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Cristina M. Alberini

Cristina M. Alberini

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Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
16491
World Ranking
4284
National Ranking
1939

Overview

Cristina M. Alberini is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Genetics, and Neurology.

The main topics Alberini addresses include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Alberini has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "The Ontogeny of Hippocampus-Dependent Memories," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "IGF2 in memory, neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases," 2023, Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Autophagy coupled to translation is required for long-term memory," 2020, Autophagy
  • "Early life experiences selectively mature learning and memory abilities," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A role for CIM6P/IGF2 receptor in memory consolidation and enhancement," 2020, eLife

The most frequent venues where Alberini has published include the Journal of Neuroscience, Hippocampus, Neuron, Glia, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Alberini collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors being Benjamin Bessières, Kiran Pandey, Aaron Katzman, Emmanuel Cruz, and Flavio Donato.

Best Publications

  • Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Transport Is Required for Long-Term Memory Formation

    Akinobu Suzuki;Sarah A. Stern;Ozlem Bozdagi;George W. Huntley

  • Transcription Factors in Long-Term Memory and Synaptic Plasticity

    Cristina M. Alberini

  • Mechanisms of memory stabilization: are consolidation and reconsolidation similar or distinct processes?

    Cristina M. Alberini

  • C/EBP is an immediate-early gene required for the consolidation of long-term facilitation in Aplysia.

    Cristina M. Alberini;Mirella Ghirardl;Richard Metz;Eric R. Kandel

  • Temporally Graded Requirement for Protein Synthesis following Memory Reactivation

    Maria H Milekic;Cristina M Alberini

  • The consolidation of new but not reactivated memory requires hippocampal C/EBPβ

    Stephen M. Taubenfeld;Maria H. Milekic;Barbara Monti;Cristina M. Alberini

  • A critical role for IGF-II in memory consolidation and enhancement

    Dillon Y. Chen;Sarah A. Stern;Ana Garcia-Osta;Ana Garcia-Osta;Bernadette Saunier-Rebori

  • The Regulation of Transcription in Memory Consolidation

    Cristina M. Alberini;Eric R. Kandel

  • Stress and glucocorticoid receptor-dependent mechanisms in long-term memory: from adaptive responses to psychopathologies.

    Charles Finsterwald;Cristina M. Alberini

  • Memory retrieval and the passage of time: from reconsolidation and strengthening to extinction

    Maria Carmen Inda;Elizaveta V. Muravieva;Cristina M. Alberini

  • PKMζ Maintains Spatial, Instrumental, and Classically Conditioned Long-Term Memories

    Peter Serrano;Eugenia L Friedman;Jana Kenney;Stephen M Taubenfeld

  • The Role of Reconsolidation and the Dynamic Process of Long-Term Memory Formation and Storage

    Cristina M. Alberini

  • Cell Shape and Negative Links in Regulatory Motifs Together Control Spatial Information Flow in Signaling Networks

    Susana R. Neves;Panayiotis Tsokas;Anamika Sarkar;Elizabeth A. Grace

  • Developmental regulation of IgM secretion: The role of the carboxy-terminal cysteine

    Roberto Sitia;Roberto Sitia;Michael Neuberger;Cristina Alberini;Paola Bet

  • Persistent Disruption of an Established Morphine Conditioned Place Preference

    Maria H. Milekic;Sheena D. Brown;Claudia Castellini;Cristina M. Alberini

  • Glucocorticoid receptors recruit the CaMKIIα-BDNF-CREB pathways to mediate memory consolidation

    Dillon Y Chen;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Gabriella Pollonini;Cristina M Alberini

  • Astrocyte glycogen and lactate: New insights into learning and memory mechanisms

    Cristina M. Alberini;Cristina M. Alberini;Emmanuel Cruz;Giannina Descalzi;Benjamin Bessières

  • Fornix-Dependent Induction of Hippocampal CCAAT Enhancer-Binding Protein β and δ Co-Localizes with Phosphorylated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein and Accompanies Long-Term Memory Consolidation

    Stephen M. Taubenfeld;Kjesten A. Wiig;Barbara Monti;Bridget Dolan

  • The role of protein synthesis during the labile phases of memory: revisiting the skepticism

    Cristina M. Alberini

  • Mechanisms of memory stabilization and de-stabilization.

    Cristina Alberini;M. H. Milekic;S. Tronel

  • Memory reconsolidation

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
George W. Huntley
George W. Huntley Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Scott J. Russo
Scott J. Russo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Stephen R.J. Salton
Stephen R.J. Salton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Georgia E. Hodes
Georgia E. Hodes Virginia Tech
Vicki Huff
Vicki Huff The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jerry W. Rudy
Jerry W. Rudy University of Colorado Boulder
Catherine A. Hartley
Catherine A. Hartley New York University

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