What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Neuron
- Neurotransmitter
- Internal medicine
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Synaptic plasticity, Long-term potentiation, Long-term depression and Basal ganglia.
Neuroscience is often connected to Parkinson's disease in his work.
His Synaptic plasticity study also includes fields such as
- Neurotransmission together with Glutamate receptor,
- Dopaminergic which connect with Molecular biology and HOMER1.
Alessandro Tozzi studies Synaptic fatigue which is a part of Long-term potentiation.
His study in Long-term depression is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Metaplasticity and Neurotransmitter.
The various areas that Alessandro Tozzi examines in his Basal ganglia study include Neuroplasticity and Premovement neuronal activity.
His most cited work include:
- Dopamine-mediated regulation of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity (606 citations)
- Direct and indirect pathways of basal ganglia: a critical reappraisal (398 citations)
- The distinct role of medium spiny neurons and cholinergic interneurons in the D₂/A₂A receptor interaction in the striatum: implications for Parkinson's disease. (123 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Neuroscience, Long-term potentiation, Synaptic plasticity, Neurotransmission and Internal medicine.
His Neuroscience research incorporates elements of Glutamate receptor and Parkinson's disease.
As part of one scientific family, Alessandro Tozzi deals mainly with the area of Long-term potentiation, narrowing it down to issues related to the Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and often Neuroinflammation, Microglia and Neurodegeneration.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Synaptic plasticity, Long-term depression are connected with Metaplasticity, Neuron and Neurotransmitter and other disciplines.
His Neurotransmission research includes elements of Postsynaptic potential and Excitatory postsynaptic potential.
His work in the fields of Dopamine, such as Dopaminergic and Medium spiny neuron, overlaps with other areas such as Membrane hyperpolarization.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (62.65%)
- Long-term potentiation (36.14%)
- Synaptic plasticity (33.73%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Neurotransmission (20.48%)
- Neuroscience (62.65%)
- Long-term potentiation (36.14%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Alessandro Tozzi spends much of his time researching Neurotransmission, Neuroscience, Long-term potentiation, Synaptic plasticity and Parkinson's disease.
His work in Neurotransmission addresses issues such as NMDA receptor, which are connected to fields such as Kinase activity, Glutamatergic and Endocrinology.
His research in Neuroscience intersects with topics in Autism, Knockout mouse and Intracellular.
His Long-term potentiation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Glutamate receptor, Central nervous system, Biological neural network, Hippocampus and Pharmacology.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Hippocampal formation, Protein kinase B and Electrophysiology in addition to Synaptic plasticity.
His research integrates issues of Dopaminergic, Dopamine and Neuroprotection in his study of Parkinson's disease.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Alpha-synuclein targets GluN2A NMDA receptor subunit causing striatal synaptic dysfunction and visuospatial memory alteration (19 citations)
- Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated neuroprotection in a G2019S Lrrk2 genetic model of Parkinson’s disease (18 citations)
- Dopamine D2 receptor activation potently inhibits striatal glutamatergic transmission in a G2019S LRRK2 genetic model of Parkinson's disease. (15 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Neuron
- Neurotransmitter
- Internal medicine
His scientific interests lie mostly in Neurotransmission, Cell biology, Dopamine, Parkinson's disease and Quinpirole.
His Neurotransmission research integrates issues from NMDA receptor, Electrophysiology and Toxicity.
His Cell biology study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Postsynaptic potential.
His work deals with themes such as Glutamate receptor, Neuroprotection, Alpha-synuclein and LRRK2, which intersect with Dopamine.
The various areas that Alessandro Tozzi examines in his Parkinson's disease study include Long-term potentiation, Medium spiny neuron and Neuroscience.
His work deals with themes such as AMPA receptor and Kinase activity, which intersect with Quinpirole.
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