Massimo Avoli

13.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
240 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

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Massimo Avoli is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Avoli has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 108 papers in Molecular Biology and 94 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Massimo Avoli's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (221 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (94 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (75 papers). Massimo Avoli is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (221 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (94 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (75 papers). Massimo Avoli collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and France. Massimo Avoli's co-authors include Maxime Lévesque, P. Perreault, Giuseppe Biagini, Michaela Barbarosie, Marco de Curtis, Rüdiger Köhling, R. Pumain, Virginia Tancredi, Margherita D’Antuono and David S. Ragsdale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Avoli

239 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy

2013 438 citations Maxime Lévesque, Massimo Avoli Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Massimo Avoli	8.6k	4.3k	3.8k	3.7k	643	240	10.3k
Marco de Curtis	5.7k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	707 1.1×	209	8.7k
F. Edward Dudek	7.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	154	11.1k
Kevin J. Staley	6.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	1.7k 2.6×	145	10.2k
Heinz Beck	6.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	750 1.2×	149	8.5k
Antoine Depaulis	8.2k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	3.2k 0.9×	785 1.2×	180	11.5k
Christian Marescaux	6.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	4.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	182	9.6k
Richard Miles	8.9k 1.0×	6.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.4×	3.3k 0.9×	358 0.6×	97	11.2k
Uwe Heinemann	8.7k 1.0×	3.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	5.2k 1.4×	824 1.3×	179	11.6k
Vincenzo Crunelli	8.0k 0.9×	5.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.4×	3.4k 0.9×	260 0.4×	182	10.9k
Uwe Heinemann	8.8k 1.0×	3.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	4.7k 1.3×	987 1.5×	267	12.4k

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Li, Fēi, et al.. (2025). Interneurons, GABAA signaling and their presumptive role in catamenial epilepsy. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 176. 106291–106291. 1 indexed citations

Lévesque, Maxime, Vadym Gnatkovsky, Fēi Li, et al.. (2024). Fast activity chirp patterns in focal seizures from patients and animal models. Epilepsia. 66(3). 621–631. 3 indexed citations

Morris, Gareth, Massimo Avoli, Christophe Bernard, et al.. (2023). Can in vitro studies aid in the development and use of antiseizure therapies? A report of the ILAE/AES Joint Translational Task Force. Epilepsia. 64(10). 2571–2585. 2 indexed citations

Scalmani, Paolo, Rosina Paterra, Massimo Mantegazza, Massimo Avoli, & Marco de Curtis. (2023). Involvement of GABAergic Interneuron Subtypes in 4-Aminopyridine-Induced Seizure-Like Events in Mouse Entorhinal Cortexin Vitro. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(11). 1987–2001. 15 indexed citations

Lévesque, Maxime, et al.. (2022). Bilateral optogenetic activation of inhibitory cells favors ictogenesis. Neurobiology of Disease. 171. 105794–105794. 16 indexed citations

Chattopadhyaya, Bidisha, Valérie Côté, Maxime Lévesque, et al.. (2021). Sensory processing dysregulations as reliable translational biomarkers in SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency. Brain. 145(2). 754–769. 11 indexed citations

Lévesque, Maxime & Massimo Avoli. (2018). Carbachol-Induced theta-like oscillations in the rodent brain limbic system: Underlying mechanisms and significance. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 95. 406–420. 6 indexed citations

Uva, Laura, et al.. (2013). Seizure‐like discharges induced by 4‐aminopyridine in the olfactory system of the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain. Epilepsia. 54(4). 605–615. 22 indexed citations

Panuccio, Gabriella, et al.. (2010). In vitro ictogenesis and parahippocampal networks in a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiology of Disease. 39(3). 372–380. 34 indexed citations

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Panuccio, Gabriella, Giulia Curia, Alfredo Colosimo, G. Cruccu, & Massimo Avoli. (2009). Epileptiform synchronization in the cingulate cortex. Epilepsia. 50(3). 521–536. 27 indexed citations

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Biagini, Giuseppe, Daniela Longo, Enrica Baldelli, et al.. (2009). Neurosteroids and epileptogenesis in the pilocarpine model: Evidence for a relationship between P450scc induction and length of the latent period. Epilepsia. 50(s1). 53–58. 50 indexed citations

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Avoli, Massimo, et al.. (2007). Epileptiform synchronization in the rat insular and perirhinal cortices in vitro. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(12). 3571–3582. 25 indexed citations

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Biagini, Giuseppe, Enrica Baldelli, Daniela Longo, et al.. (2006). Endogenous neurosteroids modulate epileptogenesis in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Experimental Neurology. 201(2). 519–524. 66 indexed citations

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Inaba, Yuji, Giuseppe Biagini, & Massimo Avoli. (2006). The H current blocker ZD7288 decreases epileptiform hyperexcitability in the rat neocortex by depressing synaptic transmission. Neuropharmacology. 51(3). 681–691. 16 indexed citations

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Köhling, Rüdiger & Massimo Avoli. (2006). Methodological approaches to exploring epileptic disorders in the human brain in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 155(1). 1–19. 32 indexed citations

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D’Arcangelo, Giovanna, Gabriella Panuccio, Virginia Tancredi, & Massimo Avoli. (2005). Repetitive low-frequency stimulation reduces epileptiform synchronization in limbic neuronal networks. Neurobiology of Disease. 19(1-2). 119–128. 77 indexed citations

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Louvel, J., Costas Papatheodoropoulos, Antonio Siniscalchi, et al.. (2001). GABA-mediated synchronization in the human neocortex: elevations in extracellular potassium and presynaptic mechanisms. Neuroscience. 105(4). 803–813. 35 indexed citations

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Nagao, Takeki, A. Alonso, & Massimo Avoli. (1996). Epileptiform activity induced by pilocarpine in the rat hippocampal-entorhinal slice preparation. Neuroscience. 72(2). 399–408. 122 indexed citations

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Hwa, Granger G.C. & Massimo Avoli. (1991). The involvement of excitatory amino acids in neocortical epileptogenesis: NMDA and non-NMDA receptors. Experimental Brain Research. 86(2). 248–56. 60 indexed citations

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Tancredi, Virginia, Massimo Avoli, & Granger G.C. Hwa. (1988). Low-magnesium epilepsy in rat hippocampal slices: Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in the CA1 subfield. Neuroscience Letters. 89(3). 293–298. 27 indexed citations

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