Alessia Mastrodonato

1.5k total citations
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alessia Mastrodonato is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessia Mastrodonato has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alessia Mastrodonato's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Alessia Mastrodonato is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Alessia Mastrodonato collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and North Macedonia. Alessia Mastrodonato's co-authors include Claudio Grassi, Roberto Piacentini, Maria Vittoria Podda, Lucia Leone, Christine A. Denny, Saviana Antonella Barbati, Sara Cocco, Cristian Ripoli, Domenica Donatella Li Puma and Salvatore Fusco and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alessia Mastrodonato

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessia Mastrodonato Italy 16 381 334 280 254 223 25 1.1k
Zhaofa Wu China 16 613 1.6× 303 0.9× 129 0.5× 119 0.5× 476 2.1× 35 1.5k
Vítor Pinto Portugal 16 288 0.8× 133 0.4× 403 1.4× 160 0.6× 276 1.2× 19 896
Giampaolo Milior France 12 310 0.8× 608 1.8× 170 0.6× 312 1.2× 175 0.8× 22 1.1k
Matthew Kirkcaldie Australia 16 331 0.9× 262 0.8× 362 1.3× 68 0.3× 310 1.4× 34 1.1k
Anthony D. Umpierre United States 14 437 1.1× 750 2.2× 269 1.0× 98 0.4× 193 0.9× 20 1.2k
Urtė Neniškytė Lithuania 12 364 1.0× 1.3k 3.8× 390 1.4× 210 0.8× 413 1.9× 21 1.9k
Jun Kosaka Japan 22 384 1.0× 273 0.8× 364 1.3× 106 0.4× 632 2.8× 59 1.6k
Rebecca A. Brachman United States 10 479 1.3× 167 0.5× 64 0.2× 434 1.7× 155 0.7× 14 1.1k
Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez Spain 8 485 1.3× 413 1.2× 392 1.4× 107 0.4× 479 2.1× 14 1.6k
Stefano Garofalo Italy 18 179 0.5× 404 1.2× 113 0.4× 202 0.8× 260 1.2× 33 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Alessia Mastrodonato

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alessia Mastrodonato

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessia Mastrodonato

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jin, Michelle, et al.. (2025). Brain-wide immunolabeling and tissue clearing applications for engram research. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 218. 108032–108032. 2 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, Michelle Jin, Shi‐Xian Deng, et al.. (2024). Prophylactic (R,S)-Ketamine and (2S,6S)-Hydroxynorketamine Decrease Fear Expression by Differentially Modulating Fear Neural Ensembles. Biological Psychiatry. 97(9). 887–899. 1 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, et al.. (2022). Acute (R,S)-Ketamine Administration Induces Sex-Specific Behavioral Effects in Adolescent but Not Aged Mice. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 852010–852010. 5 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, et al.. (2022). Prophylactic (R,S)-Ketamine Is Effective Against Stress-Induced Behaviors in Adolescent but Not Aged Mice. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 25(6). 512–523. 9 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, et al.. (2021). Propranolol Decreases Fear Expression by Modulating Fear Memory Traces. Biological Psychiatry. 89(12). 1150–1161. 29 indexed citations
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Chen, Briana K., Victor M. Luna, Holly C. Hunsberger, et al.. (2021). Fluoroethylnormemantine, a Novel NMDA Receptor Antagonist, for the Prevention and Treatment of Stress-Induced Maladaptive Behavior. Biological Psychiatry. 90(7). 458–472. 15 indexed citations
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Cocco, Sara, Marco Rinaudo, Salvatore Fusco, et al.. (2020). Plasma BDNF Levels Following Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Allow Prediction of Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Deficits in 3×Tg-AD Mice. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 541–541. 20 indexed citations
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Luna, Victor M., Christoph Anacker, Nesha S. Burghardt, et al.. (2019). Adult-born hippocampal neurons bidirectionally modulate entorhinal inputs into the dentate gyrus. Science. 364(6440). 578–583. 131 indexed citations
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Fusco, Salvatore, Matteo Spinelli, Sara Cocco, et al.. (2019). Maternal insulin resistance multigenerationally impairs synaptic plasticity and memory via gametic mechanisms. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4799–4799. 46 indexed citations
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Chiara, Giovanna De, Roberto Piacentini, Marco Fabiani, et al.. (2019). Recurrent herpes simplex virus-1 infection induces hallmarks of neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits in mice. PLoS Pathogens. 15(3). e1007617–e1007617. 185 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, et al.. (2019). Prophylactic (R,S)-ketamine selectively protects against inflammatory stressors. Behavioural Brain Research. 378. 112238–112238. 37 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, Saviana Antonella Barbati, Lucia Leone, et al.. (2018). Olfactory memory is enhanced in mice exposed to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields via Wnt/β-catenin dependent modulation of subventricular zone neurogenesis. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 262–262. 25 indexed citations
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McGowan, Josephine C., Collin Hill, Alessia Mastrodonato, et al.. (2018). Prophylactic ketamine alters nucleotide and neurotransmitter metabolism in brain and plasma following stress. Neuropsychopharmacology. 43(9). 1813–1821. 46 indexed citations
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Podda, Maria Vittoria, Sara Cocco, Alessia Mastrodonato, et al.. (2016). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation boosts synaptic plasticity and memory in mice via epigenetic regulation of Bdnf expression. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22180–22180. 188 indexed citations
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Leone, Lucia, Salvatore Fusco, Alessia Mastrodonato, et al.. (2014). Epigenetic Modulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. Molecular Neurobiology. 49(3). 1472–1486. 65 indexed citations
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Mastrodonato, Alessia, et al.. (2014). Learning induced epigenetic modifications in the ventral striatum are necessary for long-term memory. Behavioural Brain Research. 265. 61–68. 8 indexed citations
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Ripoli, Cristian, Sara Cocco, Domenica Donatella Li Puma, et al.. (2014). Intracellular Accumulation of Amyloid-  (A ) Protein Plays a Major Role in A -Induced Alterations of Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(38). 12893–12903. 99 indexed citations
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Podda, Maria Vittoria, Lucia Leone, Roberto Piacentini, et al.. (2013). Reduced d-serine levels in the nucleus accumbens of cocaine-treated rats hinder the induction of NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity. Brain. 136(4). 1216–1230. 60 indexed citations
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Podda, Maria Vittoria, Roberto Piacentini, Saviana Antonella Barbati, et al.. (2013). Role of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels in the Modulation of Mouse Hippocampal Neurogenesis. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e73246–e73246. 20 indexed citations
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Podda, Maria Vittoria, Lucia Leone, Saviana Antonella Barbati, et al.. (2013). Extremely low‐frequency electromagnetic fields enhance the survival of newborn neurons in the mouse hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 39(6). 893–903. 63 indexed citations

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