Luca Bonfanti

6.3k total citations
92 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Luca Bonfanti is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Bonfanti has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Luca Bonfanti's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (68 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (26 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers). Luca Bonfanti is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (68 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (26 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers). Luca Bonfanti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Luca Bonfanti's co-authors include Paolo Peretto, Aldo Fasolo, D.T. Theodosis, Adalberto Merighi, Giovanna Ponti, Angela Gritti, Daniel Poulain, Rossella Galli, Angelo L. Vescovi and Chiara La Rosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Luca Bonfanti

90 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luca Bonfanti Italy 37 3.0k 2.0k 1.7k 898 476 92 5.0k
Masahiro Yamaguchi Japan 34 3.8k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 322 0.7× 72 6.3k
Tatsunori Seki Japan 34 3.0k 1.0× 2.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 875 1.0× 409 0.9× 102 5.3k
Florian T. Merkle United States 26 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 3.3k 1.9× 936 1.0× 339 0.7× 41 5.9k
Juan Manuel Encinas Spain 29 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.9× 607 1.3× 57 4.9k
Angélique Bordey United States 46 2.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.4× 3.1k 1.8× 1.0k 1.1× 676 1.4× 120 6.2k
Kaylene M. Young Australia 28 2.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 378 0.8× 62 4.5k
Daniel G. Herrera United States 22 2.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 592 0.7× 321 0.7× 34 4.7k
Zaman Mirzadeh United States 30 2.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 787 0.9× 262 0.6× 56 5.7k
Isabelle Caillé France 18 4.0k 1.3× 2.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.7× 991 1.1× 483 1.0× 27 6.3k
Abdellatif Benraiss United States 28 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 672 0.7× 413 0.9× 45 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Luca Bonfanti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luca Bonfanti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Bonfanti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luca Bonfanti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luca Bonfanti 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 Luca Bonfanti. Luca Bonfanti 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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Rosa, Chiara La, et al.. (2025). Multispecies characterization of immature neurons in the mammalian amygdala reveals their expansion in primates. PLoS Biology. 23(8). e3003322–e3003322.
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Boda, Enrica, et al.. (2024). From mice to humans: a need for comparable results in mammalian neuroplasticity. Neural Regeneration Research. 20(2). 464–466. 1 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Luca, et al.. (2023). Adult neurogenesis and “immature” neurons in mammals: an evolutionary trade-off in plasticity?. Brain Structure and Function. 229(8). 1775–1793. 23 indexed citations
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Boda, Enrica, Roberta Parolisi, Brian Harding, et al.. (2022). Molecular and functional heterogeneity in dorsal and ventral oligodendrocyte progenitor cells of the mouse forebrain in response to DNA damage. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2331–2331. 14 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Luca, et al.. (2022). How Widespread Are the “Young” Neurons of the Mammalian Brain?. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 918616–918616. 9 indexed citations
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Rosa, Chiara La, Francesca Cavallo, Matteo Chincarini, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic variation in cortical layer II immature neuron reservoir of mammals. eLife. 9. 42 indexed citations
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Formenti, Damiano, Marco Duca, Athos Trecroci, et al.. (2019). Perceptual vision training in non-sport-specific context: effect on performance skills and cognition in young females. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18671–18671. 47 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Luca, et al.. (2018). Do large brains of long-living mammals prefer non-newly generated, immature neurons?. Neural Regeneration Research. 13(4). 633–633. 23 indexed citations
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Rosa, Chiara La, Paola Crociara, Roberta Parolisi, et al.. (2017). Non-Newly Generated, “Immature” Neurons in the Sheep Brain Are Not Restricted to Cerebral Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(4). 826–842. 54 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Luca. (2016). Adult Neurogenesis 50 Years Later: Limits and Opportunities in Mammals. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 44–44. 24 indexed citations
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Parolisi, Roberta, Antonella Peruffo, Silvia Messina, et al.. (2015). Forebrain neuroanatomy of the neonatal and juvenile dolphin (T. truncatus and S. coeruloalba). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 9. 140–140. 12 indexed citations
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Lattanzi, Wanda, Roberta Parolisi, Marta Barba, & Luca Bonfanti. (2015). Osteogenic and Neurogenic Stem Cells in Their Own Place: Unraveling Differences and Similarities Between Niches. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 455–455. 18 indexed citations
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Ponti, Giovanna, Paolo Peretto, & Luca Bonfanti. (2006). A subpial, transitory germinal zone forms chains of neuronal precursors in the rabbit cerebellum. Developmental Biology. 294(1). 168–180. 56 indexed citations
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Ponti, Giovanna, Patrizia Aimar, & Luca Bonfanti. (2006). Cellular composition and cytoarchitecture of the rabbit subventricular zone and its extensions in the forebrain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 498(4). 491–507. 52 indexed citations
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Peretto, Paolo, Claudio Giachino, Patrizia Aimar, Aldo Fasolo, & Luca Bonfanti. (2005). Chain formation and glial tube assembly in the shift from neonatal to adult subventricular zone of the rodent forebrain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 487(4). 407–427. 137 indexed citations
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Peretto, Paolo, Federico Luzzati, Luca Bonfanti, Silvia De Marchis, & Aldo Fasolo. (2000). Aminoacyl-histidine dipeptides in the glial cells of the adult rabbit forebrain☆,1. Peptides. 21(11). 1717–1724. 3 indexed citations
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Folli, Franco, et al.. (1996). The early intracellular signaling pathway for the insulin/insulin-like growth factor receptor family in the mammalian central nervous system. Molecular Neurobiology. 13(2). 155–183. 69 indexed citations
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Bonfanti, Luca, Daniel Poulain, & Dionysia T. Theodosis. (1993). Radial Glia‐Like Cells in the Supraoptic Nucleus of the Adult Rat. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 5(1). 1–5. 59 indexed citations
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