Daniela Pietrobon

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Daniela Pietrobon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniela Pietrobon has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 37 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Daniela Pietrobon's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (37 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (29 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers). Daniela Pietrobon is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (37 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (29 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers). Daniela Pietrobon collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. Daniela Pietrobon's co-authors include Michael A. Moskowitz, Angelita Tottene, Jörg Striessnig, Giovanni Azzone, Peter Hess, Blaise Prod'hom, Dania Vecchia, Mario Zoratti, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg and Siro Luvisetto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daniela Pietrobon

89 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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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 Cacna1a Knockin Migraine Mouse Model with Increased Susceptibility to Cortical Spreading Depression

2004 517 citations Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, Daniela Pietrobon et al. Neuron profile →
Pathophysiology of Migraine

2012 508 citations Daniela Pietrobon et al. profile →

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Christian Waeber United States

Andrea Nistri Italy

James McCulloch United Kingdom

Andrew F. Russo United States

Rashid Giniatullin Russia

Steven M. Rothman United States

Karen Gale United States

Philippe Séguéla Canada

Solomon H. Snyder United States

Christian Steinhäuser Germany

Christian Waeber United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniela Pietrobon

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Pietrobon, Daniela & K. C. Brennan. (2025). Mechanisms underlying CSD initiation implicated by genetic mouse models of migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 26(1). 17–17.

Vitale, Marina, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of initiation of cortical spreading depression. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 24(1). 105–105. 22 indexed citations

Pietrobon, Daniela & K. C. Brennan. (2019). Genetic mouse models of migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 79–79. 32 indexed citations

Brennan, K. C. & Daniela Pietrobon. (2018). A Systems Neuroscience Approach to Migraine. Neuron. 97(5). 1004–1021. 150 indexed citations

Pietrobon, Daniela. (2012). Calcium channels and migraine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1828(7). 1655–1665. 73 indexed citations

Fioretti, Bernard, Luigi Catacuzzeno, Luigi Sforna, et al.. (2011). Trigeminal ganglion neuron subtype‐specific alterations of Ca_V2.1 calcium current and excitability in a Cacna1a mouse model of migraine. The Journal of Physiology. 589(23). 5879–5895. 48 indexed citations

Tottene, Angelita, Andrea Urbani, & Daniela Pietrobon. (2011). Role of different voltage-gated Ca²⁺channels in cortical spreading depression: Specific requirement of P/Q-type Ca²⁺channels. Channels. 5(2). 110–114. 36 indexed citations

Tottene, Angelita, Rossella Conti, Alessandra Fabbro, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Excitatory Transmission at Cortical Synapses as the Basis for Facilitated Spreading Depression in CaV2.1 Knockin Migraine Mice. Neuron. 61(5). 762–773. 253 indexed citations

Pietrobon, Daniela. (2007). Familial Hemiplegic Migraine. Neurotherapeutics. 4(2). 274–284. 159 indexed citations

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Fellin, Tommaso, Siro Luvisetto, Michele Spagnolo, & Daniela Pietrobon. (2004). Modal Gating of Human CaV2.1 (P/Q-type) Calcium Channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 124(5). 463–474. 9 indexed citations

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Maagdenberg, Arn M. J. M. van den, Daniela Pietrobon, Tommaso Pizzorusso, et al.. (2004). A Cacna1a Knockin Migraine Mouse Model with Increased Susceptibility to Cortical Spreading Depression. Neuron. 41(5). 701–710. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tottene, Angelita, Tommaso Fellin, Siro Luvisetto, et al.. (2002). Familial hemiplegic migraine mutations increase Ca ²⁺ influx through single human Ca _V 2.1 channels and decrease maximal Ca _V 2.1 current density in neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(20). 13284–13289. 204 indexed citations

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Pietrobon, Daniela. (2002). Calcium Channels and Channelopathies of the Central Nervous System. Molecular Neurobiology. 25(1). 31–50. 148 indexed citations

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Luvisetto, Siro, et al.. (1990). On the nature of the uncoupling effect of fatty acids. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 22(5). 635–643. 14 indexed citations

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Pietrobon, Daniela & S. Roy Caplan. (1989). [20] Use of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in the analysis of transport: General flow-force relationships and the linear domain. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 171. 397–444. 5 indexed citations

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Hess, Peter, Blaise Prod'hom, & Daniela Pietrobon. (1989). Mechanisms of Interaction of Permeant Ions and Protons with Dihydropyridine‐Sensitive Calcium Channels^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 560(1). 80–93. 13 indexed citations

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Pietrobon, Daniela, Blaise Prod'hom, & Philip E. Hess. (1989). Interactions of protons with single open L-type calcium channels. pH dependence of proton-induced current fluctuations with Cs+, K+, and Na+ as permeant ions.. The Journal of General Physiology. 94(1). 1–21. 86 indexed citations

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Petronilli, Valeria, Giovanni Azzone, & Daniela Pietrobon. (1988). Analysis of mechanisms of free-energy coupling and uncoupling by inhibitor titrations: Theory, computer modeling and experiments. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 932(3). 306–324. 17 indexed citations

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Pietrobon, Daniela, Siro Luvisetto, & Giovanni Azzone. (1987). Uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation. 2. Alternative mechanisms: intrinsic uncoupling or decoupling. Biochemistry. 26(23). 7339–7347. 49 indexed citations

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Zoratti, Mario, Daniela Pietrobon, & Giovanni Azzone. (1982). On the Relationship between Rate of ATP Synthesis and H⁺ Electrochemical Gradient in Rat‐Liver Mitochondria. European Journal of Biochemistry. 126(3). 443–451. 84 indexed citations

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