognon, et al.. (2018). Changes of motor corticobulbar projections following different lesion types affecting the central nervous system in adult macaque monkeys. European Journal of Neuroscience. 48(4). 2050–2070. 20 indexed citations
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Contestabile, Alessandro, et al.. (2017). Corticobulbar projections from distinct motor cortical areas to the reticular formation in macaque monkeys. European Journal of Neuroscience. 45(11). 1379–1395. 54 indexed citations

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