Carmela Speciale

1.3k total citations
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Carmela Speciale is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carmela Speciale has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biological Psychiatry, 15 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carmela Speciale's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (22 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Carmela Speciale is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (22 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Carmela Speciale collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and New Zealand. Carmela Speciale's co-authors include Robert Schwarcz, Robert M. Schwarcz, Mario Varasi, Urban Ungerstedt, Maria Angela Sortino, Pier Luigi Canonico, Neville Brookes, Etsuo Okuno, M. Marconi and Luca Benatti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Brain Research and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Carmela Speciale

41 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
Carmela Speciale Italy 21 649 396 365 276 254 41 1.1k
Andrea Cozzi Italy 17 754 1.2× 474 1.2× 420 1.2× 388 1.4× 239 0.9× 21 1.3k
L Jaworska-Feil Poland 21 211 0.3× 414 1.0× 414 1.1× 258 0.9× 110 0.4× 50 1.0k
J.H. Connick United Kingdom 13 235 0.4× 134 0.3× 444 1.2× 289 1.0× 104 0.4× 27 764
Enikő Vámos Hungary 14 293 0.5× 158 0.4× 159 0.4× 204 0.7× 265 1.0× 21 680
Erik I. Charych United States 15 283 0.4× 169 0.4× 492 1.3× 747 2.7× 123 0.5× 18 1.3k
Clifford L. Eastman United States 17 292 0.4× 184 0.5× 332 0.9× 230 0.8× 304 1.2× 25 911
Richard Alonso France 19 153 0.2× 274 0.7× 794 2.2× 549 2.0× 77 0.3× 40 1.6k
Flavio Moroni Italy 8 381 0.6× 233 0.6× 200 0.5× 192 0.7× 129 0.5× 8 670
Yun Tan China 13 294 0.5× 141 0.4× 342 0.9× 183 0.7× 216 0.9× 22 923
Jürgen Zschocke Germany 15 170 0.3× 152 0.4× 236 0.6× 434 1.6× 63 0.2× 19 904

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carmela Speciale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carmela Speciale

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lehrmann, Elin, Agnese Molinari, Carmela Speciale, & Robert Schwarcz. (2001). Immunohistochemical visualization of newly formed quinolinate in the normal and excitotoxically lesioned rat striatum. Experimental Brain Research. 141(3). 389–397. 29 indexed citations
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Wu, Hui‐Qiu, Paolo Guidetti, Jeffrey H. Goodman, et al.. (2000). Kynurenergic manipulations influence excitatory synaptic function and excitotoxic vulnerability in the rat hippocampus in vivo. Neuroscience. 97(2). 243–251. 61 indexed citations
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Pevarello, Paolo, Antonio Pillan, Vittorio Pinciroli, et al.. (1999). Pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinoline derivatives: a new class of kynurenine-3-hydroxylase inhibitors. Il Farmaco. 54(3). 152–160. 17 indexed citations
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Molinari, Agnese, et al.. (1998). Temporal and spatial changes of quinolinic acid immunoreactivity in the gerbil hippocampus following transient cerebral ischemia. Molecular Brain Research. 59(1). 50–57. 22 indexed citations
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Giordani, Antonio, et al.. (1998). 4-Phenyl-4-oxo-butanoic acid derivatives inhibitors of kynurenine 3-hydroxylase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(20). 2907–2912. 22 indexed citations
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Toma, Salvatore, Masayuki Nakamura, Shigenobu Toné, et al.. (1997). Cloning and recombinant expression of rat and human kynureninase. FEBS Letters. 408(1). 5–10. 20 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, Michela Cini, Hui‐Qiu Wu, et al.. (1996). Kynurenic Acid-Enhancing And Anti-Ischemic Effects of the Potent Kynurenine 3-Hydroxylase Inhibitor Fce 28833 in Rodents. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 398. 221–227. 23 indexed citations
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Caccia, Carla, Carmela Speciale, Laura Raimondi, et al.. (1996). Modulation of Extracellular Kynurenic Acid Content by Excitatory Amino Acids in Primary Cultures of Rat Astrocytes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 398. 273–276. 15 indexed citations
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Giordani, Antonio, Michela Cini, M. Marconi, et al.. (1996). Benzoylalanine Analogues as Inhibitors of Rat Brain Kynureninase and Kynurenine 3-Hydroxylase. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 398. 499–505. 3 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, et al.. (1996). (R,S)-3,4-dichlorobenzoylalanine (FCE 28833A) causes a large and persistent increase in brain kynurenic acid levels in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 315(3). 263–267. 86 indexed citations
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Mosca, M., Liviana Cozzi, Jérôme Breton, et al.. (1996). Cloning of Rat and Human Kynurenine Aminotransferase. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 398. 449–454. 9 indexed citations
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Giordani, Antonio, et al.. (1996). Enantiospecific Synthesis and in vitro Activity of Selective Inhibitors of Rat Brain Kynureninase and Kynurenine-3-Hydroxylase. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 398. 531–534. 14 indexed citations
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Vezzani, Annamaria, et al.. (1995). Alternative Splicing at the C‐terminal but not at the N‐terminal Domain of the NMDA Receptor NR1 is Altered in the Kindled Hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 7(12). 2513–2517. 34 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, et al.. (1992). Tetrodotoxin reveals action of spermine at presynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 214(1). 107–109. 3 indexed citations
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Vezzani, Annamaria, Jan Bert Gramsbergen, Carmela Speciale, & Robert Schwarcz. (1991). Production of Quinolinic Acid and Kynurenic Acid by Human Glioma. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 294. 691–695. 13 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela & Robert M. Schwarcz. (1990). Uptake of Kynurenine into Rat Brain Slices. Journal of Neurochemistry. 54(1). 156–163. 92 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, Urban Ungerstedt, & Robert Schwarcz. (1989). Production of extracellular quinolinic acid in the striatum studied by microdialysis in unanesthetized rats. Neuroscience Letters. 104(3). 345–350. 38 indexed citations
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Sortino, Maria Angela, William S. Evans, Carmela Speciale, et al.. (1988). Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated Phosphoinositide Hydrolysis in the Anterior Pituitary. Neuroendocrinology. 48(5). 544–550. 13 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, Urban Ungerstedt, & Robert Schwarcz. (1988). Effect of kynurenine loading on quinolinic acid production in the rat: Studies and. Life Sciences. 43(9). 777–786. 24 indexed citations
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Speciale, Carmela, Etsuo Okuno, & Robert Schwarcz. (1987). Increased quinolinic acid metabolism following neuronal degeneration in the rat hippocampus. Brain Research. 436(1). 18–24. 30 indexed citations

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