Valentina Zonca

568 total citations
20 papers, 319 citations indexed

About

Valentina Zonca is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Zonca has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 319 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Valentina Zonca's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 papers). Valentina Zonca is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 papers). Valentina Zonca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Brazil. Valentina Zonca's co-authors include Annamaria Cattaneo, Marco Andrea Riva, Zuzanna Zajkowska, Cristina Mora, Brandon A. Kohrt, Christian Kieling, Helen L. Fisher, Valeria Mondelli, Annabel Walsh and Nancy Gullett and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Zonca

16 papers receiving 314 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valentina Zonca Italy	8	126	117	87	48	44	20	319
Tanya Goltser‐Dubner Israel	6	96 0.8×	148 1.3×	87 1.0×	28 0.6×	79 1.8×	13	340
Anastasia Kalantarova Poland	4	79 0.6×	71 0.6×	90 1.0×	26 0.5×	75 1.7×	5	369
Laiana A. Quagliato Brazil	10	94 0.7×	76 0.6×	70 0.8×	75 1.6×	36 0.8×	31	304
Andrea Lebeña Sweden	7	69 0.5×	78 0.7×	56 0.6×	33 0.7×	20 0.5×	15	281
Josef Isung Sweden	11	230 1.8×	142 1.2×	128 1.5×	55 1.1×	55 1.3×	16	457
Daniel Almeida Canada	14	71 0.6×	73 0.6×	79 0.9×	24 0.5×	87 2.0×	20	405
Monika Szewczuk-Bogusławska Poland	8	144 1.1×	66 0.6×	87 1.0×	48 1.0×	50 1.1×	26	356
Camila Marcelino Loureiro Brazil	12	120 1.0×	73 0.6×	47 0.5×	20 0.4×	87 2.0×	28	357
Filip Stramecki Poland	10	173 1.4×	92 0.8×	114 1.3×	31 0.6×	63 1.4×	15	467
Neus Salvat‐Pujol Spain	11	89 0.7×	100 0.9×	101 1.2×	62 1.3×	26 0.6×	24	338

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zonca, Valentina, Moira Marizzoni, Monica Mazzelli, et al.. (2025). Exposure to early-life stress uncovers shared biological signatures underlying vulnerability in the habenula and insular cortex of male and female adult rats. Neurobiology of Stress. 39. 100761–100761.

Zonca, Valentina, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific metabolic and inflammatory alterations in adult animals vulnerable to prenatal stress exposure. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 138. 111344–111344. 3 indexed citations

Marizzoni, Moira, Monica Mazzelli, Valentina Zonca, et al.. (2025). Prenatal Stress Rewires the Gut–Brain Axis: Long-Term, Sex-Specific Effects on Microbiota, Intestinal Barrier, and Hippocampal Inflammation. Nutrients. 17(17). 2812–2812.

Mazzelli, Monica, et al.. (2024). - Long-term effect of prenatal stress exposure on metabolism in vulnerable and resilient animals. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106885–106885.

Marizzoni, Moira, et al.. (2024). - Long-term effect of prenatal stress on offspring gut microbiome composition and functionality: possible implications on behavioural outcomes. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106874–106874. 1 indexed citations

Cattaneo, Annamaria, Veronica Begni, Valentina Zonca, & Marco Andrea Riva. (2024). Early life adversities, psychopathologies and novel pharmacological strategies. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 260. 108686–108686. 2 indexed citations

Zonca, Valentina, Moira Marizzoni, Zuzanna Zajkowska, et al.. (2024). Inflammation and immune system pathways as biological signatures of adolescent depression—the IDEA-RiSCo study. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 230–230. 9 indexed citations

Zajkowska, Zuzanna, Naghmeh Nikkheslat, Valentina Zonca, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific inflammatory markers of risk and presence of depression in adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders. 342. 69–75. 11 indexed citations

Gullett, Nancy, Annabel Walsh, Valentina Zonca, et al.. (2022). P289. Cortisol and Development of Depression in Adolescence and Young Adulthood - A Meta-Analysis. Biological Psychiatry. 91(9). S204–S205. 1 indexed citations

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Pedrini, Laura, Roberta Rossi, Laura R. Magni, et al.. (2021). Emotional Regulation in Teens and Improvement of Constructive Skills (EmoTIConS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 22(1). 920–920. 3 indexed citations

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Mondelli, Valeria, Annamaria Cattaneo, Naghmeh Nikkheslat, et al.. (2021). Exploring the role of immune pathways in the risk and development of depression in adolescence: Research protocol of the IDEA-FLAME study. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 18. 100396–100396. 4 indexed citations

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Zonca, Valentina. (2021). Preventive strategies for adolescent depression: What are we missing? A focus on biomarkers. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 18. 100385–100385. 7 indexed citations

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Lanfredi, Mariangela, Ambra Macis, Clarissa Ferrari, et al.. (2021). Maladaptive behaviours in adolescence and their associations with personality traits, emotion dysregulation and other clinical features in a sample of Italian students: a cross-sectional study. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 8(1). 14–14. 13 indexed citations

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Zajkowska, Zuzanna, Nancy Gullett, Annabel Walsh, et al.. (2021). Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 136. 105625–105625. 110 indexed citations

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Zonca, Valentina, Zuzanna Zajkowska, Annabel Walsh, et al.. (2021). P.0688 Investigating the biological mechanisms underlying the risk of developing adolescent depression in Brazil: the IDEA Project. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 53. S503–S504.

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Zajkowska, Zuzanna, Annabel Walsh, Valentina Zonca, et al.. (2021). A systematic review of the association between biological markers and environmental stress risk factors for adolescent depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 138. 163–175. 45 indexed citations

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Lopizzo, Nicola, Monica Mazzelli, Valentina Zonca, et al.. (2020). Alterations in ‘inflammatory’ pathways in the rat prefrontal cortex as early biological predictors of the long-term negative consequences of exposure to stress early in life. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 124. 104794–104794. 11 indexed citations

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Lopizzo, Nicola, Valentina Zonca, Nadia Cattane, Carmine M. Pariante, & Annamaria Cattaneo. (2019). miRNAs in depression vulnerability and resilience: novel targets for preventive strategies. Journal of Neural Transmission. 126(9). 1241–1258. 31 indexed citations

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Zonca, Valentina, Cristina Mora, Nadia Cattane, et al.. (2019). Distinct short and long-term effects of cortisol exposures on BDNF expression in an “in vitro” model of human hippocampal cells. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29. S579–S580. 1 indexed citations

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Mora, Cristina, Valentina Zonca, Marco Andrea Riva, & Annamaria Cattaneo. (2018). Blood biomarkers and treatment response in major depression. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 18(6). 513–529. 67 indexed citations

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