Alessandro Padovani

49.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
670 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Padovani is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Padovani has authored 670 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 274 papers in Neurology, 233 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 205 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Padovani's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (174 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (170 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (118 papers). Alessandro Padovani is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (174 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (170 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (118 papers). Alessandro Padovani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Alessandro Padovani's co-authors include Barbara Borroni, Alessandro Pezzini, Mónica Di Luca, Silvana Archetti, Antonella Alberici, Luca Rozzini, Enrico Premi, Stefano F. Cappa, Andrea Pilotto and Alberto Benussi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Padovani

649 papers receiving 20.6k citations

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Timely Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Literature Review on Benefits and Challenges

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Padovani Italy	71	6.8k	6.0k	6.0k	3.7k	3.6k	670	21.0k
Sue E. Leurgans United States	78	5.5k 0.8×	6.4k 1.1×	5.8k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	334	20.7k
Joseph E. Parisi United States	77	8.9k 1.3×	6.5k 1.1×	9.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	206	20.1k
José Luís Molinuevo Spain	72	4.7k 0.7×	6.9k 1.1×	6.3k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	347	18.6k
Jonathan M. Schott United Kingdom	64	5.2k 0.8×	5.7k 0.9×	6.5k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	315	17.7k
Neill R. Graff‐Radford United States	70	6.3k 0.9×	5.8k 1.0×	7.2k 1.2×	2.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	275	17.2k
Florence Pasquier France	65	3.6k 0.5×	8.8k 1.5×	6.7k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	362	19.1k
Walter A. Rocca United States	99	8.5k 1.2×	10.2k 1.7×	6.9k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	347	33.2k
Charlotte E. Teunissen Netherlands	73	4.3k 0.6×	7.7k 1.3×	9.4k 1.6×	2.3k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	604	21.5k
Peter Paul De Deyn Belgium	80	3.3k 0.5×	4.9k 0.8×	6.5k 1.1×	4.3k 1.2×	4.1k 1.1×	623	24.7k
Douglas Galasko United States	82	5.5k 0.8×	11.5k 1.9×	11.9k 2.0×	3.8k 1.0×	4.2k 1.2×	295	25.2k

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García‐Ayllón, María‐Salud, Virginia Quaresima, Viviana Cristillo, et al.. (2025). Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Fragments as a Read-Out of Brain Infection in Patients With COVID-19 Encephalopathy. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(5). e929–e940. 3 indexed citations

Padovani, Alessandro, Elena Bazzoli, Salvatore Caratozzolo, et al.. (2025). The role of insulin resistance and APOE genotype on blood–brain barrier integrity in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(2). e14556–e14556. 7 indexed citations

Solari, Alessandra, Nicola Ticozzi, Giacomo P. Comi, et al.. (2025). Neurology and physician-assisted suicide: glossary of definitions and terminology. Neurological Sciences. 46(6). 2381–2392. 1 indexed citations

Risi, Barbara, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) as fluid biomarker in neurodegenerative disorders: A systematic review. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e70014–e70014. 4 indexed citations

Donato, Francesco, Emanuele Focà, Cristiano Perani, et al.. (2024). The impact of time since SARS-Cov-2 vaccination, age, sex and comorbidities on COVID-19 outcome in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Vaccine. 42(8). 1863–1867. 1 indexed citations

Padovani, Alessandro, Salvatore Caratozzolo, Maura Cosseddu, et al.. (2024). Validation and convergent validity of the Boston cognitive assessment (BOCA) in an Italian population: a comparative study with the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) in Alzheimer’s disease spectrum. Neurological Sciences. 46(2). 697–704.

Morotti, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in Alzheimer Disease. Neurology. 104(2). e210248–e210248. 3 indexed citations

Morotti, Andrea, Jawed Nawabi, Giorgio Busto, et al.. (2024). Functional outcome improvement from 3 to 12 months after intracerebral hemorrhage. European Stroke Journal. 9(2). 391–397. 5 indexed citations

Benussi, Alberto, Valentina Cantoni, Mario Grassi, et al.. (2023). Cortico-spinal tDCS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial followed by an open-label phase. Brain stimulation. 16(6). 1666–1676. 6 indexed citations

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Fainardi, Enrico, Giorgio Busto, Elisa Scola, et al.. (2023). Perfusion gradients promote delayed perihaematomal oedema in intracerebral haemorrhage. Brain Communications. 5(3). fcad133–fcad133.

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Morotti, Andrea, Loris Poli, Federico Mazzacane, et al.. (2020). Subarachnoid Extension Predicts Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage Expansion. Stroke. 51(5). 1470–1476. 10 indexed citations

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Pelucchi, Silvia, Lara Pizzamiglio, Jing Yan, et al.. (2020). Cyclase-associated protein 2 dimerization regulates cofilin in synaptic plasticity and Alzheimer's disease. Brain Communications. 2(2). fcaa086–fcaa086. 35 indexed citations

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Pezzini, Alessandro, Giorgio Busto, Marialuisa Zedde, et al.. (2018). Vulnerability to Infarction During Cerebral Ischemia in Migraine Sufferers. Stroke. 49(3). 573–578. 29 indexed citations

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Alberici, Antonella, Alberto Benussi, Enrico Premi, Barbara Borroni, & Alessandro Padovani. (2014). Clinical, Genetic, and Neuroimaging Features of Early Onset Alzheimer Disease: The Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment. Current Alzheimer Research. 11(10). 909–917. 13 indexed citations

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Premi, Enrico, Mario Grassi, Stefano Gazzina, et al.. (2013). The Neuroimaging Signature of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Associated with Granulin Mutations: An Effective Connectivity Study. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 54(7). 1066–1071. 9 indexed citations

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Cotelli, Maria, Anna Fertonani, Antonio Miozzo, et al.. (2011). Anomia training and brain stimulation in chronic aphasia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 21(5). 717–741. 56 indexed citations

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Borroni, Barbara, Chiara Agosti, Enrico Magnani, Mónica Di Luca, & Alessandro Padovani. (2011). Genetic Bases of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: The MAPT Tau Disease. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 18(17). 2655–2660. 8 indexed citations

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Borroni, Barbara, Matteo Malinverno, Fabrizio Gardoni, et al.. (2008). Tau forms in CSF as a reliable biomarker for progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurology. 71(22). 1796–1803. 69 indexed citations

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Zotto, Elisabetta Del, Alessandro Pezzini, Alessia Giossi, Irene Volonghi, & Alessandro Padovani. (2008). Migraine and Ischemic Stroke: A Debated Question. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 28(8). 1399–1421. 18 indexed citations

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Chiappelli, Martina, Barbara Borroni, Silvana Archetti, et al.. (2006). VEGF Gene and Phenotype Relation with Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Rejuvenation Research. 9(4). 485–493. 81 indexed citations

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