Delia Belelli

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Delia Belelli is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Delia Belelli has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Delia Belelli's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (78 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (31 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (17 papers). Delia Belelli is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (78 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (31 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (17 papers). Delia Belelli collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Delia Belelli's co-authors include Jeremy J. Lambert, John A. Peters, Claire Hill‐Venning, Murray B. Herd, Keith A. Wafford, Kelvin W. Gee, Dianne R. Peden, Thomas W. Rosahl, Michael B. Bolger and Benjamin G. Gunn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Delia Belelli

94 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Neurosteroids: endogenous regulators of the GABAA receptor

2005 950 citations Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert profile →
Neurosteroids and GABAA receptor function

1995 650 citations Jeremy J. Lambert, Delia Belelli et al. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3 2025 ·IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE ·Delia Belelli, Tim G. Hales, Jeremy J. Lambert, Bernhard Lüscher, Richard W. Olsen, John A. Peters, Uwe Rudolph, Werner Sieghart	0
2	Neurosteroid Modulation of Synaptic and Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors of the Mouse Nucleus Accumbens 2024 ·Biomolecules ·Scott J. Mitchell, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Delia Belelli, Stephen J. Martin, Jerome D. Swinny, (unknown), John Atack, Michael Paradowski, Jeremy J. Lambert	3
3	α4-Containing GABA_AReceptors on DRD2 Neurons of the Nucleus Accumbens Mediate Instrumental Responding for Conditioned Reinforcers and Its Potentiation by Cocaine 2023 ·eNeuro ·Tom Macpherson, Claire I. Dixon, Jonathan Robertson, (unknown), Patricia H. Janak, Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert, David Stephens, Sarah L. King	1
4	Relating neurosteroid modulation of inhibitory neurotransmission to behaviour 2021 ·Journal of Neuroendocrinology ·Delia Belelli, (unknown), John Atack, Jeremy J. Lambert	18
5	Localisation and stress-induced plasticity of GABAA receptor subunits within the cellular networks of the mouse dorsal raphe nucleus 2014 ·Brain Structure and Function ·(unknown), (unknown), Uwe Rudolph, Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert, Jerome D. Swinny	14
6	Extrasynaptic GABA_AReceptors Couple Presynaptic Activity to Postsynaptic Inhibition in the Somatosensory Thalamus 2013 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Murray B. Herd, Adam R. Brown, Jeremy J. Lambert, Delia Belelli	66
7	Distinct mechanisms regulate GABA_A receptor and gephyrin clustering at perisomatic and axo‐axonic synapses on CA1 pyramidal cells 2011 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Patrizia Panzanelli, Benjamin G. Gunn, (unknown), Dietmar Benke, Shiva K. Tyagarajan, Peter Scheiffele, Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert, Uwe Rudolph, Jean‐Marc Fritschy	116
8	Neurosteroid modulation of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors 2007 ·Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Murray B. Herd, Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert	178
9	Extrasynaptic GABA _A Receptors of Thalamocortical Neurons: A Molecular Target for Hypnotics 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Delia Belelli, Dianne R. Peden, Thomas W. Rosahl, Keith A. Wafford, Jeremy J. Lambert	210
10	Neuroactive steroids and inhibitory neurotransmission: Mechanisms of action and physiological relevance 2005 ·Neuroscience ·Delia Belelli, Murray B. Herd, Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Dianne R. Peden, Audrey Vardy, Luc J. Gentet, Jeremy J. Lambert	132
11	The interaction of anaesthetic steroids with recombinant glycine and GABA A receptors † 2004 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·Cameron J. Weir, (unknown), Delia Belelli, J.A.W. Wildsmith, John A. Peters, Jeremy J. Lambert	79
12	Sedation and anesthesia mediated by distinct GABA(A) receptor isoforms. 2003 ·PubMed Central ·David S. Reynolds, Thomas W. Rosahl, Jennifer Cirone, Gillian F. O’Meara, (unknown), Richard J. Newman, (unknown), Cyrille Sur, Owain W. Howell, A. Richard Rutter, John Atack, Alison Macaulay, Karen L. Hadingham, Peter H. Hutson, Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert, Gerard R. Dawson, Ruth M. McKernan, Paul J. Whiting, Keith A. Wafford	240
13	The in vitro and in vivo enantioselectivity of etomidate implicates the GABAA receptor in general anaesthesia 2003 ·Neuropharmacology ·Delia Belelli	57
14	Neurosteroid modulation of recombinant and synaptic GABAA receptors 2001 ·International review of neurobiology ·Jeremy J. Lambert, Sarah C. Harney, Delia Belelli, John A. Peters	38
15	Modulation of native and recombinant GABAA receptors by endogenous and synthetic neuroactive steroids 2001 ·Brain Research Reviews ·Jeremy J. Lambert, Delia Belelli, Sarah C. Harney, John A. Peters, Bruno G. Frenguelli	141
16	The interaction of general anaesthetics with recombinant GABA_A and glycine receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes: a comparative study 1997 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Marco Pistis, Delia Belelli, (unknown), Jeremy J. Lambert	123
17	Neurosteroids and GABAA receptor function breakdown → 1995 ·Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ·Jeremy J. Lambert, Delia Belelli, Claire Hill‐Venning, John A. Peters	650
18	Correlation of neuroactive steroid modulation of [35S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate and [3H]flunitrazepam binding and gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor function. 1994 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Jon E. Hawkinson, (unknown), Delia Belelli, Jeremy J. Lambert, R. H. Purdy, N C Lan	78
19	Heterotropic Cooperativity Between Putative Recognition Sites for Progesterone Metabolites and the Atypical Benzodiazepine Ro 5–4864 1990 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Delia Belelli, (unknown), Kelvin W. Gee	12
20	Serotonin release and metabolism in rat cortex as studied by transcerebral dialysis 1988 ·Pharmacological Research Communications ·(unknown), Ezio Carboni, Delia Belelli, G. Di Chiara	1

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