Alessandro Viegi

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Viegi is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Viegi has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Viegi's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). Alessandro Viegi is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). Alessandro Viegi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Spain. Alessandro Viegi's co-authors include Lamberto Maffei, Alessandro Sale, Laura Baroncelli, Roberto De Pasquale, José Fernando Maya‐Vetencourt, Nicoletta Berardi, Eero Ċastrén, Olivia F. O’Leary, Laura Cancedda and Elena Putignano and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Viegi

30 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

2008 709 citations José Fernando Maya‐Vetencourt, Alessandro Sale et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Viegi Italy	23	1.3k	771	706	373	265	30	2.5k
Leisa A. Glantz United States	13	1.3k 1.0×	900 1.2×	748 1.1×	276 0.7×	211 0.8×	18	2.5k
Juan J. Canales Spain	33	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	659 0.9×	427 1.1×	187 0.7×	71	3.1k
Richard H. Dyck Canada	34	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	794 1.1×	457 1.2×	260 1.0×	82	3.5k
Anna Dunaevsky United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	658 0.9×	450 0.6×	450 1.2×	403 1.5×	44	2.1k
Maria Cristina Cenni Italy	23	1.1k 0.9×	909 1.2×	417 0.6×	472 1.3×	233 0.9×	32	2.0k
Laura Baroncelli Italy	27	1.4k 1.0×	942 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	404 1.1×	361 1.4×	58	3.2k
Corette J. Wierenga Netherlands	23	1.5k 1.1×	618 0.8×	803 1.1×	260 0.7×	336 1.3×	43	2.2k
Jennifer Cummings United States	21	1.7k 1.3×	978 1.3×	860 1.2×	198 0.5×	210 0.8×	39	2.8k
Christophe Pellegrino France	25	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	374 0.5×	381 1.0×	300 1.1×	39	2.5k
Hirofumi Morishita Japan	25	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	833 1.2×	228 0.6×	261 1.0×	84	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alessandro Viegi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Viegi

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Giacomelli, Chiara, Mariagrazia Fortino, Tiziano Marzo, et al.. (2022). Neurotrophic Activity and Its Modulation by Zinc Ion of a Dimeric Peptide Mimicking the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor N-Terminal Region. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13(23). 3453–3463. 8 indexed citations

Convertino, Domenica, Neeraj Mishra, Laura Marchetti, et al.. (2020). Effect of Chemical Vapor Deposition WS2 on Viability and Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Cells. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 592502–592502. 15 indexed citations

Capsoni, Simona, Francesca Malerba, Chiara Criscuolo, et al.. (2016). The chemokine CXCL12 mediates the anti-amyloidogenic action of painless human nerve growth factor. Brain. 140(1). 201–217. 41 indexed citations

Marchetti, Laura, Carmine Di Rienzo, Giovanni Signore, et al.. (2016). Precursor and mature NGF live tracking: one versus many at a time in the axons. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20272–20272. 23 indexed citations

Marchetti, Laura, Giovanni Signore, Alessandro Viegi, et al.. (2014). Site-Specific Labeling of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors via Short and Versatile Peptide Tags. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113708–e113708. 22 indexed citations

Capsoni, Simona, Sara Marinelli, Marcello Ceci, et al.. (2012). Intranasal “painless” Human Nerve Growth Factors Slows Amyloid Neurodegeneration and Prevents Memory Deficits in App X PS1 Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37555–e37555. 65 indexed citations

Bertacchi, Michele, Luca Pandolfini, Elisa Murenu, et al.. (2012). The positional identity of mouse ES cell-generated neurons is affected by BMP signaling. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 70(6). 1095–1111. 25 indexed citations

Baroncelli, Laura, Alessandro Sale, Alessandro Viegi, et al.. (2010). Experience-dependent reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in the adult visual cortex. Experimental Neurology. 226(1). 100–109. 116 indexed citations

Harauzov, A. K., Maria Spolidoro, Roberto De Pasquale, et al.. (2010). Reducing Intracortical Inhibition in the Adult Visual Cortex Promotes Ocular Dominance Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(1). 361–371. 254 indexed citations

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Maffei, Margherita, Marcella Funicello, Mario Costa, et al.. (2009). The obesity and inflammatory marker haptoglobin attracts monocytes via interaction with chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 (CCR2). BMC Biology. 7(1). 87–87. 46 indexed citations

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Guzzetta, Andrea, Sara Baldini, Ada Bancale, et al.. (2009). Massage Accelerates Brain Development and the Maturation of Visual Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(18). 6042–6051. 179 indexed citations

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Tripathi, Prem Prakash, Luca Giovanni Di Giovannantonio, Alessandro Viegi, et al.. (2008). Serotonin Hyperinnervation Abolishes Seizure Susceptibility inOtx2Conditional Mutant Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(37). 9271–9276. 21 indexed citations

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Landi, Silvia, Alessandro Sale, Nicoletta Berardi, et al.. (2006). Retinal functional development is sensitive to environmental enrichment: a role for BDNF. The FASEB Journal. 21(1). 130–139. 75 indexed citations

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Bozzi, Yuri, Cristina Richichi, Alessandro Viegi, et al.. (2005). Antiepileptic Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin E. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(8). 1943–1951. 80 indexed citations

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Moretti, Milena, Silvia Vailati, Michèle Zoli, et al.. (2004). Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes Expression during Rat Retina Development and Their Regulation by Visual Experience. Molecular Pharmacology. 66(1). 85–96. 74 indexed citations

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Cancedda, Laura, Elena Putignano, Alessandro Sale, et al.. (2004). Acceleration of Visual System Development by Environmental Enrichment. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(20). 4840–4848. 219 indexed citations

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Viegi, Alessandro, Tiziana Cotrufo, Nicoletta Berardi, Laura Mascia, & Lamberto Maffei. (2002). Effects of dark rearing on phosphorylation of neurotrophin Trk receptors. European Journal of Neuroscience. 16(10). 1925–1930. 25 indexed citations

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Sala, Roberta, Alessandro Viegi, Francesco Rossi, et al.. (1998). Nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor increase neurotransmitter release in the rat visual cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 10(6). 2185–2191. 113 indexed citations

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Bertucci, Carlo, Alessandro Viegi, Giorgio A. Ascoli, & Piero Salvadori. (1995). Protein binding investigation by difference circular dichroism: Native and acetylated human serum albumins. Chirality. 7(2). 57–61. 12 indexed citations

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Pieroni, Osvaldo, Adriano Fissi, Alessandro Viegi, Daniele Fabbri, & Francesco Ciardelli. (1992). Modulation of chain conformation of spiropyran-containing poly(L-lysine) by combined action of visible light and solvent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(7). 2734–2736. 38 indexed citations

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