Roberto Di Maio

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Roberto Di Maio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Di Maio has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Roberto Di Maio's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). Roberto Di Maio is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). Roberto Di Maio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Roberto Di Maio's co-authors include J. Timothy Greenamyre, Edward A. Burton, Teresa G. Hastings, Xiao Hu, Alevtina Zharikov, Eric K. Hoffman, Charleen T. Chu, Anupom Borah, Paul J. Barrett and Jennifer L. McCoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Di Maio

35 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

α-Synuclein binds to TOM20 and inhibits mitochondrial protein import in Parkinson’s disease

2016 463 citations Roberto Di Maio, Eric K. Hoffman et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
LRRK2 activation in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease

2018 385 citations Roberto Di Maio, Eric K. Hoffman et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Shawn Hayley Canada

Tu‐Hsueh Yeh Taiwan

Christian Bjerggaard Vægter Denmark

Yasuo Miki Japan

Sangjune Kim South Korea

Christophe Verny France

Jerònia Lladó Spain

Xianting Li United States

Morten Blaabjerg Denmark

Janelle Drouin‐Ouellet Canada

Shawn Hayley Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Di Maio

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20 of 20 papers shown

D’Aiuto, Leonardo, Terri G. Edwards, Chaoming Zhou, et al.. (2025). Phosphorylated-tau associates with HSV-1 chromatin and correlates with nuclear speckles decondensation in low-density host chromatin regions. Neurobiology of Disease. 206. 106804–106804. 3 indexed citations

Keeney, Matthew T., Emily M. Rocha, Eric K. Hoffman, et al.. (2024). LRRK2 regulates production of reactive oxygen species in cell and animal models of Parkinson’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 16(767). eadl3438–eadl3438. 13 indexed citations

Maio, Roberto Di, Matthew T. Keeney, Amanda Mortimer, et al.. (2023). Neuroprotective actions of a fatty acid nitroalkene in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 9(1). 55–55. 8 indexed citations

Keeney, Matthew T., Eric K. Hoffman, Kyle Farmer, et al.. (2022). NADPH oxidase 2 activity in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 170. 105754–105754. 31 indexed citations

Keeney, Matthew T., et al.. (2021). Measurement of LRRK2 Kinase Activity by Proximity Ligation Assay. BIO-PROTOCOL. 11(17). e4140–e4140. 7 indexed citations

Laar, Victor S. Van, Jianming Chen, Alevtina Zharikov, et al.. (2020). α-Synuclein amplifies cytoplasmic peroxide flux and oxidative stress provoked by mitochondrial inhibitors in CNS dopaminergic neurons in vivo. Redox Biology. 37. 101695–101695. 37 indexed citations

Maio, Roberto Di, Roberto Colangeli, & Giuseppe Di Giovanni. (2019). WIN 55,212-2 Reverted Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus Early Changes of the Interaction among 5-HT_2C/NMDA/CB₁ Receptors in the Rat Hippocampus. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10(7). 3296–3306. 18 indexed citations

Colangeli, Roberto, Roberto Di Maio, Massimo Pierucci, et al.. (2019). Synergistic action of CB1 and 5-HT2B receptors in preventing pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in rats. Neurobiology of Disease. 125. 135–145. 22 indexed citations

Rocha, Emily M., Briana R. De Miranda, Sandra L. Castro, et al.. (2019). LRRK2 inhibition prevents endolysosomal deficits seen in human Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 134. 104626–104626. 61 indexed citations

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Bombardi, Cristiano, et al.. (2018). Preferential modulation of the lateral habenula activity by serotonin‐2A rather than ‐2C receptors: Electrophysiological and neuroanatomical evidence. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 24(8). 721–733. 17 indexed citations

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Maio, Roberto Di, Eric K. Hoffman, Emily M. Rocha, et al.. (2018). LRRK2 activation in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 10(451). 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samarasinghe, Ranmal A., et al.. (2014). Transient muscarinic and glutamatergic stimulation of neural stem cells triggers acute and persistent changes in differentiation. Neurobiology of Disease. 70. 252–261. 9 indexed citations

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Lee, Jang-Won, Vı́ctor Tapias, Roberto Di Maio, J. Timothy Greenamyre, & Jason R. Cannon. (2014). Behavioral, neurochemical, and pathologic alterations in bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic G2019S leucine-rich repeated kinase 2 rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(1). 505–518. 39 indexed citations

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Maio, Roberto Di. (2014). Neuronal mechanisms of epileptogenesis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 8. 29–29. 18 indexed citations

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Mullett, Steven J., Roberto Di Maio, J. Timothy Greenamyre, & David A. Hinkle. (2012). DJ-1 Expression Modulates Astrocyte-Mediated Protection Against Neuronal Oxidative Stress. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 49(3). 507–511. 55 indexed citations

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Horowitz, Maxx P., Chiara Milanese, Roberto Di Maio, et al.. (2011). Single-Cell Redox Imaging Demonstrates a Distinctive Response of Dopaminergic Neurons to Oxidative Insults. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 15(4). 855–871. 60 indexed citations

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Maio, Roberto Di, Pier G. Mastroberardino, Xiao Hu, Laura Montero, & J. Timothy Greenamyre. (2011). Pilocapine alters NMDA receptor expression and function in hippocampal neurons: NADPH oxidase and ERK1/2 mechanisms. Neurobiology of Disease. 42(3). 482–495. 83 indexed citations

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D’Aiuto, Leonardo, Roberto Di Maio, K. Naga Mohan, et al.. (2011). Mouse ES cells overexpressing DNMT1 produce abnormal neurons with upregulated NMDA/NR1 subunit. Differentiation. 82(1). 9–17. 17 indexed citations

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Maio, Roberto Di, et al.. (2004). Lessons Learned in Designing and Evaluating Railway Control Systems. 355–355. 1 indexed citations

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Ferraro, Giuseppe, Pierangelo Sardo, Giuseppe Di Giovanni, Roberto Di Maio, & V La Grutta. (2003). CCK–nitric oxide interaction in rat cortex, striatum and pallidum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 135(4). 425–433. 1 indexed citations

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