Micaela Zonta

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Micaela Zonta is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Micaela Zonta has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Neurology and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Micaela Zonta's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Micaela Zonta is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Micaela Zonta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Micaela Zonta's co-authors include Giorgio Carmignoto, Tullio Pozzan, Marı́a Cecilia Angulo, Bernhard Rosengarten, Konstantin-A. Hossmann, Lucia Pasti, Stefano Vicini, Angela Chiavegato, Gabriele Losi and Mario Cammarota 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

Micaela Zonta

22 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Neuron-to-astrocyte signaling is central to the dynamic control of brain microcirculation

2002 1.1k citations Micaela Zonta, Marı́a Cecilia Angulo et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Micaela Zonta Italy	16	1.7k	885	807	552	497	23	2.7k
Grant R. Gordon Canada	27	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	880 1.1×	529 1.0×	613 1.2×	47	3.2k
Xiaohai Wang United States	18	1.7k 1.0×	948 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	490 0.9×	396 0.8×	40	3.3k
Ditte Lovatt United States	12	1.2k 0.7×	718 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	293 0.5×	392 0.8×	13	2.6k
Guo-Feng Tian Canada	21	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	987 1.2×	719 1.3×	458 0.9×	27	3.8k
Sergei A. Kirov United States	31	2.0k 1.2×	653 0.7×	994 1.2×	705 1.3×	291 0.6×	47	3.0k
Vidar Gundersen Norway	31	2.6k 1.5×	837 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	621 1.1×	507 1.0×	54	3.7k
Ravi L. Rungta Canada	18	1.4k 0.8×	777 0.9×	947 1.2×	372 0.7×	372 0.7×	25	2.9k
Nancy F. Cruz United States	34	1.6k 0.9×	520 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	344 0.6×	657 1.3×	62	3.0k
Anja G. Teschemacher United Kingdom	33	1.5k 0.9×	623 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	568 1.0×	636 1.3×	64	3.7k
Lane K. Bekar Canada	23	1.3k 0.7×	897 1.0×	935 1.2×	552 1.0×	580 1.2×	39	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Micaela Zonta

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Losi, Gabriele, Beatrice Vignoli, Annamaria Lia, et al.. (2025). Spontaneous activity of astrocytes is a stochastic functional signal for memory consolidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(42). e2500511122–e2500511122.

Lia, Annamaria, Gabriele Sansevero, Angela Chiavegato, et al.. (2023). Rescue of astrocyte activity by the calcium sensor STIM1 restores long-term synaptic plasticity in female mice modelling Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1590–1590. 26 indexed citations

Lia, Annamaria, et al.. (2023). Two decades of astrocytes in neurovascular coupling. PubMed Central. 3(21). 16–17. 32 indexed citations

Requie, Linda Maria, Marta Gómez‐Gonzalo, Francesca Managò, et al.. (2022). Astrocytes mediate long-lasting synaptic regulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 25(12). 1639–1650. 34 indexed citations

Lia, Annamaria, Micaela Zonta, Angela Chiavegato, et al.. (2021). Calcium Signals in Astrocyte Microdomains, a Decade of Great Advances. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 673433–673433. 61 indexed citations

Losi, Gabriele, Annamaria Lia, Marta Gómez‐Gonzalo, Micaela Zonta, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2019). Optogenetic Interneuron Stimulation and Calcium Imaging in Astrocytes. Methods in molecular biology. 1925. 173–182. 3 indexed citations

Losi, Gabriele, Marta Gómez‐Gonzalo, Micaela Zonta, Angela Chiavegato, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2019). Cellular and molecular mechanisms of new onset seizure generation. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 33(6). 1713–1716. 7 indexed citations

Mariotti, Letizia, Gabriele Losi, Annamaria Lia, et al.. (2018). Interneuron-specific signaling evokes distinctive somatostatin-mediated responses in adult cortical astrocytes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 82–82. 88 indexed citations

Lia, Annamaria, Micaela Zonta, Linda Maria Requie, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2018). Dynamic interactions between GABAergic and astrocytic networks. Neuroscience Letters. 689. 14–20. 10 indexed citations

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Cammarota, Mario, Gabriele Losi, Angela Chiavegato, Micaela Zonta, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2012). Fast spiking interneuron control of seizure propagation in a cortical slice model of focal epilepsy. The Journal of Physiology. 591(4). 807–822. 129 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Gonzalo, Marta, Gabriele Losi, Angela Chiavegato, et al.. (2010). An Excitatory Loop with Astrocytes Contributes to Drive Neurons to Seizure Threshold. PLoS Biology. 8(4). e1000352–e1000352. 179 indexed citations

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Bardoni, Rita, Micaela Zonta, Chiara Betelli, et al.. (2010). Glutamate‐mediated astrocyte‐to‐neuron signalling in the rat dorsal horn. The Journal of Physiology. 588(5). 831–846. 68 indexed citations

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Schenk, Ursula, Maura Francolini, Patrizia Rosa, et al.. (2005). Synaptobrevin2‐expressing vesicles in rat astrocytes: insights into molecular characterization, dynamics and exocytosis. The Journal of Physiology. 570(3). 567–582. 106 indexed citations

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Merighi, Adalberto, Giorgio Carmignoto, Laura Lossi, et al.. (2004). Neurotrophins in spinal cord nociceptive pathways. Progress in brain research. 146. 291–321. 56 indexed citations

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Zonta, Micaela, Marı́a Cecilia Angulo, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2003). Response: Astrocyte-mediated control of cerebral microcirculation. Trends in Neurosciences. 26(7). 344–345. 4 indexed citations

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Zonta, Micaela, et al.. (2003). Glutamate‐mediated cytosolic calcium oscillations regulate a pulsatile prostaglandin release from cultured rat astrocytes. The Journal of Physiology. 553(2). 407–414. 139 indexed citations

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Zonta, Micaela, Marı́a Cecilia Angulo, Bernhard Rosengarten, et al.. (2002). Neuron-to-astrocyte signaling is central to the dynamic control of brain microcirculation. Nature Neuroscience. 6(1). 43–50. 1129 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zonta, Micaela & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2002). Calcium oscillations encoding neuron-to-astrocyte communication. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 96(3-4). 193–198. 54 indexed citations

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Pasti, Lucia, Micaela Zonta, Tullio Pozzan, Stefano Vicini, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2001). Cytosolic calcium oscillations in astrocytes may regulate exocytotic release of glutamate.. PubMed. 21(2). 477–84. 243 indexed citations

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Pasti, Lucia, Micaela Zonta, Tullio Pozzan, Stefano Vicini, & Giorgio Carmignoto. (2001). Cytosolic Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes May Regulate Exocytotic Release of Glutamate. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(2). 477–484. 236 indexed citations

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