PierFranco Spano

18.3k citations
386 papers · 14.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

    • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
    • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
    • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neurology top 0.5%
    • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
    • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
    • Neurological disorders and treatments

Papers in

    • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 106
    • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 81
    • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 56
    • Nerve injury and regeneration 23
    • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 90

PierFranco Spano

384 papers receiving 14.2k citations

PierFranco Spano's Hit Papers

Efficacy of rivastigmine in dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled international study 2000 · 744 citations
7440+10+20Years since publication200400600

Peers

PierFranco Spano
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7.0k
  • Neurology 1.5k
  • Neurology 2.5k
  • Biological Psychiatry 376
  • Developmental Neuroscience 478
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All Works

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Efficacy of rivastigmine in dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled international study
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2000744
2
Neuroprotection by Aspirin and Sodium Salicylate Through Blockade of NF-κB Activation
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1996678
3 2010228
4
Studies on the pharmacological properties of dopamine receptors in various areas of the central nervous system.
1978196
5 2010187
6 2003175
7 2008172
8 2002170
9 1978166
10 1971162
11 2015158
12 1971152
13
Sulpiride and other benzamides.
1979151
14 1975151
15 2005150
16 1999149
17 2002142
18 2006133
19 2006126
20 1977126

About PierFranco Spano

PierFranco Spano is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neurology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, having authored 386 papers that have together received 14.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (106 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (90 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (81 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (56 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (26 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (23 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (23 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (7.0k citations), Neurology (1.5k citations), Neurology (2.5k citations), Biological Psychiatry (376 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (478 citations). PierFranco Spano has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Maurizio Memo, Marina Pizzi, Marco Trabucchi, Cristina Missale, Stefano Govoni, Cristina Missale, Mariagrazia Grilli, Sandra Sigala, Alessandra Valerio and Arianna Bellucci. Their work appears in journals such as Brain Research, Journal of Neurochemistry, Life Sciences, European Journal of Pharmacology and European Journal of Neuroscience.

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