Luisa Speranza

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Luisa Speranza is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Luisa Speranza has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Luisa Speranza's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers). Luisa Speranza is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers). Luisa Speranza collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Poland. Luisa Speranza's co-authors include Floriana Volpicelli, Luca Colucci-D’Amato, Umberto di Porzio, Davide Viggiano, Carla Perrone‐Capano, Antonio De Donato, Marianna Crispino, Marcello Leopoldo, Gian Carlo Bellenchi and Enza Lacivita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and Development.

In The Last Decade

Luisa Speranza

21 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Neurotrophic Factor BDNF, Physiological Functions and Therapeutic Potential in Depression, Neurodegeneration and Brain Cancer

2020 653 citations Luca Colucci-D’Amato, Luisa Speranza et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →
Dopamine: The Neuromodulator of Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity, Reward and Movement Control

2021 223 citations Luisa Speranza, Umberto di Porzio et al. Cells profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luisa Speranza Italy	12	491	390	195	178	159	22	1.3k
Magdalena Miranda Argentina	10	383 0.8×	280 0.7×	250 1.3×	201 1.1×	110 0.7×	23	1.2k
Graciano Leal Portugal	8	608 1.2×	378 1.0×	214 1.1×	174 1.0×	129 0.8×	8	1.3k
Arnauld Belmer Australia	21	626 1.3×	404 1.0×	178 0.9×	197 1.1×	103 0.6×	47	1.3k
Monika Waśkow Poland	9	440 0.9×	298 0.8×	210 1.1×	162 0.9×	105 0.7×	17	1.3k
Ewelina Czuba Poland	6	423 0.9×	295 0.8×	221 1.1×	136 0.8×	107 0.7×	10	1.2k
Aleksandra Steliga Poland	9	426 0.9×	311 0.8×	225 1.2×	137 0.8×	104 0.7×	13	1.2k
Juan Facundo Morici Argentina	11	526 1.1×	369 0.9×	303 1.6×	310 1.7×	140 0.9×	15	1.5k
Qi‐Xin Zhou China	23	459 0.9×	433 1.1×	143 0.7×	280 1.6×	163 1.0×	71	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luisa Speranza

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Risi, Maria De, Giulia Torromino, Anita Capalbo, et al.. (2025). Cortico-striatal circuit mechanisms drive the effects of D1 dopamine agonists on memory capacity in mice through cAMP/PKA signalling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2615–2615. 1 indexed citations

Speranza, Luisa, Marta Molinari, Floriana Volpicelli, et al.. (2024). Modulation of neuronal morphology by antipsychotic drug: Involvement of serotonin receptor 7. Brain Research. 1830. 148815–148815. 1 indexed citations

Sanctis, Claudia De, Floriana Volpicelli, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2023). miR-218 Promotes Dopaminergic Differentiation and Controls Neuron Excitability and Neurotransmitter Release through the Regulation of a Synaptic-Related Genes Network. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(48). 8104–8125. 7 indexed citations

Speranza, Luisa, et al.. (2022). Music affects functional brain connectivity and is effective in the treatment of neurological disorders. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 33(7). 789–801. 25 indexed citations

Speranza, Luisa, et al.. (2022). Combined DiI and Antibody Labeling Reveals Complex Dysgenesis of Hippocampal Dendritic Spines in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome. Biomedicines. 10(11). 2692–2692. 6 indexed citations

Speranza, Luisa, Umberto di Porzio, Davide Viggiano, Antonio De Donato, & Floriana Volpicelli. (2021). Dopamine: The Neuromodulator of Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity, Reward and Movement Control. Cells. 10(4). 735–735. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

Colucci-D’Amato, Luca, Luisa Speranza, & Floriana Volpicelli. (2020). Neurotrophic Factor BDNF, Physiological Functions and Therapeutic Potential in Depression, Neurodegeneration and Brain Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(20). 7777–7777. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

Volpicelli, Floriana, Luisa Speranza, Marianna Crispino, et al.. (2019). The microRNA-29a Modulates Serotonin 5-HT7 Receptor Expression and Its Effects on Hippocampal Neuronal Morphology. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(12). 8617–8627. 29 indexed citations

Speranza, Luisa, Josephine Labus, Floriana Volpicelli, et al.. (2017). Serotonin 5‐HT7 receptor increases the density of dendritic spines and facilitates synaptogenesis in forebrain neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 141(5). 647–661. 69 indexed citations

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Viggiano, Davide, Luisa Speranza, Marianna Crispino, et al.. (2017). Information content of dendritic spines after motor learning. Behavioural Brain Research. 336. 256–260. 8 indexed citations

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Vacca, Marcella, Kumar Parijat Tripathi, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2016). Effects of Mecp2 loss of function in embryonic cortical neurons: a bioinformatics strategy to sort out non-neuronal cells variability from transcriptome profiling. BMC Bioinformatics. 17(S2). 14–14. 11 indexed citations

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Lacivita, Enza, Sabina Podlewska, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2016). Structural modifications of the serotonin 5-HT7 receptor agonist N-(4-cyanophenylmethyl)-4-(2-biphenyl)-1-piperazinehexanamide (LP-211) to improve in vitro microsomal stability: A case study. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 120. 363–379. 13 indexed citations

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Lippiello, Pellegrino, Eriola Hoxha, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2015). The 5-HT7 receptor triggers cerebellar long-term synaptic depression via PKC-MAPK. Neuropharmacology. 101. 426–438. 40 indexed citations

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Speranza, Luisa, Floriana Volpicelli, Maria Egle De Stefano, et al.. (2015). Activation of 5-HT7 receptor stimulates neurite elongation through mTOR, Cdc42 and actin filaments dynamics. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9. 62–62. 52 indexed citations

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Viggiano, Davide, Deepak P. Srivastava, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2015). Quantifying barcodes of dendritic spines using entropy-based metrics. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14622–14622. 6 indexed citations

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Volpicelli, Floriana, Luisa Speranza, Umberto di Porzio, Marianna Crispino, & Carla Perrone‐Capano. (2014). The serotonin receptor 7 and the structural plasticity of brain circuits. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 318–318. 51 indexed citations

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Zoratto, Francesca, Gian Carlo Bellenchi, Luisa Speranza, et al.. (2013). Impulsivity and home-cage activity are decreased by lentivirus-mediated silencing of serotonin transporter in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 548. 38–43. 11 indexed citations

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Speranza, Luisa, Angela Chambery, Marina Di Domenico, et al.. (2012). The serotonin receptor 7 promotes neurite outgrowth via ERK and Cdk5 signaling pathways. Neuropharmacology. 67. 155–167. 65 indexed citations

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Caiazzo, Massimiliano, Luca Colucci-D’Amato, Floriana Volpicelli, et al.. (2010). Krüppel-like factor 7 is required for olfactory bulb dopaminergic neuron development. Experimental Cell Research. 317(4). 464–473. 23 indexed citations

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Bianco, Carmen, Luisa Speranza, & Roberto Defez. (2010). Isolation and characterization of PAH degrading bacteria from polluted Venice lagoon. Journal of Biotechnology. 150. 212–212.

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