Paolo Botta

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Paolo Botta is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Botta has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Paolo Botta's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers). Paolo Botta is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers). Paolo Botta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Paolo Botta's co-authors include Andreas Lüthi, Jonathan P. Fadok, Milica Marković, Philip Tovote, C. Fernando Valenzuela, Chun Xu, Silvia Arber, Maria Soledad Esposito, Sabine Krabbe and Cyril Herry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Botta

24 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour

2016 502 citations Philip Tovote, Maria Soledad Esposito et al. Nature profile →
A competitive inhibitory circuit for selection of active and passive fear responses

2017 312 citations Jonathan P. Fadok, Sabine Krabbe et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Botta United States	18	1.1k	917	516	367	315	25	1.9k
Georgia M. Alexander United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	830 0.9×	537 1.0×	264 0.7×	163 0.5×	30	1.8k
Christophe D. Proulx Canada	16	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	707 1.4×	286 0.8×	267 0.8×	24	2.7k
Leon G. Reijmers United States	21	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	454 0.9×	349 1.0×	381 1.2×	30	2.2k
Daniel J. Christoffel United States	20	940 0.9×	561 0.6×	523 1.0×	451 1.2×	592 1.9×	23	2.2k
Maria A. de Souza Silva Germany	26	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	875 1.7×	427 1.2×	353 1.1×	53	2.8k
Jessica Jimenez United States	10	835 0.8×	801 0.9×	508 1.0×	253 0.7×	301 1.0×	14	2.0k
Katherine E. DeLoach United States	7	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	623 1.2×	247 0.7×	134 0.4×	8	2.1k
Talia N. Lerner United States	18	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	618 1.2×	261 0.7×	195 0.6×	28	2.4k
Allyson K. Friedman United States	18	1.5k 1.5×	644 0.7×	828 1.6×	372 1.0×	567 1.8×	31	2.6k
Marta E. Soden United States	18	1.1k 1.0×	757 0.8×	562 1.1×	353 1.0×	228 0.7×	26	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Botta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Botta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Botta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paolo Botta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paolo Botta 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 Paolo Botta. Paolo Botta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zapata, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Miniscope Imaging in Freely Moving Animals to Unveil Migraine Pathophysiology and Validate Novel Therapeutic Strategies. Synapse. 78(6). e70001–e70001. 1 indexed citations

Bertocchi, Ilaria, Florbela Rocha-Almeida, Marco Cambiaghi, et al.. (2023). Pre- and postsynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors are required for sequential printing of fear memory engrams. iScience. 26(11). 108050–108050. 5 indexed citations

Dreyer, Jakob Kisbye, Ulrike Richter, Benjamin J. Hall, et al.. (2023). Early impairments of visually-driven neuronal ensemble dynamics in the rTg4510 tauopathy mouse model. Neurobiology of Disease. 178. 106012–106012. 1 indexed citations

Whittle, Nigel, Jonathan P. Fadok, Kathryn P. MacPherson, et al.. (2021). Central amygdala micro-circuits mediate fear extinction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4156–4156. 49 indexed citations

Botta, Paolo, Akira Fushiki, Luke A. Hammond, et al.. (2020). An Amygdala Circuit Mediates Experience-Dependent Momentary Arrests during Exploration. Cell. 183(3). 605–619.e22. 33 indexed citations

Fadok, Jonathan P., Sabine Krabbe, Milica Marković, et al.. (2017). A competitive inhibitory circuit for selection of active and passive fear responses. Nature. 542(7639). 96–100. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

Bidinosti, Michael, Paolo Botta, Sebastian Krüttner, et al.. (2016). CLK2 inhibition ameliorates autistic features associated with SHANK3 deficiency. Science. 351(6278). 1199–1203. 115 indexed citations

Tovote, Philip, Maria Soledad Esposito, Paolo Botta, et al.. (2016). Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour. Nature. 534(7606). 206–212. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Chun, Sabine Krabbe, Jan Gründemann, et al.. (2016). Distinct Hippocampal Pathways Mediate Dissociable Roles of Context in Memory Retrieval. Cell. 167(4). 961–972.e16. 188 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, E. Meyer, Christian Müller, et al.. (2015). Neuroligin 2 deletion alters inhibitory synapse function and anxiety-associated neuronal activation in the amygdala. Neuropharmacology. 100. 56–65. 48 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, Yu Kasugai, Milica Marković, et al.. (2015). Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience. 18(10). 1493–1500. 139 indexed citations

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Pecho‐Vrieseling, Eline, Claus Rieker, Dorothée Bleckmann, et al.. (2014). Transneuronal propagation of mutant huntingtin contributes to non–cell autonomous pathology in neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 17(8). 1064–1072. 133 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, et al.. (2011). Excitation of Rat Cerebellar Golgi Cells by Ethanol: Further Characterization of the Mechanism. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(4). 616–624. 17 indexed citations

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Skike, Candice E. Van, Paolo Botta, Sayaka Tokunaga, et al.. (2010). Behavioral Effects of Ethanol in Cerebellum Are Age Dependent: Potential System and Molecular Mechanisms. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 34(12). 2070–2080. 44 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, et al.. (2010). Alcohol Excites Cerebellar Golgi Cells by Inhibiting the Na+/K+ ATPase. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(9). 1984–1996. 39 indexed citations

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Mameli, Manuel, et al.. (2008). Ethanol Decreases Purkinje Neuron Excitability by Increasing GABA Release in Rat Cerebellar Slices. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327(3). 910–917. 44 indexed citations

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Belmeguenaï, Amor, Paolo Botta, John T. Weber, et al.. (2008). Alcohol Impairs Long-Term Depression at the Cerebellar Parallel Fiber–Purkinje Cell Synapse. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(6). 3167–3174. 67 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, Richard A. Radcliffe, Mario Carta, et al.. (2007). Modulation of GABAA receptors in cerebellar granule neurons by ethanol: a review of genetic and electrophysiological studies. Alcohol. 41(3). 187–199. 59 indexed citations

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Botta, Paolo, et al.. (2007). Ethanol Sensitivity of GABAergic Currents in Cerebellar Granule Neurons Is Not Increased by a Single Amino Acid Change (R100Q) in the α6 GABAA Receptor Subunit. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 323(2). 684–691. 26 indexed citations

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Carta, Mario, Luca Murru, Paolo Botta, et al.. (2006). The muscle relaxant thiocolchicoside is an antagonist of GABAA receptor function in the central nervous system. Neuropharmacology. 51(4). 805–815. 41 indexed citations

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