2026 Cristina Limatola: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	61	3739	3418	166	157	214	10220

Overview

Cristina Limatola is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Immune cells in cancer
Gut microbiota and health
Stress Responses and Cortisol

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cristina Limatola include:

"Metabolic Reprograming of Microglia in the Regulation of the Innate Inflammatory Response" (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
"Natural killer cells modulate motor neuron-immune cell cross talk in models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (2020), published in Nature Communications
"Gut microbiota alterations affect glioma growth and innate immune cells involved in tumor immunosurveillance in mice" (2020), published in European Journal of Immunology
"Microglia control glutamatergic synapses in the adult mouse hippocampus" (2021), published in Glia
"Microglial-glucocorticoid receptor depletion alters the response of hippocampal microglia and neurons in a chronic unpredictable mild stress paradigm in female mice" (2021), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity

Frequent co-authors of Cristina Limatola's work include:

Stefano Garofalo
Giuseppina D'Alessandro
Laura Maggi
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Germana Cocozza

The scientist regularly publishes in a set of recurring venues, which include:

Brain Behavior and Immunity
Frontiers in Immunology
Glia
Cell Death and Disease
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Best Publications

Dark microglia: A new phenotype predominantly associated with pathological states

Kanchan Bisht;Kaushik P. Sharma;Cynthia Lecours;Maria Gabriela Sánchez

425
Citations
Autophagy induction impairs migration and invasion by reversing EMT in glioblastoma cells

Myriam Catalano;Giuseppina D'Alessandro;Francesca Lepore;Marco Corazzari

303
Citations
Metabolic Reprograming of Microglia in the Regulation of the Innate Inflammatory Response.

Clotilde Lauro;Cristina Limatola

277
Citations
Fractalkine receptor deficiency impairs microglial and neuronal responsiveness to chronic stress

Giampaolo Milior;Cynthia Lecours;Louis Samson;Kanchan Bisht

258
Citations
Modulating neurotoxicity through CX3CL1/CX3CR1 signaling.

Cristina Limatola;Richard M. Ransohoff

236
Citations
Fluoxetine effects on molecular, cellular and behavioral endophenotypes of depression are driven by the living environment

Silvia Alboni;R. M. van Dijk;Silvia Poggini;G. Milior

232
Citations
CX3CL1 Is Neuroprotective in Permanent Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rodents

Raffaela Cipriani;Pia Villa;Giuseppina Chece;Clotilde Lauro

219
Citations
GABAA currents are decreased by IL-1β in epileptogenic tissue of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: implications for ictogenesis.

Cristina Roseti;Erwin A. van Vliet;Pierangelo Cifelli;Gabriele Ruffolo

193
Citations
Chemokine CX3CL1 protects rat hippocampal neurons against glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity

Cristina Limatola;Clotilde Lauro;Myriam Catalano;Maria Teresa Ciotti

173
Citations
Inflammation, neurodegeneration and protein aggregation in the retina as ocular biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease in the 3xTg-AD mouse model

Alfonso Grimaldi;Carlo Brighi;Giovanna Peruzzi;Davide Ragozzino

172
Citations
CXC chemokines interleukin-8 (IL-8) and growth-related gene product α (GROα) modulate Purkinje neuron activity in mouse cerebellum

Aldo Giovannelli;Cristina Limatola;Davide Ragozzino;Anna Maria Mileo

169
Citations
Chemokine Fractalkine/CX3CL1 Negatively Modulates Active Glutamatergic Synapses in Rat Hippocampal Neurons

Davide Ragozzino;Silvia Di Angelantonio;Flavia Trettel;Cristina Bertollini

153
Citations
Natural killer cells modulate motor neuron-immune cell cross talk in models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Stefano Garofalo;Germana Cocozza;Alessandra Porzia;Maurizio Inghilleri

152
Citations
CX(3)CR1 deficiency alters hippocampal-dependent plasticity phenomena blunting the effects of enriched environment.

Laura Maggi;Maria Scianni;Igor Branchi;Ivana D'Andrea

151
Citations
Neuroinflammatory Processes, A1 Astrocyte Activation and Protein Aggregation in the Retina of Alzheimer's Disease Patients, Possible Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis.

Alfonso Grimaldi;Natalia Pediconi;Francesca Oieni;Rocco Pizzarelli

149
Citations
SDF‐1α‐mediated modulation of synaptic transmission in rat cerebellum

Cristina Limatola;Aldo Giovannelli;Laura Maggi;Davide Ragozzino

148
Citations
Interplay between inflammation and neural plasticity: Both immune activation and suppression impair LTP and BDNF expression

Maria Teresa Golia;Silvia Poggini;Silvia Alboni;Stefano Garofalo

144
Citations
Enriched environment reduces glioma growth through immune and non-immune mechanisms in mice

Stefano Garofalo;Giuseppina D'Alessandro;Giuseppina Chece;Frederic Brau

139
Citations
Ligand-independent CXCR2 Dimerization

Flavia Trettel;Sabrina Di Bartolomeo;Clotilde Lauro;Myriam Catalano

136
Citations
KCa3.1 channels are involved in the infiltrative behavior of glioblastoma in vivo

G. D'Alessandro;M. Catalano;M. Sciaccaluga;G. Chece

136
Citations
Activity of Adenosine Receptors Type 1 Is Required for CX3CL1-Mediated Neuroprotection and Neuromodulation in Hippocampal Neurons

Clotilde Lauro;Silvia Di Angelantonio;Raffaela Cipriani;Fabrizia Sobrero

132
Citations
CXCL12-induced glioblastoma cell migration requires intermediate conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel activity.

Miriam Sciaccaluga;Bernard Fioretti;Luigi Catacuzzeno;Francesca Pagani

130
Citations