Sara Schiavi

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 814 citations indexed

About

Sara Schiavi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Schiavi has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 814 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sara Schiavi's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (16 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers). Sara Schiavi is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (16 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers). Sara Schiavi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Netherlands. Sara Schiavi's co-authors include Viviana Trezza, Francesca Melancia, Michela Servadio, Patrizia Campolongo, Antonia Manduca, Valentina Pallottini, Veronica Cartocci, Anna Maria Tartaglione, Gemma Calamandrei and Maura Palmery and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Neurochemistry and British Journal of Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Sara Schiavi

26 papers receiving 807 citations

Hit Papers

Sex Differences in Autism... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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.

  1. Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features
    2022 111 citations Antonio Napolitano, Sara Schiavi et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Schiavi Italy 13 470 294 164 164 146 27 814
Michela Servadio Italy 16 358 0.8× 209 0.7× 217 1.3× 268 1.6× 155 1.1× 23 894
Olivier Lassalle France 17 317 0.7× 246 0.8× 471 2.9× 71 0.4× 218 1.5× 26 1.0k
Natalia Lozovaya France 14 271 0.6× 188 0.6× 143 0.9× 149 0.9× 480 3.3× 23 1.1k
Debra S. Karhson United States 8 234 0.5× 109 0.4× 137 0.8× 257 1.6× 75 0.5× 9 608
Jonas Melke Sweden 20 280 0.6× 301 1.0× 42 0.3× 166 1.0× 217 1.5× 29 987
Anne‐Marie Le Guisquet France 13 162 0.3× 108 0.4× 76 0.5× 171 1.0× 185 1.3× 15 960
Nghiem Bui United States 8 384 0.8× 380 1.3× 53 0.3× 101 0.6× 333 2.3× 9 829
Ryoko Hiroi United States 17 120 0.3× 212 0.7× 57 0.3× 237 1.4× 128 0.9× 24 959
Deanna Graham United States 7 357 0.8× 330 1.1× 46 0.3× 122 0.7× 304 2.1× 8 783
Héctor González‐Pardo Spain 22 345 0.7× 86 0.3× 35 0.2× 206 1.3× 164 1.1× 66 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Schiavi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Schiavi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Schiavi

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mottarlini, Francesca, Sara Schiavi, Roberto Ciccocioppo, et al.. (2025). Early Life Social Isolation Dysregulates Social Reward Processing, BDNF Signaling, and Intracellular Vesicular Sorting in the Nucleus Accumbens of Male and Female Rats. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(8). e70181–e70181.
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Schiavi, Sara, et al.. (2024). Role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors α and γ in mediating the beneficial effects of β-caryophyllene in a rat model of fragile X syndrome. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 136. 111234–111234. 5 indexed citations
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Manduca, Antonia, Sara Schiavi, Barbara Peruzzi, et al.. (2024). Cannabidiol and positive effects on object recognition memory in an in vivo model of Fragile X Syndrome: Obligatory role of hippocampal GPR55 receptors. Pharmacological Research. 203. 107176–107176. 10 indexed citations
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Mottarlini, Francesca, Sara Schiavi, Roberto Ciccocioppo, et al.. (2023). Outcomes of early social experiences on glucocorticoid and endocannabinoid systems in the prefrontal cortex of male and female adolescent rats. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1270195–1270195. 4 indexed citations
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D’Antoni, Simona, Sara Schiavi, Carla L. Busceti, et al.. (2023). Group I and group II metabotropic glutamate receptors are upregulated in the synapses of infant rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid. Psychopharmacology. 240(12). 2617–2629. 7 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Antonia Manduca, Tiziana Orsini, et al.. (2022). FMR1 deletion in rats induces hyperactivity with no changes in striatal dopamine transporter availability. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22535–22535. 5 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Francesca Melancia, Alessandra di Masi, et al.. (2022). Phosphodiesterase 2A inhibition corrects the aberrant behavioral traits observed in genetic and environmental preclinical models of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 119–119. 11 indexed citations
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Napolitano, Antonio, Sara Schiavi, Piergiorgio La Rosa, et al.. (2022). Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 889636–889636. 111 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schiavi, Sara, Antonia Manduca, Maria Morena, et al.. (2022). Anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol differentially modulate autistic-like traits in a genetic model of autism based on FMR1 deletion in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(6). 897–907. 16 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Piergiorgio La Rosa, Sara Petrillo, et al.. (2022). N-Acetylcysteine Mitigates Social Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Autism Normalizing Glutathione Imbalance and the Altered Expression of Genes Related to Synaptic Function in Specific Brain Areas. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 851679–851679. 9 indexed citations
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Galli, Filippo, et al.. (2021). Development of a high-resolution SSR-SPECT system for preclinical imaging and neuroimaging. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1025. 166161–166161. 2 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, et al.. (2020). Role of Nuclear Imaging to Understand the Neural Substrates of Brain Disorders in Laboratory Animals: Current Status and Future Prospects. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 14. 596509–596509. 10 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Francesca Melancia, Antonia Manduca, et al.. (2020). Detrimental effects of the ‘bath salt’ methylenedioxypyrovalerone on social play behavior in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(12). 2012–2019. 6 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Antonia Manduca, Stefano Leone, et al.. (2019). Reward-Related Behavioral, Neurochemical and Electrophysiological Changes in a Rat Model of Autism Based on Prenatal Exposure to Valproic Acid. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 13. 479–479. 70 indexed citations
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Manduca, Antonia, Michela Servadio, Francesca Melancia, et al.. (2019). Sex‐specific behavioural deficits induced at early life by prenatal exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55, 212‐2 depend on mGlu5 receptor signalling. British Journal of Pharmacology. 177(2). 449–463. 45 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Sara, Antonia Manduca, Marco Segatto, et al.. (2019). Unidirectional opioid-cannabinoid cross-tolerance in the modulation of social play behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology. 236(9). 2557–2568. 11 indexed citations
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Tartaglione, Anna Maria, Sara Schiavi, Gemma Calamandrei, & Viviana Trezza. (2019). Prenatal valproate in rodents as a tool to understand the neural underpinnings of social dysfunctions in autism spectrum disorder. Neuropharmacology. 159. 107477–107477. 82 indexed citations
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Servadio, Michela, Antonia Manduca, Francesca Melancia, et al.. (2017). Impaired repair of DNA damage is associated with autistic-like traits in rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 28(1). 85–96. 43 indexed citations
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Melancia, Francesca, Michela Servadio, Sara Schiavi, et al.. (2016). Testing the correlation between experimentally-induced hypothyroidism during pregnancy and autistic-like symptoms in the rat offspring. Behavioural Brain Research. 321. 113–122. 23 indexed citations
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Servadio, Michela, Francesca Melancia, Antonia Manduca, et al.. (2016). Targeting anandamide metabolism rescues core and associated autistic-like symptoms in rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid. Translational Psychiatry. 6(9). e902–e902. 109 indexed citations

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