Michele Bellesi

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michele Bellesi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Bellesi has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michele Bellesi's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (33 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (12 papers). Michele Bellesi is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (33 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (12 papers). Michele Bellesi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Michele Bellesi's co-authors include Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli, Luisa de Vivo, William Marshall, Fiorenzo Conti, Brady A. Riedner, Mattia Chini, Mark H. Ellisman, Eric A. Bushong and Marcello Melone and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michele Bellesi

54 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Ultrastructural evidence for synaptic scaling across the wake/sleep cycle

2017 389 citations Luisa de Vivo, Michele Bellesi et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele Bellesi Italy	27	1.7k	997	661	587	424	56	2.7k
Jim R. Fadel United States	35	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	744 1.1×	1.2k 2.1×	189 0.4×	74	3.0k
José R. Criado United States	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	562 0.9×	579 1.0×	507 1.2×	74	3.7k
Daniela Popa France	24	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	220 0.3×	329 0.6×	414 1.0×	46	2.9k
Birendra Nath Mallick India	31	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	777 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	120 0.3×	116	2.7k
Jonathan P. Wisor United States	28	2.2k 1.2×	935 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	1.7k 3.0×	175 0.4×	70	3.4k
Radhika Basheer United States	34	3.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.5k 2.3×	1.7k 3.0×	220 0.5×	59	4.1k
Romain Goutagny France	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	351 0.5×	787 1.3×	154 0.4×	37	2.1k
Hiromasa Funato Japan	28	804 0.5×	607 0.6×	343 0.5×	610 1.0×	183 0.4×	76	2.7k
Elda Arrigoni United States	33	2.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	2.1k 3.5×	132 0.3×	55	3.6k
Raphaëlle Winsky‐Sommerer United Kingdom	25	1.2k 0.7×	740 0.7×	660 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	97 0.2×	45	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Bellesi

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Ficiarà, Eleonora, Rosamaria Fiorini, Adele Cutignano, et al.. (2026). Sleep loss induces cholesterol-associated myelin dysfunction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(4). e2523438123–e2523438123.

Bellesi, Michele, et al.. (2025). The individual determinants of morning dream recall. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 25–25.

Ficiarà, Eleonora, et al.. (2025). Rocking during sleep reduces motor deficits and beta-amyloid levels in an Alzheimer’s mouse model. iScience. 28(3). 112036–112036. 1 indexed citations

Bonfili, Laura, et al.. (2023). Probiotics Supplementation Attenuates Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Induced by Chronic Sleep Restriction. Nutrients. 15(6). 1518–1518. 34 indexed citations

Buhl, Edgar, et al.. (2023). Increased interaction between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria following sleep deprivation. BMC Biology. 21(1). 1–1. 23 indexed citations

Marshall, William, Kelsey M Nemec, Luisa de Vivo, et al.. (2022). Ultrastructural effects of sleep and wake on the parallel fiber synapses of the cerebellum. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations

Dall’Aglio, Cecilia, et al.. (2021). The Apelinergic System Immuno-Detection in the Abomasum and Duodenum of Sheep Grazing on Semi-Natural Pasture. Animals. 11(11). 3173–3173. 9 indexed citations

Vivo, Luisa de, Hirotaka Nagai, William Marshall, et al.. (2019). Evidence for sleep-dependent synaptic renormalization in mouse pups. SLEEP. 42(11). 23 indexed citations

Marshall, William, et al.. (2019). Sleep Deprivation by Exposure to Novel Objects Increases Synapse Density and Axon–Spine Interface in the Hippocampal CA1 Region of Adolescent Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(34). 6613–6625. 64 indexed citations

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Funk, Chadd M., et al.. (2017). Role of Somatostatin-Positive Cortical Interneurons in the Generation of Sleep Slow Waves. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(38). 9132–9148. 96 indexed citations

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Bellesi, Michele, Luisa de Vivo, Mattia Chini, et al.. (2017). Sleep Loss Promotes Astrocytic Phagocytosis and Microglial Activation in Mouse Cerebral Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(21). 5263–5273. 288 indexed citations

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Billeh, Yazan N., Alexander V. Rodriguez, Michele Bellesi, et al.. (2016). Effects of Chronic Sleep Restriction during Early Adolescence on the Adult Pattern of Connectivity of Mouse Secondary Motor Cortex. eNeuro. 3(2). ENEURO.0053–16.2016. 18 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Giulio, Francesca Siclari, Xiaoqian Yu, et al.. (2015). Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Extended Training during Sleep Deprivation in Humans: Evidence for Local, Task-Specific Effects. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(11). 4487–4500. 95 indexed citations

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Bellesi, Michele. (2015). Sleep and Oligodendrocyte Functions. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 1(1). 20–26. 23 indexed citations

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Santostasi, Giovanni, Roneil G. Malkani, Brady A. Riedner, et al.. (2015). Phase-locked loop for precisely timed acoustic stimulation during sleep. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 259. 101–114. 72 indexed citations

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Ferrarelli, Fabio, Simone Sarasso, Brady A. Riedner, et al.. (2012). Reduced Natural Oscillatory Frequency of Frontal Thalamocortical Circuits in Schizophrenia. PubMed. 69(8). 766–74. 114 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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Omrani, Azar, Marcello Melone, Michele Bellesi, et al.. (2009). Up‐regulation of GLT‐1 severely impairs LTD at mossy fibre–CA3 synapses. The Journal of Physiology. 587(19). 4575–4588. 83 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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Capecci, Marianna, Luca Passamonti, Ferdinanda Annesi, et al.. (2004). Chronic bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation in a patient with homozygous deletion in the Parkin gene. Movement Disorders. 19(12). 1450–1452. 26 indexed citations

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