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Cristina Limatola

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Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
10220
World Ranking
3739
National Ranking
166

Cristina Limatola publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristina Limatola sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 214 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Cristina Limatola D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristina Limatola sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • Metabolic Reprograming of Microglia in the Regulation of the Innate Inflammatory Response.

    Clotilde Lauro;Cristina Limatola

  • Fractalkine receptor deficiency impairs microglial and neuronal responsiveness to chronic stress

    Giampaolo Milior;Cynthia Lecours;Louis Samson;Kanchan Bisht

  • Modulating neurotoxicity through CX3CL1/CX3CR1 signaling.

    Cristina Limatola;Richard M. Ransohoff

  • 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

  • CX3CL1 Is Neuroprotective in Permanent Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rodents

    Raffaela Cipriani;Pia Villa;Giuseppina Chece;Clotilde Lauro

  • 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

  • Chemokine CX3CL1 protects rat hippocampal neurons against glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Stefano Garofalo;Germana Cocozza;Alessandra Porzia;Maurizio Inghilleri

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

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

  • 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

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

    Cristina Limatola;Aldo Giovannelli;Laura Maggi;Davide Ragozzino

  • 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

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

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

  • Ligand-independent CXCR2 Dimerization

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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Miriam Sciaccaluga;Bernard Fioretti;Luigi Catacuzzeno;Francesca Pagani

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Eusebi
Fabrizio Eusebi Sapienza University of Rome
Davide Ragozzino
Davide Ragozzino Sapienza University of Rome
Claudio Babiloni
Claudio Babiloni Sapienza University of Rome
Vincenzo Esposito
Vincenzo Esposito Sapienza University of Rome
Igor Branchi
Igor Branchi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Claudio Del Percio
Claudio Del Percio Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea Soricelli
Andrea Soricelli Parthenope University of Naples
Angela Santoni
Angela Santoni Sapienza University of Rome
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Marie-Ève Tremblay University of Victoria

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