Fiorenzo Conti

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Fiorenzo Conti is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiorenzo Conti has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fiorenzo Conti's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (80 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (23 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers). Fiorenzo Conti is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (80 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (23 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers). Fiorenzo Conti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Fiorenzo Conti's co-authors include Marcello Melone, Andrea Minelli, T Manzoni, Paolo Barbaresi, S Debiasi, Mara Fabri, Alessandro Minelli, Nicholas C. Brecha, Giorgia Fattorini and Richard J. Weinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Fiorenzo Conti

121 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Biological activity of chitosan: ultrastructural study 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Biological activity of chitosan: ultrastructural study
    1988 429 citations Fiorenzo Conti et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fiorenzo Conti Italy 46 4.1k 2.1k 1.4k 977 848 123 6.0k
Toshio Matsuda Japan 47 3.8k 0.9× 3.7k 1.7× 945 0.7× 828 0.8× 906 1.1× 251 8.2k
Linda H. Bergersen Norway 42 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 1.3× 783 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 96 6.5k
Lidong Liu Canada 31 4.4k 1.1× 3.6k 1.7× 1.2k 0.8× 915 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 61 7.6k
Richard J. Reimer United States 31 3.9k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 918 0.7× 497 0.5× 680 0.8× 53 6.7k
Dietmar Benke Switzerland 50 7.7k 1.9× 4.7k 2.2× 2.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 909 1.1× 117 10.0k
Angelika Schmitt Germany 43 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 769 0.6× 395 0.4× 695 0.8× 95 5.0k
Ya‐Ping Tang China 31 2.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 771 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 88 6.4k
Atsuo Fukuda Japan 48 4.0k 1.0× 2.9k 1.4× 966 0.7× 600 0.6× 661 0.8× 156 6.7k
T.E. Salt United Kingdom 44 3.9k 1.0× 3.5k 1.7× 1.3k 0.9× 591 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 125 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fiorenzo Conti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiorenzo Conti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fiorenzo Conti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fiorenzo Conti based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fiorenzo Conti. Fiorenzo Conti is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conti, Fiorenzo, et al.. (2025). Improving our understanding of the biology of aging: findings from the Age-It Research Program. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 80(Supplement_2). S122–S135. 1 indexed citations
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Balietti, Marta, Maria Rosito, Roberto Piacentini, et al.. (2024). BV2-derived extracellular vesicles modulate microglia inflammatory profile, neuronal plasticity, and behavioural performances in late adult mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 122. 58–74. 2 indexed citations
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Tropea, Maria Rosaria, Marcello Melone, Domenica Donatella Li Puma, et al.. (2024). Blockade of dopamine D3 receptors improves hippocampal synaptic function and rescues age‐related cognitive phenotype. Aging Cell. 23(11). e14291–e14291. 2 indexed citations
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Palma, Michael Di, Myriam Catalano, Lucia Monaco, et al.. (2023). Lipopolysaccharide augments microglial GABA uptake by increasing GABA transporter‐1 trafficking and bestrophin‐1 expression. Glia. 71(11). 2527–2540. 3 indexed citations
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Barbera, Livia La, Annalisa Nobili, Mauro Federici, et al.. (2022). Upregulation of Ca2+-binding proteins contributes to VTA dopamine neuron survival in the early phases of Alzheimer’s disease in Tg2576 mice. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 17(1). 76–76. 28 indexed citations
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Gulisano, Walter, Marcello Melone, Cristian Ripoli, et al.. (2019). Neuromodulatory Action of Picomolar Extracellular Aβ42 Oligomers on Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Function and Memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(30). 5986–6000. 70 indexed citations
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Fattorini, Giorgia, Cristian Ripoli, Sara Cocco, et al.. (2019). Glutamate/GABA co-release selectively influences postsynaptic glutamate receptors in mouse cortical neurons. Neuropharmacology. 161. 107737–107737. 8 indexed citations
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Fattorini, Giorgia, Flavia Antonucci, Elisabetta Menna, Michela Matteoli, & Fiorenzo Conti. (2015). VGLUT1/VGAT co-expression sustains glutamate-gaba co-release and is regulated by activity. Journal of Cell Science. 128(9). 1669–73. 18 indexed citations
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Casoli, Tiziana, Liana Spazzafumo, Giuseppina Di Stefano, & Fiorenzo Conti. (2015). Role of diffuse low-level heteroplasmy of mitochondrial DNA in Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 7. 142–142. 26 indexed citations
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Bellesi, Michele, Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli, & Fiorenzo Conti. (2012). Reduction of EEG Theta Power and Changes in Motor Activity in Rats Treated with Ceftriaxone. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e34139–e34139. 19 indexed citations
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Bellesi, Michele, et al.. (2008). GLT‐1 upregulation impairs prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in adult rats. Glia. 57(7). 703–713. 31 indexed citations
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Melone, Marcello, Hélène Varoqui, Jeffrey D. Erickson, & Fiorenzo Conti. (2006). Localization of the Na+-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2 in the cerebral cortex. Neuroscience. 140(1). 281–292. 37 indexed citations
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Minelli, Andrea, Paolo Barbaresi, & Fiorenzo Conti. (2003). Postnatal development of high-affinity plasma membrane GABA transporters GAT-2 and GAT-3 in the rat cerebral cortex. Developmental Brain Research. 142(1). 7–18. 51 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Nanclares, Lidia, Alessandro Minelli, Marcello Melone, et al.. (2003). Perisomatic glutamatergic axon terminals: a novel feature of cortical synaptology revealed by vesicular glutamate transporter 1 immunostaining. Neuroscience. 123(2). 547–556. 32 indexed citations
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Melone, Marcello, L. Vitellaro‐Zuccarello, Ainara Vallejo‐Illarramendi, et al.. (2001). The expression of glutamate transporter GLT-1 in the rat cerebral cortex is down-regulated by the antipsychotic drug clozapine. Molecular Psychiatry. 6(4). 380–386. 83 indexed citations
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Conti, Fiorenzo, Sara De Biasi, Rosario Giuffrida, & A. Rustioni. (1990). Substance P-containing projections in the dorsal columns of rats and cats. Neuroscience. 34(3). 607–621. 33 indexed citations
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Barbaresi, Paolo, Mara Fabri, Fiorenzo Conti, & T Manzoni. (1987). D‐[3H]aspartate retrograde labelling of callosal and association neurones of somatosensory areas I and II of cats. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 263(2). 159–178. 62 indexed citations

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