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Eleonora Aronica is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Neurology, Genetics, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics in Aronica's work cover a range of areas including Epilepsy research and treatment, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Aronica include Jasper J. Anink, James D. Mills, Angelika Mühlebner, Erwin A. van Vliet, and Floor E. Jansen.

Aronica has published extensively in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epilepsia
  • Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Aronica illustrate the breadth of their research interest and include:

  • "Viral presence and immunopathology in patients with lethal COVID-19: a prospective autopsy cohort study", 2020, The Lancet Microbe
  • "TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A", 2022, Nature
  • "Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study", 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • "The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: An update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission", 2022, Epilepsia
  • "Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID", 2024, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

    David Capper;David Capper;David Capper;David T. W. Jones;Martin Sill;Volker Hovestadt

  • The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • International consensus classification of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: A Task Force report from the ILAE Commission on Diagnostic Methods

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • Toll-like receptor 4 and high-mobility group box-1 are involved in ictogenesis and can be targeted to reduce seizures

    Mattia Maroso;Silvia Balosso;Teresa Ravizza;Jaron Liu

  • New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs

    Dominik Sturm;Dominik Sturm;Brent A. Orr;Umut H. Toprak;Volker Hovestadt

  • Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

    Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

  • Blood–brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy

    E. A. van Vliet;S. da Costa Araújo;S. Redeker;R. van Schaik

  • Innate and adaptive immunity during epileptogenesis and spontaneous seizures: Evidence from experimental models and human temporal lobe epilepsy

    Teresa Ravizza;Barbara Gagliardi;Francesco Noé;Karin Boer

  • Epilepsy and brain inflammation.

    Annamaria Vezzani;Eleonora Aronica;Andrey Mazarati;Quentin J. Pittman

  • Viral presence and immunopathology in patients with lethal COVID-19: a prospective autopsy cohort study.

    Bernadette Schurink;Eva Roos;Teodora Radonic;Ellis Barbe

  • Induction of Dickkopf-1, a Negative Modulator of the Wnt Pathway, Is Associated with Neuronal Degeneration in Alzheimer's Brain

    Andrea Caricasole;Agata Copani;Agata Copani;Filippo Caraci;Eleonora Aronica

  • Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors Are Comprised of Three Epigenetic Subgroups with Distinct Enhancer Landscapes

    Pascal D. Johann;Pascal D. Johann;Serap Erkek;Marc Zapatka;Kornelius Kerl

  • Progression of spontaneous seizures after status epilepticus is associated with mossy fibre sprouting and extensive bilateral loss of hilar parvalbumin and somatostatin-immunoreactive neurons.

    J. A. Gorter;E. A. Van Vliet;E. Aronica;F. H. Lopes Da Silva

  • MicroRNA-146a: a key regulator of astrocyte-mediated inflammatory response.

    Anand Iyer;Emanuele Zurolo;Avanita Prabowo;Kees Fluiter

  • Inflammation in epilepsy: Clinical observations

    Eleonora Aronica;Peter B. Crino

  • The IL-1β system in epilepsy-associated malformations of cortical development

    T. Ravizza;K. Boer;S. Redeker;W.G.M. Spliet

  • Upregulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype mGluR3 and mGluR5 in reactive astrocytes in a rat model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Eleonora Aronica;Erwin A. Van Vliet;Oleg A. Mayboroda;Dirk Troost

  • Potential New Antiepileptogenic Targets Indicated by Microarray Analysis in a Rat Model for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Jan A Gorter;Erwin A van Vliet;Eleonora Aronica;Timo Breit

  • Global Ischemia Induces Downregulation of Glur2 mRNA and Increases AMPA Receptor-Mediated Ca2+ Influx in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons of Gerbil

    J.A. Gorter;J.J. Petrozzino;E.M.A. Aronica;D.M. Rosenbaum

  • Expression pattern of miR‐146a, an inflammation‐associated microRNA, in experimental and human temporal lobe epilepsy

    E. Aronica;K. Fluiter;A. Iyer;E. Zurolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan A. Gorter
Jan A. Gorter University of Amsterdam
Erwin A. van Vliet
Erwin A. van Vliet University of Amsterdam
Dirk Troost
Dirk Troost University of Amsterdam
Floor E. Jansen
Floor E. Jansen Utrecht University
Annamaria Vezzani
Annamaria Vezzani Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Maria Thom
Maria Thom University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Martha Feucht
Martha Feucht Medical University of Vienna
Peter B. Crino
Peter B. Crino University of Maryland, Baltimore
Peter C. van Rijen
Peter C. van Rijen Utrecht University
Teresa Ravizza
Teresa Ravizza Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

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