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  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Andrea Volterra is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, focusing primarily on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans across several subfields, including neurology, developmental neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cancer research, and molecular biology.

Their scientific contributions emphasize key topics such as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, microRNA in disease regulation, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, retinal development and disorders, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Volterra's recent publications include:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS (2023), published in Nature
  • Astrocyte control of the entorhinal cortex-dentate gyrus circuit: Relevance to cognitive processing and impairment in pathology (2021), published in Glia
  • Astrocytes functionally integrate multiple synapses via specialized leaflet domains (2025), published in Cell
  • Fast 3D imaging in the auditory cortex of awake mice reveals that astrocytes control neurovascular coupling responses at arteriole-capillary junctions (2024), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors with whom Andrea Volterra has collaborated include:

  • Roberta De Ceglia
  • David Litvin
  • Barbara Lykke Lind
  • Ludovic Telley
  • Maria Amalia Di Castro

Their work is often published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Neuroscience, Nature, Glia, and Cell. These publications contribute to advancing understanding in neuroscience and molecular biology fields.

Andrea Volterra has been recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea since 2006, reflecting their ongoing involvement in the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Astrocytes, from brain glue to communication elements: the revolution continues.

    Andrea Volterra;Jacopo Meldolesi

  • Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space

    Alfonso Araque;Giorgio Carmignoto;Philip G. Haydon;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

  • Prostaglandins stimulate calcium-dependent glutamate release in astrocytes.

    Paola Bezzi;Giorgio Carmignoto;Lucia Pasti;Sabino Vesce

  • CXCR4-activated astrocyte glutamate release via TNFalpha: amplification by microglia triggers neurotoxicity.

    Paola Bezzi;Maria Domercq;Liliana Brambilla;Rossella Galli

  • Intracellular Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes: A Highly Plastic, Bidirectional Form of Communication between Neurons and Astrocytes In Situ

    Lucia Pasti;Andrea Volterra;Tullio Pozzan;Giorgio Carmignoto

  • Glutamate exocytosis from astrocytes controls synaptic strength.

    Pascal Jourdain;Linda H Bergersen;Khaleel Bhaukaurally;Paola Bezzi

  • Astrocytes contain a vesicular compartment that is competent for regulated exocytosis of glutamate

    Paola Bezzi;Vidar Gundersen;Vidar Gundersen;José Luis Galbete;Gerald Seifert

  • Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment

    Mirko Santello;Nicolas Toni;Andrea Volterra

  • Glutamate uptake inhibition by oxygen free radicals in rat cortical astrocytes

    Andrea Volterra;Davide Trotti;Cinzia Tromba;Stefano Floridi

  • Local Ca2+ detection and modulation of synaptic release by astrocytes

    Maria Amalia Di Castro;Julien Chuquet;Nicolas Liaudet;Khaleel Bhaukaurally

  • Glutamate transporters are oxidant-vulnerable: a molecular link between oxidative and excitotoxic neurodegeneration?

    Davide Trotti;Niels Christian Danbolt;Andrea Volterra

  • A neuron-glia signalling network in the active brain.

    Paola Bezzi;Andrea Volterra

  • Astrocyte Ca 2+ signalling: an unexpected complexity

    Andrea Volterra;Nicolas Liaudet;Iaroslav Savtchouk

  • TNFα controls glutamatergic gliotransmission in the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

    Mirko Santello;Paola Bezzi;Andrea Volterra

  • Three-dimensional Ca2+ imaging advances understanding of astrocyte biology

    Erika Bindocci;Iaroslav Savtchouk;Nicolas Liaudet;Denise Becker

  • Peroxynitrite Inhibits Glutamate Transporter Subtypes

    Davide Trotti;Daniela Rossi;Ola Gjesdal;Line M. Levy

  • Gliotransmission: Beyond Black-and-White.

    Iaroslav Savtchouk;Andrea Volterra

  • Neuroinflammatory TNFα Impairs Memory via Astrocyte Signaling

    Samia Habbas;Mirko Santello;Denise Becker;Hiltrud Stubbe

  • Astrocytes: Orchestrating synaptic plasticity?

    M. De Pittà;M. De Pittà;N. Brunel;A. Volterra

  • TNFα in synaptic function: switching gears

    Mirko Santello;Andrea Volterra

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels C. Danbolt
Niels C. Danbolt University of Oslo
Giorgio Carmignoto
Giorgio Carmignoto National Research Council (CNR)
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christian Steinhäuser
Christian Steinhäuser University of Bonn
J. David Sweatt
J. David Sweatt University of Alabama at Birmingham
Philip G. Haydon
Philip G. Haydon Tufts University
Alexey Semyanov
Alexey Semyanov Jiaxing University
Vladimir Parpura
Vladimir Parpura University of Alabama at Birmingham

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