Daniela Di Bella

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Daniela Di Bella is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniela Di Bella has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Daniela Di Bella's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers). Daniela Di Bella is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers). Daniela Di Bella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Daniela Di Bella's co-authors include Marco Catalano, Enrico Smeraldi, Laura Bellodi, Francesco Benedetti, Klaus‐Peter Lesch, Raffaella Zanardi, J. Pérez, Maria Cristina Cavallini, Franco Taroni and Markus M. Nöthen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Daniela Di Bella

72 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

A novel functional polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene: possible role in susceptibility to affective disorders.

1996 558 citations Armin Heils, Marco Catalano et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniela Di Bella Italy	28	1.8k	1.0k	810	755	507	76	3.3k
Marco Catalano Italy	25	1.3k 0.8×	647 0.6×	928 1.1×	594 0.8×	394 0.8×	49	2.8k
Chen‐Jee Hong Taiwan	39	1.9k 1.1×	907 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	527 0.7×	1.1k 2.1×	114	4.2k
Petra Franke Germany	34	1.3k 0.7×	666 0.6×	876 1.1×	849 1.1×	910 1.8×	71	3.5k
Dietrich van Calker Germany	37	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	780 1.0×	290 0.4×	457 0.9×	90	4.9k
Terry Ritchie United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	787 0.8×	589 0.7×	558 0.7×	415 0.8×	46	2.8k
Lise Gutknecht Germany	29	1.2k 0.7×	605 0.6×	548 0.7×	504 0.7×	661 1.3×	39	2.7k
Göran C. Sedvall Sweden	26	1.3k 0.7×	727 0.7×	862 1.1×	408 0.5×	625 1.2×	47	2.9k
Osamu Shirakawa Japan	32	1.2k 0.7×	968 0.9×	556 0.7×	474 0.6×	552 1.1×	117	2.9k
Nicole King Canada	31	1.1k 0.7×	624 0.6×	833 1.0×	975 1.3×	863 1.7×	73	3.1k
Pierandrea Muglia Italy	35	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	542 0.7×	919 1.8×	79	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yousaf, Muhammad Abrar, Chiara Colombo, Tiziana Bachetti, et al.. (2025). A novel de novo GFAP variant causes a juvenile-onset Alexander disease with bilateral vocal cord paralysis. Gene. 951. 149388–149388.

Nanetti, Lorenzo, Stefania Magri, Mario Fichera, et al.. (2023). Complex Ataxia‐Dementia Phenotype in Patients with Digenic TBP/STUB1 Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Movement Disorders. 38(4). 665–675. 10 indexed citations

Bossolasco, Patrizia, Stefania Magri, Claudia Colombrita, et al.. (2022). Generation of an iPSC line from a patient with spastic paraplegia type 10 carrying a novel mutation in KIF5A gene. Stem Cell Research. 66. 103008–103008. 2 indexed citations

Bella, Daniela Di, Chiara Pisciotta, Elisa Sarto, et al.. (2022). Beyond canvas: behavioral onset of rfc1-expansion disease in an Italian family—causal or casual?. Neurological Sciences. 43(8). 5095–5098. 4 indexed citations

Magri, Stefania, Lorenzo Nanetti, Cinzia Gellera, et al.. (2021). Digenic inheritance of STUB1 variants and TBP polyglutamine expansions explains the incomplete penetrance of SCA17 and SCA48. Genetics in Medicine. 24(1). 29–40. 32 indexed citations

Bassani, Roberto, Davide Pareyson, Ludovico D’Incerti, et al.. (2013). Pendular nystagmus in hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 20(10). 1443–1445. 5 indexed citations

Mariotti, Caterina, Roberto Fancellu, Lorenzo Nanetti, et al.. (2012). Erythropoietin in Friedreich ataxia: No effect on frataxin in a randomized controlled trial. Movement Disorders. 27(3). 446–449. 47 indexed citations

Nanetti, Lorenzo, Silvia Baratta, Marta Panzeri, et al.. (2012). Novel and recurrent spastin mutations in a large series of SPG4 Italian families. Neuroscience Letters. 528(1). 42–45. 5 indexed citations

Castellotti, Barbara, Caterina Mariotti, Marco Rimoldi, et al.. (2011). Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type1 (AOA1): novel and recurrent aprataxin mutations, coenzyme Q10 analyses, and clinical findings in Italian patients. Neurogenetics. 12(3). 193–201. 33 indexed citations

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Mariotti, Caterina, Cinzia Gellera, Roberto Fancellu, et al.. (2010). Predictive Genetic Tests in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Methodological Approach Integrating Psychological Counseling for At-Risk Individuals and Referring Clinicians. European Neurology. 64(1). 33–41. 9 indexed citations

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Mancuso, Giuseppe, Daniele Cartelli, Irene Toldo, et al.. (2009). Pleiotropic effects of spastin on neurite growth depending on expression levels. Journal of Neurochemistry. 108(5). 1277–1288. 76 indexed citations

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Perna, Giampaolo, et al.. (2005). Antipanic Efficacy of Paroxetine and Polymorphism within the Promoter of the Serotonin Transporter Gene. Neuropsychopharmacology. 30(12). 2230–2235. 69 indexed citations

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Cavallini, Maria Cristina, et al.. (2002). Exploratory factor analysis of obsessive‐compulsive patients and association with 5‐HTTLPR polymorphism. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 114(3). 347–353. 98 indexed citations

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Bella, Daniela Di, et al.. (2000). Obsessive-compulsive disorder, treatment response and the 5HTT gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 96(4). 1 indexed citations

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Benedetti, Francesco, Alessandro Serretti, Cristina Colombo, et al.. (1999). Influence of a Functional Polymorphism Within the Promoter of the Serotonin Transporter Gene on the Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation in Bipolar Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 156(9). 1450–1452. 130 indexed citations

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Deckert, J., Marco Catalano, Yana V. Syagailo, et al.. (1999). Excess of High Activity Monoamine Oxidase A Gene Promoter Alleles in Female Patients with Panic Disorder. Human Molecular Genetics. 8(4). 621–624. 482 indexed citations

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Bella, Daniela Di, et al.. (1998). Genetic studies in eating disorders. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 81(6). 1 indexed citations

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Cavallini, Maria Cristina, et al.. (1998). 5HT2C CYS23/SER23 polymorphism is not associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research. 77(2). 97–104. 39 indexed citations

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Deckert, Jürgen, Marco Catalano, Armin Heils, et al.. (1997). Functional promoter polymorphism of the human serotonin transporter. Psychiatric Genetics. 7(1). 45–48. 88 indexed citations

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Bella, Daniela Di, et al.. (1994). Distribution of the Mscl polymorphism of the dopamine D3 receptor in an Italian psychotic population. Psychiatric Genetics. 4(1). 39–42. 28 indexed citations

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