Annamaria Cattaneo

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Annamaria Cattaneo is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Annamaria Cattaneo has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 60 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Annamaria Cattaneo's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (63 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (60 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers). Annamaria Cattaneo is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (63 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (60 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers). Annamaria Cattaneo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Annamaria Cattaneo's co-authors include Carmine M. Pariante, Marco Andrea Riva, Patricia A. Zunszain, Christoph Anacker, Massimo Gennarelli, Nadia Cattane, Lívia A. Carvalho, Sandrine Thuret, Jack Price and Katherine J. Aitchison and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brain and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Annamaria Cattaneo

135 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Microbiota from Alzheimer’s patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis

2023 128 citations Stefanie Grabrucker, Moira Marizzoni et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Annamaria Cattaneo Italy	47	2.6k	2.4k	1.6k	1.0k	859	152	7.1k
Günter Kenis Netherlands	55	3.4k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	147	10.9k
Manfred Uhr Germany	57	2.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	199	10.2k
Zóltan Sarnyai Australia	41	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.3×	134	7.3k
Chun Yang China	50	3.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.4×	228	9.8k
Thomas C. Baghai Germany	45	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	510 0.6×	170	6.7k
Johann Steiner Germany	55	4.2k 1.6×	2.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	253	10.4k
Marta Kubera Poland	50	4.9k 1.9×	3.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	967 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	179	9.5k
Juan C. Leza Spain	59	2.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.7×	1.9k 2.2×	229	9.7k
Synthia H. Mellon United States	57	1.7k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	3.3k 2.1×	2.3k 2.2×	2.1k 2.4×	157	12.6k
Massimo Gennarelli Italy	54	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	3.0k 1.9×	2.9k 2.8×	1.1k 1.3×	244	9.4k

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Begni, Veronica, et al.. (2025). Restoring Balance: The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on the Gut–Brain Axis and Other Interconnected Biological Pathways to Improve Depression. Nutrients. 17(21). 3426–3426. 1 indexed citations

Begni, Veronica, Kerstin Camile Creutzberg, Rodrigo Orso, et al.. (2025). Inflammatory status along the brain-liver axis in animals vulnerable to prenatal stress: sex-related implications for stress-induced comorbidities. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 392–392.

Begni, Veronica, et al.. (2025). Immune dysregulation and neuroinflammation in bipolar disorder: Pathophysiological insights and therapeutic perspectives. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 52. 101155–101155.

Mazzelli, Monica, et al.. (2024). - Long-term effect of prenatal stress exposure on metabolism in vulnerable and resilient animals. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106885–106885.

Cattaneo, Annamaria, Nadia Cattane, Jeremy Tibble, et al.. (2024). Acute effects of interferon-alpha on cellular anabolic and catabolic processes are associated with the development of fatigue during Interferon-alpha-based therapy for Hepatitis-C: A preliminary study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 717–724. 2 indexed citations

Mazzelli, Monica, et al.. (2024). Exposure to prenatal stress and the development of a vulnerable or resilient phenotype at adulthood: potential role of microglia activation. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106925–106925.

Orso, Rodrigo, et al.. (2024). Emotional dysregulation following prenatal stress is associated with altered prefrontal cortex responsiveness to an acute challenge in adolescence. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 136. 111162–111162. 1 indexed citations

Lombardo, Giulia, Valeria Mondelli, Courtney Worrell, et al.. (2024). Disturbed sex hormone milieu in males and females with major depressive disorder and low-grade inflammation. Journal of Affective Disorders. 356. 167–176. 11 indexed citations

Grabrucker, Stefanie, Moira Marizzoni, Edina Silajdžić, et al.. (2023). Microbiota from Alzheimer’s patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis. Brain. 146(12). 4916–4934. 128 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cattaneo, Annamaria, Matthew Suderman, Nadia Cattane, et al.. (2020). Long-term effects of stress early in life on microRNA-30a and its network: Preventive effects of lurasidone and potential implications for depression vulnerability. Neurobiology of Stress. 13. 100271–100271. 25 indexed citations

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Mazzelli, Monica, Carlo Maj, Nicole Mariani, et al.. (2020). The Long-Term Effects of Early Life Stress on the Modulation of miR-19 Levels. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11. 389–389. 16 indexed citations

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Provençal, Nadine, Janine Arloth, Annamaria Cattaneo, et al.. (2019). Glucocorticoid exposure during hippocampal neurogenesis primes future stress response by inducing changes in DNA methylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23280–23285. 135 indexed citations

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Ren, Hongyan, Chiara Fabbri, Rudolf Uher, et al.. (2018). Genes associated with anhedonia: a new analysis in a large clinical trial (GENDEP). Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 150–150. 18 indexed citations

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Maffioletti, Elisabetta, Annamaria Cattaneo, Gianluca Rosso, et al.. (2016). Peripheral whole blood microRNA alterations in major depression and bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 200. 250–258. 146 indexed citations

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Cattaneo, Annamaria, Clarissa Ferrari, Rudolf Uher, et al.. (2016). Absolute Measurements of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Interleukin-1-β mRNA Levels Accurately Predict Treatment Response in Depressed Patients. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 19(10). pyw045–pyw045. 105 indexed citations

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Richetto, Juliet, Annamaria Cattaneo, Marie A. Labouesse, et al.. (2016). Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Maternal Immune Activation Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Cerebral Cortex. 27(6). 3397–3413. 53 indexed citations

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Rosso, Gianluca, Annamaria Cattaneo, Roberta Zanardini, et al.. (2015). Glucose metabolism alterations in patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 184. 293–298. 37 indexed citations

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Milanesi, Elena, Alessandra Minelli, Nadia Cattane, et al.. (2012). ErbB3 mRNA leukocyte levels as a biomarker for major depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 12(1). 145–145. 14 indexed citations

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Mondelli, Valeria, Annamaria Cattaneo, Martino Belvederi Murri, et al.. (2011). Stress and inflammation reduce BDNF expression in first-episode psychosis: a pathway to smaller hippocampal volume. Proceedings of The Physiological Society. 4 indexed citations

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Santachiara-Benerecetti, S, et al.. (1972). A New Variant Allele <i>AK</i><sup>5</sup> of the Red Cell Adenylatekinase Polymorphism in a Non-Tribal Indian Population. Human Heredity. 22(2). 171–173. 12 indexed citations

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